I am another who has not; as with 24 it is something I have studiously
avoided.
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 30 March 2007 17:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: off of
>
> Most of us these days - with the exception of PmcP, who still
> recieves B&W BBC programs from 1953 - have watched Buffy.
>
> Roger
>
> On 3/30/07, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I think it is "my bad"
> >
> > On 3/30/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just for you furriners out there: "my bad" = "my fault" or "my
> > > mistake."
> > >
> > > Hal
> > >
> > > "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be."
> > > --Anon.
> > >
> > > Halvard Johnson
> > > ================
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> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard
> > > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> > > http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> > >
> > > On Mar 30, 2007, at 5:26 AM, Peter Cudmore wrote:
> > >
> > > > I remembered wincing when, knowing Laurie to be a Brit,
> he uttered
> > > > 'my bad'
> > > > in one episode of House. Most of the time he just speaks 'good'
> > > > English with
> > > > a manufactured drawl, and does it very well. 'My bad' irks me
> > > > because it leaves so much to the second party to fill
> in. My bad
> > > > what? As with formulations such as 'I was, like,
> whatever', what
> > > > seems lazy and colloquial is actually quite demanding
> (it seems to
> > > > me) because you need to know what would have been said if the
> > > > speaker had needed to lay out the whole story in full.
> The second
> > > > party has to insert the substitution in real time.
> > > >
> > > > The thing with 'off of' seems to be the intrusion of
> the oral into
> > > > the forms of the literate. We have become so accustomed to the
> > > > latter structuring the former that we sometimes forget which is
> > > > the cart and which the horse.
> > > >
> > > > P
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> > > >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MC Ward
> > > >> Sent: 30 March 2007 02:15
> > > >> To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >> Subject: Re: off of
> > > >>
> > > >> Does anyone else watch the tv series "House"? I was
> astonished to
> > > >> read recently that the show's star, Hugh Laurie, is a British
> > > >> actor who lives in London with his wife and 3 children. Every
> > > >> other weekend he flies to London to see them. I would
> never have
> > > >> guessed he was British since he "speaks American," as
> he puts it,
> > > >> so well. It's the hardest part of the job for him,
> compared to,
> > > >> say, learning his lines for each weekly episode. Only
> after he's
> > > >> gotten his lines down can he concentrate on "translating" them
> > > >> into "American."
> > > >>
> > > >> If you don't know "House," try to catch an episode.
> > > >> It's a wonderful show, especially thanks to Laurie, who's
> > > >> obviously British-trained in acting and turns in a spectacular
> > > >> physical performance week after week (Sat. night at 11:00).
> > > >>
> > > >> Candice
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ______________________________________________________________
> > > >> ______________________
> > > >> We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to
> > > >> hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.
> > > >> http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
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