Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: frasetta su t-shirt

su una maglietta c'era un gatto addormentato , con di fronte una tazza di 
caff� , e la scritta :
I don't  do  mornings
Cosa vuol dire ?
grazie 

 Cosa vuol dire ?
"to do nights" significa lavorare (occasionalmente) in turno di notte; "to
do morning", ironicamente, "turno di mattina".

On Sep 6, 7:35 am, 
deliverysqu...@gmail.com
 (The Squash Delivery Boy)
wrote:
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Ha un significato piu' lato del semplice "turno di lavoro" o
"lavorare"
gfc

 
I don't like mornings.
Other expressions:
I don't do windows. = I won't wash your windows for you.
Let's do lunch. = Let's have lunch together (some time.)
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York

 "to do nights" significa lavorare (occasionalmente) in turno di notte; 
Come in italiano...

 Come in italiano...
I've never heard the expression "to do nights" meaning working the night 
shift. 
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I agree.
I personally don't do Mondays.
The original posted phrase definitely doesn't mean "I don't work the morning
shift", as some are saying. Why would anyone advertise on a T-shirt that
they don't work the morning shift?
Joe from Massachusetts

"Joe/Joey da New York" <joe...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Neither have I. I have worked the day shift, the evening shift (the swing
shift), the night shift (the graveyard shift), but have never heard "to do"
used to refer to the hours worked.
Joe from Massachusetts

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That's what I was saying too.  In a phrase like "I don't do windows"
then "to do" means "work", but in phrases like "I don't do mornings"
or "I don't do Mondays" I would translate in another language with "I
hate...." but then again... non sono brava con le traduzioni.  Cioe'
non "faccio" le mattine nel senso che di mattina io non "esisto".  E'
un po' difficile spiegare se uno non parla la lingua.  Same with
Monday.
gfc
gfc

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news:6sVom.119411$nL7....@newsfe18.iad...
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But did you ever work in  the UK ? You might have had to do nights here (or 
in the commonwealth countries) where it's a common expression : 'Most wards 
have a couple of staff who choose to do nights usually for family reasons' , 
etc.
Mike 

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Sorry, Mike. For some reason I thought you were in the US. You don't sound 
like a Brit. :-D
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"Joe/Joey da New York" <joe...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
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I'm not offended if you thought I sounded American :) even though I do 
resist some of the Americanisation of our version of English .
Mike 

 they don't work the morning shift?
Irony? To mean that they like sleeping till late morning?

 
Don't you mean "AmericaniZation"?
Oh, and you shouldn't be embarrassed by "your" version of English. It's cute. 
And quaint.  :-)
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York
English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US

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Well, just to be clear, Yes: that is the point. They like sleeping till late 
morning, or possibly early (or late) afternoon.
HOWEVER, that said, the phrase is a nearly stock phrase these days, and it 
has nothing to do with working any particular shifts.
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York
English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US

 shift. 
Grazie al cazzo...
In Italia si dice "far la notte" in italiano...