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Ahuramazda Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
some short explanations
1) Wanna work uptown at nights?
(wanna = do you want?)
2) Sh.it... I'm waiting for the sun to shine.
(What is his position?)
3) I should get one of those signs that says "One of these days I'm gonna get organezized".
(I'm gonna get = I'm going to get?)
4) Got change of a nickel?
(??)
5) Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'?
(Why some? Why 'you know'? What is the connotation of these uhs?)
(wanna = do you want?)
2) Sh.it... I'm waiting for the sun to shine.
(What is his position?)
3) I should get one of those signs that says "One of these days I'm gonna get organezized".
(I'm gonna get = I'm going to get?)
4) Got change of a nickel?
(??)
5) Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'?
(Why some? Why 'you know'? What is the connotation of these uhs?)
Top answer
1. Yes. Such forms are transcriptions of spoken English, not words: wanna, gotta, oughtta, coulda, gonna , etc.
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- Yes.
- Such forms are transcriptions of spoken English, not words: wanna, gotta, oughtta, coulda, gonna , etc.
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- He is on the toilet, waiting for a bowel movement.
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1. Yes. Such forms are transcriptions of spoken English, not words: wanna, gotta, oughtta, coulda, gonna, etc.
2. He is on the toilet, waiting for a bowel movement.
3. Yes. See #1.
4. 'Some' means a quantity of; 'dinner' is a mass noun here. 'Uh' is a transcription of a pause in the speaking; here it suggests hesitation. 'You know' is also a habitual phrase of some speakers
2. He is on the toilet, waiting for a bowel movement.
3. Yes. See #1.
4. 'Some' means a quantity of; 'dinner' is a mass noun here. 'Uh' is a transcription of a pause in the speaking; here it suggests hesitation. 'You know' is also a habitual phrase of some speakers
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Thanks,
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2) What is his psychological position? I mean
and
4) Got change of a nickel? = Have you got ... ?
Is this admitted ?
The sentences are quotes from a movie script. ("Taxi Driver")
but
2) What is his psychological position? I mean
and
4) Got change of a nickel? = Have you got ... ?
Is this admitted ?
The sentences are quotes from a movie script. ("Taxi Driver")
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2) What is his psychological position? -- None is indicated by those words.
4) Got change of a nickel? = Have you got ... ? Is this admitted? -- Of course—it's in the movie script, isn't it? It is informal.
4) Got change of a nickel? = Have you got ... ? Is this admitted? -- Of course—it's in the movie script, isn't it? It is informal.
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