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Sin Jeong-hun
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:31 pm
Post subject: "Do I ever!' means "Of course"? |
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"Do I ever!" means "Of course!"? Is it an informal expression?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:35 pm
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
| Quote: | "Do I ever!" means "Of course!"? Is it an informal expression?
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Is it ever!
:P
Rich
PS: yes, it is spoken-language, informal and very enthusiastic. |
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Sin Jeong-hun
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:01 pm
Post subject: Re: "Do I ever!' means "Of course"? |
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Thank you but "Is it ever!" means" "It sure is!"?
rlancashire@hotmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
"Do I ever!" means "Of course!"? Is it an informal expression?
Is it ever!
:P
Rich
PS: yes, it is spoken-language, informal and very enthusiastic. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:00 pm
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Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
| Quote: | Thank you but "Is it ever!" means" "It sure is!"?
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Does it ev-
Yes, it does. As a statement, it is answering the question it looks
like with a "yes".
So: "Have you had a nice day?"
"Have I ever!" - means I've had an extremely nice day.
Rich
| Quote: | rlancashire@hotmail.com wrote:
Sin Jeong-hun wrote:
"Do I ever!" means "Of course!"? Is it an informal expression?
Is it ever!
:P
Rich
PS: yes, it is spoken-language, informal and very enthusiastic. |
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Nick Worley
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:45 am
Post subject: Re: "Do I ever!' means "Of course"? |
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"Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1129793486.815619.26400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | "Do I ever!" means "Of course!"? Is it an informal expression?
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Yes I'd say it's pretty informal.
It sounds like US English to me, not the sort of thing you'd expect a
British English speaker to say (possibly because GB English speakers
generally go in for understatement, not enthusiastic outpourings of emotion
[and "Do I ever!" sounds *very* enthusiastic]).
It also sounds a little dated and/or provincial to my English ears -- a bit
Waltonsesque, harking back to more innocent times.
I could be wrong, but that's the way it comes across to me. (And context of
course counts for a lot. It's possible that in other contexts "Do I ever!"
might sound perfectly normal to me).
Here's a context I just thought up:
Person 1: "Do you like comedies?" (i.e. Do you like comedy films?)
Person 2: "Do I ever!"
"Translating" that into GB English you might get the following understated
reply:
Person 1: "Do you like comedies?"
Person 2: "Yeah, they're OK" [which you might hear even if Person 2 *loves*
comedies! It's a British thing!]  )
Regards
Nick |
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