Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - lyrics

Giò
A man has dreams of walking with giants,
to carve his niche in the edifice of time.
Before the mortar of his zeal
has a chance to congeal
the cup is dashed from his lips,
the flame is snuffed aborning.

 everything /she do/ just /turn/ me on"
Dice proprio cosě. Se cerchi il testo sul Web, trovi sempre 'do'.
Perché non dice 'does'? Boh. Chiedilo a Sir Gordon Sumner.
Max

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anche io capisco "everything she do just turn me on"

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 pure dire "turnS"?
Scusami, non avevo notato il 'turn' nel tuo messaggio. Certo, dovrebbe dire
'turns'. Però anch'io sento 'turn', in effetti. I testi che trovo sul Web,
comunque, riportano tutti 'turns'. 
Max

Giò
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everything /she do/ just /turn/ me on"
The lyrics are:
"everything she do just turns me on"
Of course it should be "she does" and he does seem to say "turn". I
think it's just his singing style. He sounds Jamaican to me when he
sings many of his songs.

sings many of his songs.
so que serà serà...I suppose.
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so que serà serà...I suppose.
Like Joe has said..lyrics don't have to make sense :)

Like Joe has said..lyrics don't have to make sense :)
I think just "said" would be better, in this case.
Anyway, it's just that I wouldn't feel any need for this lack of good
English...but I should stop worring, and just accept how it is, and
that's it :)
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 I think just "said" would be better, in this case.
Why right in that case? :)
I'd have written "Like Joe said" without even thinking about it too, but I
believe there's nothing wrong
with "has said", or rather it seems more proper and grammatical :)

with "has said", or rather it seems more proper and grammatical :)
I don't know about other people, but, since nowadays we Italians
wrongly tend to use the "passato prossimo" instead of the "passato
remoto" (the Sicilians make an exception to this rule), the same thing
happens when we translate our thoghts into other languages. I mean,
that does not happen when we come to the point that we are able to
_think_ directly in the foreign language.
If I think in English, I say "Like I did once, when I went to school".
If I speak in Italian, I say "Come ho fatto una volta, quando sono
andato a scuola".
If I think *correctly* in Italian, I say "Come feci una volta, quando
andai a scuola".
If I translate my Italian thoughts into English, I say "Like I have
done once, when I have gone to school". Clearly wrong. But a common
mistake (now pushed to the outer limits of decency, in this example).
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that's it :)
True, Lyrics aren't generally a good way to learn English. I've been
listening to "la Bambola" I haven't really studied the lyrics. I've
understood "like it were a doll" and "No boy, no" I guess that means
"I don't want a boy". Is it Italian in origin? I've found versions in
Italian, Spanish & French.

 understood "like it were a doll"
"As if I were a doll". If you want to listen to good music and read good
and meaningful lyrics, you might want to try Fabrizio De André. "La guerra
di Piero", which I sort of know by heart, oughtn't to prove too hard for
you.
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
"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)

you.
I'll look out for him. I got my hands on some "Laura Pausini" I had
real trouble understanding her, little wonder, she was singing in
Spanish.


Since most of the song is in "correct" English, my guess is he's
selectively affecting some of the phraseology of Black English, as
many people often do.
http://www.wetset.net/watersports-bbs/messages/92388.htm
;>)
Joe from Massachusetts


..could it be "everything she'll do"? In the States it is common to use the
future instead of the present, like:
"...he'll come back home and he'll just open the fridge and sit down to
watch his game..."
Tang

 I'll look out for him. I got my hands on some "Laura Pausini"
Look, DON'T DO THAT.
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
If you knock on my door and I call out "Who is it?", you, as a normal
person, knowing that I would recognize your voice, would say "It's me". If
you said "It is I", I would not be nearly so inclined to let you in.
(Geoffrey K. Pullum - 
http://snipurl.com/bhtu
)


fossi, fossi, fosse: i, you, he (she,it)
Two out of three ain't bad.
Joe from Massachusetts

;>)
and now for the $64,000 question, do you hang around that site? ;)

Look, DON'T DO THAT.
The chance would be a fine thing :)


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..as Meatloaf once said, I thought she was saying "fosse" obviously
not, so then I though it was like sia.. oh enough with the excuses,
wrong again.

"jonny" <j...@jj.jj> wrote in message
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One visit was enough.   :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

"jonny" <j...@jj.jj> wrote in message
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Since you mentioned "Mr. Loaf", which you can call him, if you want to
get him mad: he is a great guy, as well as an accomplished serious
actor and musician.
When he lived not too far from here in Connecticut, in a very affluent
community, he took his children out of the local High School, and
transferred them to another school, because, he said, there were no
"regular people" in the school, and he wanted them to be exposed to a
wider variety of people. No snob he.!
Once, Meat Loaf was interviewed by a late-night talk-show host named
Tom Snyder, for a full hour. During the entire hour, Snyder kept
calling him "Meatball", and Meat Loaf never corrected him. Finally, at
the end of the hour, he told Snyder about his mistake. It was
hilarious, watching Meat Loaf every time Snyder called him "Meatball".
Joe from Massachussetts


http://www.wetset.net/watersports-bbs/messages/92388.htm
così mi parte la risposta ad un messaggio intitolato "women peeing
while standing"...che c'entra?
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 I got my hands on some "Laura Pausini"
Never again, ok?
(kidding :-) )

 everything /she do/ just /turn/ me on"
Un po' come in "Ticket to ride", no?
"She's got a ticket to ride, but she /don't/ care"
-- 
antofa

 Perché non dice 'does'? Boh. Chiedilo a Sir Gordon Sumner.
Ed anche a J.J. Cale:
«She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie; cocaine.»
-- 
Ciao,
D.

«She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie; cocaine.»
Vabbè...questo è un abominio bell' e buono...
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 sings many of his songs.
Jeesh! That "do" with no "-es" sounded so Oxonian to me...
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 Boh. Chiedilo a Sir Gordon Sumner.
Sir Gordon che, se non vado errato, prima di diventare leader dei Police e
baronetto, insegnava lettere alla high school... Il che mi fa propendere
ancor più per la mia ipotesi.
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If that were the case, then you would have to also say "Every little
thing she do is magic?".
(Thus making both phrases equally incorrect).
Joe from Massachusetts