Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: fare un tiro (sigaretta)

come posso dire in English:
"mi fai fare un tiro?"
"Vuoi fare uno/due tiro/i?"
si tratta di sigarette...

 si tratta di sigarette...
io ho sentito "take a toke" ma potrei sbagliarmi

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Various ways, depending on the people involved:
May I have a puff? (formal)
Can I have a puff? (informal)
Can I have a hit? (informal)
Can I have a toke? ("toke" used to mean only marijuana, but it's sometimes
used (jokingly) for cigarettes.)
Would you like a puff? (formal)
Would you like a puff? (formal)
(Do you) Want a (wanna) hit? (informal)
(Do you) Want a couple of (wanna coupla) hits? (informal)
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 used (jokingly) for cigarettes.)
rotfl I didn't know that, I swear I'm not addicted to that stuff :)

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Sure, sure; don't worry, I'm not either, and anyway I wouldn't... I
wouldn't...  ... what were we talking about anyway?   :)
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 wouldn't...  ... what were we talking about anyway?   :)
but you already forgot!!! :-))))
just kidding! :)

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forgot what?  :)
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 forgot what?  :)
what we were joking about man :-)

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ROTFLMAO (and I have no idea why) :)
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I would say that "toke" and "hit" are used by smokers of
hallucinogenics, or by people who think they are "hip", while "drag"
or "puff" would normally be used by "ordinary" cigarette smokers.
"Drag" and "puff" are also used by smokers of hallucinogenics.
Joe from Massachusetts


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"Drag" is the norm here.
"Giz a drag".

 Would you like a puff? (formal)
Whoever would ask for a puff formally? It's like "May I take that
marvellous croquette from your plate?".
Bye, FB
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 "Giz a drag".
'Giz a drag from yer fag?" :)
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 marvellous croquette from your plate?".
Well, probably not a lot of people except for those who pretend to be
hoity-toity, and mostly women. Guys would never say this. Guys don't use
words like "puff." Guys go out of their way to avoid words like "puff." :)
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 ROTFLMAO (and I have no idea why) :)
Oh, voi due, interrompete un attimo 'sto attacco di ridaròla e passate!
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 Oh, voi due, interrompete un attimo 'sto attacco di ridaròla e passate!
*tira* *tira* *tira*
yeeeeee
(rotfl)

 'Giz a drag from yer fag?" :)
Dunno what you think, but I'd rather say "cigarette" instead of fag :-)

 ROTFLMAO (and I have no idea why) :)
"I was gonna clean da room... until I got high...." :-)
you know that song? :-)

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I dunno... fag is so much easier to say. Besides, some of my best friends 
are cigarettes.  :)
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 are cigarettes.  :)
much easier to say ok but I'd laugh :-)
oh, some of my friends are "cigarettes" too :-)

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Not off the top of my head. :)
I know the *concept* though.
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 I know the *concept* though.
ahah ok I got it :)
the song is really funny tho :-)

are cigarettes.  :)
Some of my friends are puffs :-))

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Mine, too.
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are cigarettes.  :)
LOL!
Sebastiano

you know that song? :-)
Afroman!
www.elyrics.net/go/a/afroman-lyrics/because-i-got-high-lyrics/
I knew the song, but not the guy.
Boy, he's stoned. :)
Sebastiano

 Boy, he's stoned. :)
afroman?
the name says it all though :)

the name says it all though :)
You're kinda right. :)
Sebastiano

 si tratta di sigarette...
i'm sorry but i don't smoke :)

 hoity-toity, and mostly women.
<nitpicking>
Shouldn't you have left out "for" after "except" in this case?
</nitpicking>
Bye, FB
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(Paolo Bonardi on it.cultura.linguistica - 
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)

 </nitpicking>
Should he?
except for = fatta eccezione per; a parte

 Bye, FB
<I-will-not-have-my-nits-picked>
No, why ever not? It's a perfectly correct expression.
</I-will-not-have-my-nits-picked>
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 </I-will-not-have-my-nits-picked>
Keep your nits, but I know there's a rule to choose between "except" and
"except for". I'll find some information about it.
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 </I-will-not-have-my-nits-picked>
Good: if there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ;-)
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 08/08/2004 17.31.05

 Good: if there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ;-)
As previously evidenced. :-)
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 "except for". I'll find some information about it.
I was wron... I wasn't quite RIGHT. "Except" may be used in any case,
whilst "except for" may bear only one of the meanings of "except".
Bye, FB
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"What meaning of this, Mitter Twain?". "I will tell you, Mr Wang, if you
can tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this
century can't say his prepositions or articles".
(Murder by Death)

 "except for". I'll find some information about it.
I was wron... I wasn't quite RIGHT. "Except" can be used in any case,
whilst "except for" can bear only one of the meanings of "except".
Bye, FB
-- 
Just as I thought. Another test that could have cost us our lives, saved
only by the fact that I am enormously well-bred.
(Murder by Death)