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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

about a conversation

Butch: What now?
Marsellus: What now? Well, let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a coupla pipe-hitting' niggas, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. Hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass.
Butch: I meant what now, between me and you?
Marsellus: Oh, that 'what now?' Well, let me tell ya what now between me an' you. There is no me an' you. Not no more.



1? homes = house?

2? I suppose “be through with sb” mean “let go” but what about “by a damn sight”?

3? Not no more? Can anyone explain this “phrasing” to me?(ps, Could you find a better word in place of phrasing? I meant the way this phrase is constructed)



Thank you
  

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If I recall correctly, this is a passage from Pulp Fiction ? In any case, the grammar is atrocious, so please do not look for WHY any of the phrasing is the way it is. I think it was "homies" - short for homeboys - a not-very-nice way to refer to people, usually black people - although in this case, are they the ones who kidnapped him?

— BarbaraPA

  • If I recall correctly, this is a passage from Pulp Fiction ?
  • In any case, the grammar is atrocious, so please do not look for WHY any of the phrasing is the way it is.
  • I think it was "homies" - short for homeboys - a not-very-nice way to refer to people, usually black people - although in this case, are they the ones who kidnapped him?
  • "I ain't through with you" means he has plans for him "not by a **** sight" means not in any way "get Medieval" means he will cause them a lot of pain "not no more" means anymore
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If I recall correctly, this is a passage from Pulp Fiction? In any case, the grammar is atrocious, so please do not look for WHY any of the phrasing is the way it is.

I think it was "homies" - short for homeboys - a not-very-nice way to refer to people, usually black people - although in this case, are they the ones who kidnapped him?

"I ain't through with you" means he ha
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homey:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homey

"get Medieval" is a reference to the tortures in the Middle Ages

"I ain't through with you" I haven't finished with you

"not no more" typical double negation in un-educated speech
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Grammar GeekIf I recall correctly, this is a passage from Pulp Fiction? In any case, the grammar is atrocious, so please do not look for WHY any of the phrasing is the way it is.

I think it was "homies" - short for homeboys - a not-very-nice way to refer to people, usually black people - although in this case, are they the ones who kidnapped him?

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No, I found this on Urban Dictionary in the definition of get Medieval.

Could you tell me what exactly is pulp fiction? I have once played a game called Max Payen 2 whose storyline was promoted as a pulp detective novel but never got to know what that means.

Thank you.
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Okay, I just went to http://www.imdb.com/, the International Movie Database, and yes, it is dialogue from Pulp Fiction.

For more information on the concept of pulp fiction, Google it. Here's one link:
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The extract is easier to understand if you know that Marcellus is making the threats at a third (non-talking) man, not Butch.
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