Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Inglesismi

Sempre dall'americano del mio precedente thread:
«Piacere, Enrico.»
«Piacere, Tom. Come stai?»
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
There are two kinds of Italians, those who work for Berlusconi and those 
who are about to.

 
Despite the "inglesismi" in your subject line, I am thinking you're looking 
for Americanisms....
'Hi, I'm Enrico. Nice to meet you."
"Hi. Tom. How are you?" 
(We don't say "How do you do" in the US..)
-- 
Joe/Joey da New York

 (We don't say "How do you do" in the US..)
And just like in "how do you do", there's no answer following, right?
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 And just like in "how do you do", there's no answer following, right?
You could say "'tsup". It's short for "What's up?" and in the US
doesn't mean "Why are you
so depressed?" but "How do you do?". It's pretty informal.

 so depressed?" but "How do you do?". It's pretty informal.
Ok. What about in the UK? I wouldn't say "how do you do" to someone my 
age. Perhaps "glad/nice to meet ya".
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 age. Perhaps "glad/nice to meet ya".
"Hello"?

 age.
Se è per quello, nemmeno in italiano nessuno direbbe mai "Piacere,
Enrico"...
--
Cingar

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I don't know about anyone else, but I wouldn't say "t'sup" when meeting 
someone for the first time*. I might use it for a close friend, with a 
meaning of "what's up," what's doing," "what's going on." Even so, when I do 
say "t'sup" it's almost always taken jokingly.
"Nice to meet you" is my standard greeting (beyond "Hello") when I meet 
someone for the first time. (And unless the person turned out to be a 
complete idiot, I would repeat "It was nice meeting you." on leaving.
(If the person did turn out to be a complete idiot, I might say "Have a nice 
life!" = [I hope I never see you again.] :-)
*Keep in mind: I'm old. Maybe 20-somethings use ''t'sup" more frequently, but 
only among peers, I would venture.
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 only among peers, I would venture.
I think people I didn't know said it to me 20 years ago. Maybe I just
didn't recognise them.
Of course, it was quite some time before I stopped saying "Nothing,
why?"

 someone for the first time*.
It wasn't a serious suggestion. I'd be no more likely to say "tsup"
than I would
be to say "Yo, smack my bitch up", and I wouldn't recommend either to
Enrico.

 life!" = [I hope I never see you again.] :-)
In these days I was listening a song "Scream if you wanna go faster" -
Geri Halliwell - and it said:
"Have a nice day as American say".
Is "Have a nice day" typically American?
-- 
Yatta!,
The thing's a Hyundai, let's smoke 'em.
John Crichton

 "Yo, smack my bitch up"
LOL. What is the exact meaning of this? :)
I have googled but I haven't found anything but unclear explanation.
Confusing for me anyway.
-- 
Yatta!,
Ronon Dex: You kill him before I do, I kill you.
Sheppard : What if he kills you first?
Ronon Dex: Then you kill him.

 Enrico"...
Ok, direi semplicemente il mio nome. Uffa, alla prima cosa imprecisa mi 
sgamate sempre.
:-/
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 Confusing for me anyway.
Se ne è parlato qui sopra tempo fa in riferimento a una canzone, puoi 
trovare il vecchio topic con google groups. Dovrebbe avere a che fare con 
l'uso di droghe, comunque. 

 l'uso di droghe, comunque. 
Thanks, I got it.
"inject my girlfriend with drugs"
-- 
Yatta!,
War has changed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-pvKkduEY


Waiters, cashiers, and other service personnel often say it. I personally
never say it.
Joe from Massachusetts


No one has ever said "'Tsup" to me, whether it be in Hunt's Point in the
Bronx or in Spanish Harlem. It would certainly sound strange to me. I don't
think I have ever heard it live, only on TV, on recordings, and in films.  I
often hear "What's up?", "What's happening?", and "How's it going?". If I
heard "'Tsup?" from a foreigner, I think I would break out laughing.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Although I often find myself saying "Have a good one", which means the same
thing, but doesn't sound as forced.
Joe from Massachusetts

 heard "'Tsup?" from a foreigner, I think I would break out laughing.
As I said before, I wasn't serious. But for the record, _everyone_
18-21 in Houston
in 1986 seemed to say this all the time.

 
I agree with Joe that it is (or has become, anyway) a pseudo-genteel way of 
taking leave of someone, but usually it's used by service personnel and no 
one believes they mean it.'
"Have a good one" on the other hand, is used all the time.
There was a cartoon I came across years ago that really made me laugh and 
really hit home:
Two panels in this cartoon.
First panel has the caption "Los Angeles." There are two people passing each 
other on the street. One person says to the other "Have a nice day!" but his 
thought-bubble (what he's really thinking, rather than what he's saying) says 
"F*ck You!"
Second panel has the caption "New York." Same two people passing. One person 
says "F*ck You!" but his thought-bubble says "Have a nice day!"
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 Two panels in this cartoon.
<snip>
LOL, I think that Milan and New York are quite alike. :)
Thank you Joe and Joe. (Joe cube. ^^)
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 direct on saying things between human speaking?!
Something like that. The correct term is "West Coast" and "East Coast" rather 
than "West American," etc.
We (on the East Coast) have a saying: If you picked up the country (The US, 
obviously) and tipped it on its side, all the nuts would fall to California.
Both coasts are "hip" but in different ways. We on the East Coast are hipper 
in a more energetic or even frenetic way, whereas the folks on the West Coast 
are wa-a-ay laid back. (These are gross generalities, of course, and meant to 
be good-natured and in fun.) My impression is that West Coasters are more PC; 
East Coasters tend to be up front (and "in yo' face!')
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> -) so what do you think?! ;-)
I didn't find any text in English!
(PS: I think some of the problems in your message are just typos -- 
typographical errors -- but if you want to have them corrected let me know.
E.g.: "I tried [not 'tryed'] to translate [not 'traslated'[ a story into 
American (English) [not 'american'] ..." etc. And "Do the comments... [not 
'does the comments']"
Just trying to be helpful.
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Ok, I took a look at the text entries and there are way too many errors and 
non-standard phrases to comment on.
I suggest you learn a bit more before making such an endeavor.
But don't give up, whatever you do!  :-)
(If I were to write the above in my bad Italian, you'd have a field day*, so 
don't feel bad.)
*'field day - an opportunity for action, success, or excitement, especially 
at the expense of others : shoplifters are having a field day in the store.
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