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Gurgen Posted 15 years ago
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My very words, ye merry gentlemen my very words.

I don't understant that conversation:

-What says Christmas better than a mall?

-My very words, ye merry gentlemen
my very words.



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- In our commercialized society, shopping malls are the very representation of Xmas; nothing says Xmas better today than a decked out shopping mall. - I could not have said it better. Those are the very words I would have used, all you merry (with the Xmas spirit) gentlemen.

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  • - In our commercialized society, shopping malls are the very representation of Xmas; nothing says Xmas better today than a decked out shopping mall.
  • - I could not have said it better.
  • Those are the very words I would have used, all you merry (with the Xmas spirit) gentlemen.
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- In our commercialized society, shopping malls are the very representation of Xmas; nothing says Xmas better today than a decked out shopping mall.

- I could not have said it better. Those are the very words I would have used, all you merry (with the Xmas spirit) gentlemen.
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Hi

There is an English Christmas carol dating back at least to the 18th century..

*** rest you merry, gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ our Saviour

Was born upon this day..

Strictly speaking, "rest you merry" is a verb phrase meaning something like "May you enjoy yourselves merrily". But nowadays, "you merry gentlemen" is just
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-What says Christmas better than a mall?

What [represents / brings to mind] Christmas better than a (shopping) mall?

(Nothing makes you think of Christmas better than a mall. A mall is the best possible symbol of Christmas.)

Compare:

-What says Istanbul better than Hagia Sofia?

-What says Paris better than the Eiffel Tower?

-What says C
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thanks both of you..
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