Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: sapere come si scrive

Oggi ho sentito una frase detta da Jonny Deep:
"ama shoiu somethin" ( ho scritto come l'ho sentita )
e vorrei sapere invece come si scrive!
(credo che sia una specie di "I'm going to show you something")

Larry ha scritto:
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It's the way (some) folks say just what you think: "I'm going to show you
something." The phrase "I'm going to.." is a frequent one, so it has a
variety of pronunciations depending on the situation.
What you probably heard was:
"I'm (gonn)a show you something." but there's no "correct" way of writing
it.
It sounds like:
"Ama kill you!"
"Ama tear your head off!"
"Ama giver a BIG kiss!" (I'm going to give her a BIG kiss!)
etc.
-- 
This is my opinion of modern, colloquial, American English. 
If you feel the need to e-mail me, un-not my address first.

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Sì, detto fingere un accento italiano. Puoi inventare come scriverlo perché 
non è inglese. 

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Sembra "I'm show you something", ma aspettiamo chi ci capisce... :-)
Cristiano

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Puoi registrarla, o almeno dirci il titolo del film? È un po' difficile
capire con le indicazioni di uno che non ha capito. Se la trascrizione
fosse chiara, avresti capito già tu. (faccina sorridente)
Ciao, FB
-- 
"Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with
education?" "She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of
respectability" "It is obviously the same person".
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 Ciao, FB
donnie brasko inizio del film...dopo che alpacino gli fa vedere delle 
patacche di gioielli jonny gli dice: "ora ti mostro una cosa..."

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It's a fugazy! Ottimo film. Ho il DVD.
"Hey Pal, you wanna see *somein', I'm **gonna show ya *somein' " 
* I'm not 100% sure about the spelling, it's how a New York Italian
American would say "something". It sounds like "some-ink" to me. Maybe
Joey or Joe would know the correct spelling.
** He hardly says "gonna", but he does.

 Joey or Joe would know the correct spelling.
I'd like to hear it myself; I'm not familiar with that pronunciation of
"something." I do here the following:
sumthin
sumpin
sunthin
but the version you mention, without anything between "some" and "in(g)"
sounds like a British slurred pronunciation to me.
He probably says "g(&)na", with just a hint of schwa (&).
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"something.
I've probably got it wrong, here it is..
http://www.zen9021.zen.co.uk/DB.mp3

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Oh my. What in the hell does he say? "I'm a show you some", as far as I can
tell. Maybe some sounds are so low as to be imperceptible in the recording,
at least so they are for me.
Bye, FB
-- 
Emily: "I'm going to Europe and I'm going to have a marvellous time. I'm
going to get up at ten and have two glasses of wine at lunch every single
day."
Richard: "Only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch!"
(Gilmore Girls, 501)

jonny ha scritto:
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Ok, what he said was "ama showyou sum`n" with ` being a glottal stop.
I forgot about that pronunciation; not all that uncommon either.
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 I forgot about that pronunciation; not all that uncommon either.
The more I think about it, it's more like "sum`m." Small correction.
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 sunthin
"Sumpin"? 
Bye, FB
-- 
"Are you sure an embryo parson should have a plane?"
"Everyone should have a plane!"
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)

 at least so they are for me.
I understood "take half" first, then "I'm a show you some"  poi "here you
go" e un "that's a beautiful thing"
But I'm not that sure.
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Yeah, whatever...

 go" e un "that's a beautiful thing"
Here's the whole clip, as spoken and as "transliterated":
Hey pal. Y'wanna see sum`m? Ama show you sum`m. Here you go. I'nnat sum`m?
Thassa beautiful thing.
Hey pal. [Do] You want to see something? I'm going to show you something.
There you go. Isn't that something? That's a beautiful thing.
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 There you go. Isn't that something?
thank you, I was pretty sure he said "take half" and I was wrong
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Yeah, whatever...