No wonder you've got a headache, the amount you drank last night.

0It is an acceptable spoken utterance as it stands; my wife says that to me every weekend. In a more formal situation, I would insert the words 01i00'what with02i00' after the comma, perhaps.0-

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01i00With the amount of beer you drank last night, It's no wonder you've got a headache!02br
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0 Yes, IMO you can (as an ellipsis on01i00 what with02i00, mentioned by MM), but 01i00with02i00 isn't as elegant (and formal) as 01i00considering.02i0-

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00In other words, can "with" mean "considering"?12blockquote

10Yes, but it's not as commonly used as "what with" in my opinion. On the other hand, "what with" strikes me as hillbilly talk.02br
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0 01font01i00Yes, but it's not as commonly used as "what with" in my opinion. On the other hand, "what with" strikes me as hillbilly talk.02br
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0 You in particular might enjoy this if I recall accurately some of what you've said about where you live. Some of my ancestors came from the Piedmont region of Italy (01i00Polentoni02i00I believe you call them!) They used to live in remote hill towns before immigrating to the States. As they began to learn English, "hillbilly" was one of the words that seemed to sti

0Haha, funny, but true! 05000 So your ancestors were polentoni... like me! I'm not from Piedmont, though. Most people in North Italy could be referred to as "polentoni". And as for "real Italian", well, in many regions people speak mainly regional dialects... For example, I've never talked in Italian with my parents or my friends. Never in all my life, LOL 05102br
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0 "Polentoni," does this mean "polenta eaters?" 02br
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00If so, I am a certified one050010id1

0 Polenta eaters? Yes, but it's somewhat derogatory, so to capture that flavor I would translate it into English as "polenta heads", i.e., polenta for brains! It's the non-Northern Italian term for Northern Italians.02br
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