Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Re: traduzione ita->ing di termini inventati

 Thanks a lots
lots?
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> do you think those words are correct or what?!
I should think 'polydromic' , but I have no idea what it means , so I think 
very few native English speakers will understand what a 'polydromic book' is 
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I don't suppose many will have much idea what narrazioni multitrama are , 
either , but 'multistories narration' doesn't sound right - I would think 
'narrative(s)' rather than 'narration' , and 'multistory' sounds too much 
like a car-park , so maybe 'multiple-plot narratives' ...
Mike

 ;-)
"A multiplot polydromic masterpiece"
BTW, what do you think about "Tristram Shandy"?
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O santo cielo! devi proprio copiare tutto quello che passa in
TV?
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'narrazioni' would definitely be 'narratives' , not 'narrations' ; and , if 
'multi-story' just means the traditional sort of structure you suggest , 
then quite definitely the term 'multiple-plot narratives' is the one you 
want . We do also use the term 'multi-strand narratives' for narratives that 
have several different storylines (or 'strands') running through them - as a 
lot of TV drama series (such as 'The Bill' in the UK) do ; so do soaps , but 
too often they don't seem to have an end .
(Where you use 'stories' , as in 'multi-stories' , we'd tend to use 
'storylines' , keeping the word 'story' for the narration as a whole; but 
'multi-storyline narratives' etc. , whilst making sense , wouldn't be the 
natural way for a native speaker to express the idea.)
Mike 


Ok - it's still not clear , to me anyway .
One problem about termini inventati is that you can't just hijack existing 
words . 'Polydromic' is a word that exists - it means something in 
mathematics that I don't understand ; it is , however , so far from being in 
general use that it doesn't even appear in my New Oxford Dictionary ; so my 
first problem is , how does a 'polydromic book' relate to this established 
meaning of the word (and what , in simple terms , is that meaning?) .
Maybe I'm slow to understand because I've no idea what a librogame is , 
either - it sounds like some sort of computer game (something I've never had 
any interest in) . The polydromic book appears to involve an interactive 
element in which the reader may intervene to determine the 
sequence/structure of the narrative , possibly with some aleatory feature ; 
so is the polydromic book a 'book' in the traditional physical sense at 
all - can it appear printed and bound - or is its natural element the 
computer and the internet ?
Mike 

 
"Thanks a lots" is not correct and is probably not what was spoken.
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Joe/Joey da New York

 what's wrong in "thanks a lots" ??
	� "thanks a lot" e non "a lots".
PPHN
A Hay, A Hay, A Hay

 
What is wrong with it (not "in it") is that it doesn't make sense and no one 
says it. You probably heard incorrectly.
"A" (the indefinite article) is singular. "Lots" is plural. No sense.
As others have pointed out, the expression is "Thanks a lot."
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You might sometimes also hear the very colloquial "Thanks lots".
Joe from Massachusetts

 As others have pointed out, the expression is "Thanks a lot."
Is "thank you a lot" also used?
I've never heard (of?) it.
Kiuhnm

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It could be used, as it's not grammatically or syntactically incorrect. It's 
just not all that common.
Maybe because it combines a formal element 'Thank you" with an informal 
element "a lot." 
"Thank you very much," is, of course, very commonly used.
On the informal side we have
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a heap.
Thanks loads.
Thanks a bunch (although this strikes me as usually sarcastic)
and the obviously sarcastic
Thanks for nothing.
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 Thanks for nothing.
Thanks a lot, Joe!
Kiuhnm

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Is that supposed to be funny?  :-)
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 Is that supposed to be funny?  :-)
No, why? Too emphatic?
Kiuhnm

 Kiuhnm
No, not at all. Sorry. You missed the "joke" (such as it was) because it's 
too obvious.
All that chatter about how to say "thanks a lot," and you replied with
"thanks a lot."
Maybe I just have an overactive sense of humor. 
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 Maybe I just have an overactive sense of humor. 
I'll keep that in mind!
Just out of curiosity, why Joe/Joey?
By the way, my dictionary says that Joey is a young kangaroo...
Kiuhnm

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Joe/Joey because my name is Joe and I'm a young kangaroo.
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 Joe/Joey because my name is Joe and I'm a young kangaroo.
I suppose many old kangaroos are named Joseph.
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Just the males. The females are Josephine.
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