Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: I do do

You can say "she does do" and "I did do". For some reason, "I do do" sounds
a little odd to me. 
Bye, FB
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"Are you sure an embryo parson should have a plane?"
"Everyone should have a plane!"
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)


You don't do much.
You don't do too much.
You don't do much too much.
I do much.
I do do much!
I do too do much!
I, too, do much.
I, too, do do much!
I, too, do too do much!
I do too much.
I, too, do too much.
I do do too much!
I, too, do do too much!
I do too do too much!
I, too, do too do too much!
I do much too much
I do do much too much!
I, too, do do much too much!
I , too, do too do much too much!
You do too, too much.
I do too, too much.
I do do too, too much.
I do too do too, too much!
I, too, do too, too much.
I, too, do do too, too much!
I, too, do too do too, too much!
Sounds a little odd, but it seems fine to me.
Joe from Massachusetts

 a little odd to me. 
I remember an episode of "Will & Grace" where Will, a lawyer, says "do due
diligence" and his Texan client is puzzled by that "doo-doo diligence".
Will then tries to explain that he didn't say "doo-doo", but his client
says something like "you do that doo-doo that you do so well."
IIRC it was the pilot episode.
Anyway, "I do do" sounds odd to me too.
Sebastiano

 says something like "you do that doo-doo that you do so well."
 
Avevi capito il gioco di parole?
-- 
Mary

 Sounds a little odd, but it seems fine to me.
Is it informal? I heard it in "Sliding Doors":
(I'm sort of inventing actually)
- Do you work at... ?
- I did do. (Indeed I used to)
Bye, FB
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"Come, dear, we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any
more might expose us to comment on the platform."
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 
Forse, puoi provare a spiegarmi in Italiano, magari l'avevo capito anche 
se dubito! =^P
Ciao
ValerioZ

 se dubito! =^P
Non è che faccia molto ridere, comunque "you do that doo-doo that you do
so well" è una parodia di una famosa canzone di Cole Porter ("You do
that voodoo that you do so well", dalla canzone "You do something to
me"); inoltre, "doo-doo" in americano significa cacca.
Ovviamente "due" e "do" in americano sono omofoni.
-- 
Mary

 - I did do. (Indeed I used to)
"Do you (did you) work there?"
"I do" or "I did.", not "I did do".
"I did do" - do requires an object
"Did you do what I told you to (do)?"
"I did.", or "I did do it".
"I did do", standing alone, is incorrect.
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First you poo-poo our use of doo-doo.
Then you allude to homophony as some sort of degenerate lifestyle..
Un altro caso di omofonofobia europea. Perchè non ci lasciate in pace?
:>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 "I did do", standing alone, is incorrect.
Here is where I heard it:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fb83/diddo.mp3
 (345.3 Kb)
Bye, FB
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Io lo avevo interpretato con doo-doo che significa cacca, mentre "due
diligence" è il prendersi cura del proprio cliente in modo che non gli
tocchino la proprietà, o una cosa del genere. Alla fine, quando dice "you
do that doo-doo that you do so well" dice, in pratica, fai quella cacca che
sai fare tanto bene. Sono fuori strada? Almeno, io risi per questo. :D
Riporto il pezzo del dialogo:
WILL: Well, first you've got to get something called a Hart-Scott-Rodino
antitrust clearance and then we can negotiate standstills and lockups.
Naturally, that's after we do due diligence.
HARLIN: What the hell is doo-doo diligence?
WILL: No, Harlin, after we do due diligence.
HARLIN: Doesn't matter how slow you say it, Will. It's still doo-doo, isn't
it? I just want to know what it means.
WILL: It's just crap that lawyers deal with. Harlin, I'll handle it. I've
been representing your corporation for 5 years now, remember?
HARLIN: I know, but my wife's been bugging me about the business lately.
She wants me to be a little more hands-on.
WILL: You sure she's talking about the business?
HARLIN: [LAUGHS] Yeah, she's talking about the business. But I trust you,
Will, so you do that doodoo... That you do so well. [HARLIN EXITS]
Sebastiano

 sai fare tanto bene. Sono fuori strada? 
No, hai ragione.
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Mary

 No, hai ragione.
Mitico, allora non avevo riso per niente. :D
Sebastiano


Some examples:
"No, I didn't go to school today. Would you like to know what I did
do?."
"You didn't go to school today"."I did!", or  "Yes, I did!", or "I did
too!".
"If you did, no one saw you".
In the audio example:
"I did do. I''ve just been fired, ok?" (At least I think that's what
she said).
I can't recall ever hearing "did do" used in this way.
In the US, it would definitely be "I did."
"I did do" as spoken here may be colloquial somewhere in the UK, but I
have never heard it here in the US.
Maybe someone over there can offer an opinion?
Or maybe they're afraid to admit that someone actually used the
expression?  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts