0
Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

You'd call it

0 Can you help me please, 02br
00I'm not sure whether in the context, this means 01i00you would like to pay a visit02i00 or 01i00you would call it that way02i00: 02br
02br
00X: When's the funeral? 02br
00y: She's being cremated. There's a wake, I guess you'd call it, tonight. Here's the address. 0-
  

Top answer

0 It's "you'd call it that way" 02br 00As she's being cremated, there's no real funeral, but there's a ceremony, a wake, but y is not too sure about the way to call it. 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 It's "you'd call it that way" 02br 00As she's being cremated, there's no real funeral, but there's a ceremony, a wake, but y is not too sure about the way to call it.
  • 0-
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

10 Answers
0
0 It's "you'd call it that way" 02br
00As she's being cremated, there's no real funeral, but there's a ceremony, a wake, but y is not too sure about the way to call it. 0-
0
0
0 Thanks pieanne, just checking. Sometimes I'm completely blocked, if you know what I mean 0-
0
0
0 Eyes screwed and mind blank? Yes, I do! 02br
00But I've a great experience on PM's, morgues, wakes and so on... I(m reading Minette Walters presently, don't like it much... I prefer McDermid. 0-
0
0
0 Thanks *** for your taste, it saved me a lot of trouble. If you are in the mood, and if you have some spare time, take a look at the Medical English threads, post:fair game (I accidentally put it there). 0-
0
0
0 01blockquote
00There's a wake, I guess you'd call it, tonight. 12blockquote
12br
00I'd slightly differ about this one. 02br
02br
00When you say 'an X, I guess you'd call it', it's as if you'd gone back and put inverted commas round the X. 02br
02br
00You have Something in your mind. 'It's an X', you say. The
0
0
0 But in any case, we never say "call it 01b00that way02b00", do we? I don't, except in: 02br
02br
00-- Oink, oink, oink! Here, piggy, piggy, piggy! (To get a sow to come and eat.) 02br
00-- Are you for real? 01u00You don't call it that way02u00 You shout, "SoooooooooEEeeeeee!" 02br
02br
050010
0
0
0 Or: "that's absoutely typical of you" 02br
02br
00You WOULD call it thay way - I'd expect nothing else from you, even when everyone else shouts SoooooooooEEeeeeee!" 0-
0
0
0 Thanks Mr P., I agree 0-
0
0
0 You're welcome, Antonia! 02br
02br
00And we didn't mention vegetables once. 0-
0
0
0 And I'm very grateful for that 0-
0

Related Questions