Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Snap the dozens

Philadelphia. Un gruppo di ragazzi per strada, 17-18 anni.
"They smoked, shared a blunt, sipped from a pair of brown-paper clad
forties, *snapped the dozens* on each other, or whatever they called it
these days."
Mi è tutto chiaro tranne "snapped the dozens"...
Aiuto!
TIA
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Ciao,
Anna

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l'Oxford dice di "the dozens"
the dozens
a ritual exchange of insults among black Americans.
Può essere d'aiuto? 

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Also "playing the dozens".
Joe from Massachusetts

 Also "playing the dozens".
Questa roba qui?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dozens
LOL, capito! Grazie as usual! :)
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Anna

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Guybrush Treepwood made an art of this!
Kiuhnm

 >> "They smoked, shared a blunt, sipped from a pair of brown-paper clad
Why does the author make it seem that smoking and sharing a blunt are two
different activities?
Oh, another one of those authors?!
Joe from Massachusetts

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FYI:
In most cities it is illegal to drink on the street, so people go to the
liquor store and buy a can of beer, and put it in a brown paper bag to
conceal the fact that they are drinking beer on the street. If you don't
hide the can or bottle in a brown paper bag, the police will be sure to stop
you. If your beverage is hidden in a bag, there is a chance they may not
stop you, since they can't tell what you're drinking if they can only see
brown paper.
"Waging war on the brown paper bag".
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4DF113AF935A35750C0A962958260
Vicenza just passed an ordinance against public drinking because of the
problems with drinking in the parks.
Do they use brown paper bags over there for concealment, as they do here?
Joe from Massachusetts

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That's pushing it.
If any exchange of insults is "snapping the dozens', then I heard it every
day while driving through downtown Naples.
Joe from Massachusetts


"engaged in it" rather than "heard it".  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 Do they use brown paper bags over there for concealment, as they do here?
Mai viste, se non nei film americani. Ma importeremo anche quelle, prima o
poi...
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Anna

 Oh, another one of those authors?!
UFFA però, Joe, e lascia un po' vivere i miei autori! ;)
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Ciao,
Anna

 Mai viste, se non nei film americani. 
Usano anche in England, se non ricordo male.
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 brown paper.
Ho visto un sacco di volte nei telefilm americani le bottiglie di birra avvolte nella carta marrone, ma 
pensavo fosse per proteggere le mani dal freddo :-) 

 
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4DF113AF935A35750C0A962958260
You brought it for an explanation :-)
Never, repeat never had a f... clue about those brown paper sacks used 
to wrap liquor bottles almost exclusively seen on the american movies. 
Probably I always thought it was a sort of trick used by directors to 
give an idea of "wanderers" to the people drinking on the streets..
Is it so easy to workaround laws in the USA? :-)
See there are many common points with Italy.. ;-)