Feb 11, 2003 18:31
21 yrs ago
English term
a-f*cking-tall
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Australian English
"you don't talk about anything a-fucking-tall"
What does that mean? The guy who's talking is from the AUstralian Outback
thanx
What does that mean? The guy who's talking is from the AUstralian Outback
thanx
Responses
Responses
+1
12 mins
Selected
nothing at all
with the emphasis of f*cking.
Strictly speaking - in writing - it should have been: "anything at-f*cking-all" but this is written the way one tends to pronounce "at all" namely as if the "t" is the first letter of "all": "a tall".
Strictly speaking - in writing - it should have been: "anything at-f*cking-all" but this is written the way one tends to pronounce "at all" namely as if the "t" is the first letter of "all": "a tall".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot. I had understood the meaning, I just was perplexed about that strange spelling and thought that perhaps it might be Australian slang. (It's a line from a novel, BTW)"
+14
3 mins
Mary Worby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
United Kingdom
Friendly, reliable and accurate!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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164
you don't talk about anything at all
With an expletive in the middle for emphasis!
HTH
Mary
HTH
Mary
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: ooh, that musta been close :)
0 min
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Abso*******lutely!
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smvasc
1 min
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Refugio
2 mins
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pschmitt
5 mins
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John Bowden
7 mins
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Enza Longo
9 mins
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Paul Svensson
31 mins
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jccantrell
58 mins
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Chris Rowson (X)
: I´m impressed by the comments below that seek to correct this expressive turn of profanity. A ... mazing! :-)
59 mins
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Louise Norman
2 hrs
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Sunshine King
3 hrs
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Alexandra Tussing
3 hrs
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Will Matter
: Mary gave the best response.
3 hrs
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Nora Bellettieri
4 hrs
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+4
3 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
Native in English
&
English
Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
455
adding emphasis
to 'you don't talk about anything at all'
though strictly it should be "at-f*cking-all"
it's like saying super-f*cking-market
though strictly it should be "at-f*cking-all"
it's like saying super-f*cking-market
Peer comment(s):
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Refugio
: Actually, atall is treated like one word, the g is dropped in pronunciation, and afuckintall is a lot easier to say than atfuckinall.
4 mins
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Clair Pickworth
8 mins
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Alexandra Tussing
3 hrs
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Nora Bellettieri
4 hrs
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3 mins
at all
with lots of (crude) emphasis.
+1
4 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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2249
at all
This four-letter word is used as an intensifier in word combinations. Example: You're f**cking right. Paraprase of your sentence: "you don't talk about anything at all"
4 mins
Arthur Borges
China
China
China
Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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23
Maybe he's just underlining his frustration.
It's just empty filler.
Maybe you should cross him off your list of friends & acquaintances.
Maybe you should cross him off your list of friends & acquaintances.
+1
5 mins
you don't talk about anything at all
you have absolutely zilch to talk about
you talk about sweet FA (f*** all)
you have f*** all to talk about
your conversational levels are zero!
It'd be more interesting talking to a tree / kangaroo / barbie!!!!
you talk about sweet FA (f*** all)
you have f*** all to talk about
your conversational levels are zero!
It'd be more interesting talking to a tree / kangaroo / barbie!!!!
12 mins
The expletive is lodged in an odd spot
. . . between the a and the t of "at." In the Texas wilderness, I hear a different word order:
You don't expletive talk about anything at all.
Fuad
You don't expletive talk about anything at all.
Fuad
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