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PonyFan Posted 12 years ago
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What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet?


What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet?
I just can understand it's a counterfactual conditional sentence and what each word means but I couldn't clearly decipher what the whole sentence means. Thanks in advance!

The line is quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms at 16:53.

The transcript is available http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
  

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". In other words, the sentence is justifying/explaining the noisiness of the party.

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  • In other words, the sentence is justifying/explaining the noisiness of the party.
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The implied answer is "A lousy welcome party!", "Not a proper welcome party at all!". In other words, the sentence is justifying/explaining the noisiness of the party.

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