Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Explanation please?

https://xkcd.com/37/
 
 
Kiuhnm

 
https://xkcd.com/37/
 
 
[(adjective)-ass (noun)] vs. [(adjective) ass-(noun)]
 
The meaning of the phrase changes when the placement of the hyphen 
changes, because the word "ass" no longer serves as a noun modified by 
the adjective it follows, but serves instead an adjective modifying the 
noun that follows. The resultant change in meaning is the source of 
mirth and comedic indulgence for the reader.
 

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I understand that, but what are the meanings?
x-ass = good, ass-x = bad?
 
Kiuhnm

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The good or bad depends on the adjectives and nouns in use.
 
Regarding the given examples, sweet-ass is good, that is; it is often 
used as a positive description. The hyphenated term ass-car is not 
meaningful, but would be interpreted by most people as negative. I read 
it as a car for transporting figurative asses.
 

 x-ass = good, ass-x = bad?
 
x-ass is a usage I've only seen in US media but maybe it's now current 
in the UK too and I've not come across it.
 
"-ass" doesn't really change the meaning very much. "huge-ass ships" and 
"huge ships" are basically the same. "-ass" is of course informal and 
maybe adds emphasis.
 
ass-ships might be ships for transporting asses.

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Qui ci sono delle perle (non troppo rilevanti, però):
http://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/ass
 
 
Kiuhnm

 
https://xkcd.com/37/
 
 
 
The semi-scatological suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier
in informal US English speech, usually attached to an
adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car"
or "funny-ass comedian". In this comic, Cueball is exploring
the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix
modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the
noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian", the
former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the
latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about
lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative
connotation, indicating that something is disliked.
An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example.
 
Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix
refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the
shape of said anatomical piece.
 
Outside of North America, most English speakers use "arse" to
mean the buttocks, so to them, it may sound as if Randall's
talking about donkeys. 
 
https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/37:_Hyphen
 
 
 
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Thank you. I thought I was missing something more profound. Usually, 
xkcd is more clever than this.
 
Kiuhnm

 xkcd is more clever than this.
 
I was thinking of saying that this wasn't xkcd's greatest moment. It is 
very early xkcd, though.

Adam Atkinson 06:26, sabato 2 dicembre 2017:
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Come diavolo si pronuncia "xkcd"?
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 Come diavolo si pronuncia "xkcd"?
 
La prima regola di xkcd è di non parlare di xkcd.
 

Tony the Ice Man 01:54, domenica 3 dicembre 2017:
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Una regola autodistruttiva...
 
No, è solo una autocontraddizione, come quella del cretese che
mente.
 
 
A proposito, uno dei contributori di questo NG si firma con un
nome che sembra scelto premendo tasti a caso, ma a ben
guardare lo schema c'è...
:-)
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 guardare lo schema c'è...
 
A Dio porgo una falsità.
 
 

 (We are not related)
 
 From now on I'll always think of you when I dust my old CDs.
 
Kiuhnm

 A Dio porgo una falsità.
 
Cosa significa?
 
Kiuhnm

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Meglio che tu chieda il contributore del nome non scelto premendo tasti 
a caso.
 

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Adesso ho capito, ma credo si riferisse a me.
 
Kiuhnm

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Figurati! Ma tu hai un vero e proprio nome arabo!

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E' un altro tipo di pattern:
  ui
h  K
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Kiuhnm

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Mi dispiace, ma la matematica concreta non mi interessa.

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E' un riferimento a Knuth o a Ryo Saeba?
 
Kiuhnm

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asseretni im non ehc otted oh it
 

ngs 01:22, martedì 5 dicembre 2017:
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Sì, eri tu.
 
Ma non capisco niente di quel che scrive Tony.
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... l'acronimo con le
iniziali... Adpuf...
 
Potrebbe anche essere 
A Dio Piacendo, Uomo Fortunato
o chi sa che altro...
 
Non è casuale ma è segreto... se te lo spiego poi ti devo
uccidere... come dicono nei film... :-)
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 uccidere... come dicono nei film... :-)
 
E che cos'è la sorte se si indovina correttamente?
 
Assassini Devono Provare Una Fuga.

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Minchia! Manga! Mannaggia!
 
OK, sto tranquillo, tutto bene.
 

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ngs 17:37, mercoledì 6 dicembre 2017:
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Manca solo la spirale di Archimede e siamo a posto.
 
:-)
 
(guarda lo schema dei numeri primi inventato da Ulam)
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 Assassini Devono Provare Una Fuga.
 
 
Hai più fantasia creativa di me. 
:-(
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 Hai più fantasia creativa di me.
 
Forse sì, è la mia croce da portare.
 

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Qualcuno può premere il pulsante di risistemazione di Kiuhnm? Sembra che 
la memoria sia corrotta.

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