Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Super-duper questions

1) Recently I've come across the word "super-duper" twice *. The
Merriam-Webster just tells it is a "reduplication of super". More? 
2) Have you ever heard Ray Milland speak? I have, since yesterday I saw
"Dial 'm' for Murder". Well, I like it, because it's relaxed, but relaxed
in the right way!
* Once in a film, "Cruel Intentions" (vvery nice, and easy, too), and once
in a song.
Bye, FB
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 Merriam-Webster just tells it is a "reduplication of super". More?
Holy Moly!
Okey-dokey
Skinny Minnie
Jeepers Creepers (which I take to be a euphemism for J*sus Chr*st)
Helter skelter
Dizzy Lizzie
Boney Maroney
There are also the whole host of xxx-schmxxx rhymes. You can create one
with just about any word you want, the effect being to denigrate the
original phrase, usually spoken by someone else. Ex:
"Hurry! We don't have much TIME!"
"Time-schmime, we'll get there when we get there."
"I *told* you she was angry."
"Angry-schmangry, she's always uptight about something."
Ninna nanna .... oh no, that's Italian.
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in a song.
I like Cruel Intentions, too. Did you know it's the free adaptation of
a famous French novel called "Le Liaisons Dangereuses" (by Pierre
Choderlos de Laclos? There's a movie called "Dangerous Liasons", with
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Keanu Reeves and
Uma Thurman which is also adapted by De Laclos's novel. Watch it, it's
a totally different movie, since the adaptation is not that free. I
love that too.
Sebastiano

 There's also "uper-duper". :)
From which planet, exactly? :)
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 since the adaptation is not that free. I love that too.
I'd rather read the book, first. It should be worthwhile. 
Another film was based on that novel: "Valmont", with Colin Firth and
Annette Bening, if I recall correctly. The former should play Ryan
Phillippe's character (who also played in "Gosford Park"), whilst the
latter Sarah etc. varie-ed-eventuali Gellar's.
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From which planet, exactly? :)
Dunno, I swear I heard it. Anyway, since you've never heard it, I
guess that: a) I was dreaming, b) I was high, c) I was stoned, or d)
when I write "IIRC" people answer "No, you don't" and when I don't
write it people answer "you should have written 'IIRC' so my reply
could have been 'no, you don't' instead of 'From which planet,
exactly?'". ^_^
Sebastiano

latter Sarah etc. varie-ed-eventuali Gellar's.
Yes, I have to see that too. Ryan Phillipe was in 54, another movie I
like.
Anyway, there's also a mini-series based on that novel:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0317875
and a kind of unknown tv movie:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0321896
Here:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0480166
I'd love to see the French-Canadian mini-series.
Waitaminute. I want to say French - from France - and Canadian - from
Canada. French Canadian is someone/something that's from Quebec or
some other place in Canada where they speak mainly French. Should I
say "Canadian French mini-series"? Awful. Is there another way to say
that?
Sebastiano

Boney Maroney
From one episode of 8 Simple Rules I'm watching right now:
Bridget: "This is a taco-burrito conversation, nachos!"
Kate: burrito finito.
The above quotes are not from the same dialog, but Kate - Bridget's
mom - uses burrito referring to their previous conversation because of
that line. :D
Oh, Jim - the granfather - uses "hanky panky" and his daughter answers
"Hanky panky? Oh, dad, nobody says hanky panky anymore. ;)
Oh, and I've just remembered "heebie-jeebies". :)
Oh, there's hocus pocus, too :)
They are colled echo words, or jingle-jangles. ;)
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/echoword/echodata.html
Sebastiano

 "Angry-schmangry, she's always uptight about something."
This is a very American form, influenced by Jewish/Yiddish dialect.
My favourite is "Oedipus schmoedipus, so long as he loves his mother!"
-- 
Mary

 My favourite is "Oedipus schmoedipus, so long as he loves his mother!"
LOL! I never heard that one, but I will remember it.
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 that?
"French and Canadian"?
Bye, FB
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acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 "French and Canadian"?
Generally said as "French-Canadian" so "French-Canadian mini-series."
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Generally said as "French-Canadian" so "French-Canadian mini-series."
So I was worring for nothing, since French-Canadian miniseries is
correct. I though it might be confusing since "French Canadian" also
means "from the part of Canada where they speak mainly French" or
"Canadian of French descent".
Sebastiano


"Uper" (pron. yooper) could be a reference to the inhabitants of the
Upper Peninsula (U.P, hence Uper) of the state of Michigan. The Upper
Peninsula is separated by water from the rest of Michigan, but has a
long border with the state of Wisconsin. "Upers" are stereotyped as
redneks, ignoramuses, and unsophisticated because of their geographic
isolation from the other inhabitants of the state of Michigan, and the
rest of the US. Their land is a haven for hunters and fishermen. I
could imagine a context where "Uper-dooper" might be heard, especially
in a sarcastic sense.
Joe from Massachusetts


Québecois.
Joe from Massachusetts

Québecois.
^_-
Sebastiano

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Oh gah, you might be right. I have in-laws who are "Upers" and anything is 
possible.
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 Boney Maroney
What about easy-peasy? There's a young english chef using it all the time...
Cheers,
DS.

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I've heard "cheezy-peezy", meaning something like "Gee!"
(gee!->cheez->cheezy-peezy) but not easy-peasy. I'm going to go out on a
limb here and say the field is pretty open for creativity! :)
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 limb here and say the field is pretty open for creativity! :)
easy-peasy is very common in the UK
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