Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: You should OF just punched me

"you should of just punched me"
I just found this sentence in a comic strip.
I'm pretty sure it means "you should HAVE just punched me";
so I guess that "of" simply indicates a slang pronounciation for "have".
Am i right?
thx
Nebo

 Am i right?
Yes.
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 Yes.
Not really. (smiling face)
"Should of" in lieu of "should have" is a gross typo, but [sUd @v] is not
at all a slang pronunciation of "should have".
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 at all a slang pronunciation of "should have".
I'm sorry. [SUd @v].
Bye, FB
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Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 not at all a slang pronunciation of "should have".
It is not a typo, you can find it written like that on purpose. Of 
course, if you want to be peculiar, it's a *spelling* of "should have" 
rather than a *pronunciation* of it (actually the pronunciation might as 
well be the same... "of" just tells you which pronunciation of "have" 
has been used among all the possible ones).
If you have a better term than "slang" for it, it's ok, I can't seem to 
fine any at the moment.
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"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!" 

 to fine any at the moment.
"find".
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 fine any at the moment.
For the spelling? "Wrong", or, if "slang" also means "wrong", I guess
"slang" is good.
Bye, FB
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"I saw something nasty in the woodshed!"
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)

 You're right. It's a wrong spelling, rather than a typo.
What I wanted to say is that there's nothing wrong in _saying_ [Sud @v],
which is the pronunciation showed by the horrible "should of".
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Ciao, FB
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LOL, dąi, che libro č?
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Ciao,
Anna 

 You're right. It's a wrong spelling, rather than a typo.
Yes. Let me add that if an author uses it in a novel or a comic book, it 
sure is not a mistake, but if it is used, for instance, in a blog... 
well, it might as well be! (meaning that the writer is not aware)
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"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" 

 LOL, dài, che libro è?
Non ne ho segnato il titolo (credo di averlo omesso per pietà), e non ho
più la rivista. Volevi leggerlo?
Ciao, FB
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Max

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"Should of" is a substitution for "should've", just as "could of"
replaces "could've", and "would of" replaces "would've". Some people
pronounce these contractions this way, so the writer is emphasizing
the pronunciation by making the substitution.
Joe from Massachusetts

 pių la rivista. Volevi leggerlo?
Volevo prevenire il rischio di comprarlo.
Grazie :)
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Ciao,
Anna 

 Joe from Massachusetts
I have seen that happening a lot in the UK, too.
antonio

course, if you want to be peculiar, it's a *spelling* of "should have" 
"if you want to be particular", not peculiar ;)

 "if you want to be particular", not peculiar ;)
I *never* remember which one is the right one! :-) Thanks!
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"Real love isn't brains children, it's blood. It's blood screaming 
inside you to work it's will." 

I *never* remember which one is the right one! :-) Thanks!
No Problem. Your English is excellent (most of the time ;) I'm curious
to know where/how you've learnt it?

 at all a slang pronunciation of "should have".
Scusa ma un typo non sarebbe piuttosto "gave" al posto di "have" (perché 
la g è vicina all'h sulla tastiera)? Oppure "odpo" al posto di "dopo", 
per aver pigiato nella fretta i tasti nell'ordine sbagliato...
Nebo

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Sì, e l'ho detto in un altro messaggio. Volevo dire che la pronuncia 
[SUd @v] non è "slang", ma è normalissima (e si scrive "should've").
Ciao, FB
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think I could have my curtains washed? I believe they're red, but I should
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 to know where/how you've learnt it?
Well, thanks! :-)
I learnt it... well, actually I started to learn English for real in 
1990, I think. I had fallen in love with a movie (Ghostbusters) and had 
the chance to buy the VHS in English (it wasn't so easy way back 
then)... I even made an audio tape with its dialogs, so I soon knew 
every single line by heart.
Then in 1991 I bought all of Guns n' Roses' albums... and luckily there 
were booklets with lyrics inside. That kind of did it.
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"Well, I figured, what the hell!"