Sep 16, 2004 11:37
20 yrs ago
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English term
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Puerto Rico...
You ugly island...
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing...
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
'West Side Story', of course :)
You ugly island...
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing...
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
'West Side Story', of course :)
Responses
| 4 +20 | Put that in your pipe and smoke it! |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 +8 | So take that! |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +1 | Artistic license |
J. Leo (X)
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| 3 | enjoy everything |
Clauwolf
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| 3 | That is meaningless to me. / Take that! |
Derek Gill Franßen
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Responses
+20
5 mins
Selected
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
I've certainly seen "WSS" once or twice, and I don't remember this - I'm sure it would have hit me like a brick. It's not quite in the right order, as posted above, and it means that the person spoken to should take good notice of what has been said and act on it, think about it, etc.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-16 11:46:17 GMT)
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Okay, if it\'s from the lyrics - well, even many an ENS doesn\'t know exactly what\'s being sung (that\'s my excuse, anyway), but it\'s still based on the above, I think.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-16 11:46:17 GMT)
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Okay, if it\'s from the lyrics - well, even many an ENS doesn\'t know exactly what\'s being sung (that\'s my excuse, anyway), but it\'s still based on the above, I think.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much!"
+8
4 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
So take that!
Apparently a play on "Smoke that in your pipe!"
Mike :)
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-09-16 11:41:47 GMT)
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Digest that - chew it over and think about it, because what is, is.
Mike :)
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-09-16 11:41:47 GMT)
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Digest that - chew it over and think about it, because what is, is.
Peer comment(s):
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sarahl (X)
: yes, and possibly referring to the pollution in Manhattan too.
8 mins
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Thank you, sarahl - Mike :)
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Vicky Papaprodromou
13 mins
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Thank you, Vicky - Mike :)
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| agree |
Tehani
48 mins
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Thank you, Tehani - Mike :)
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Orla Ryan
1 hr
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Thank you, Orla - Mike :)
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Derek Gill Franßen
: Yes, I didn't catch your added note, before I made my suggestion. :-)
1 hr
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Thank you, Derek - Mike :)
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Dr Andrew Read
: Agree with your note, Mike. I've never heard your phrasing "Smoke that in your pipe" before. Is that US phrasing? Only David's phrasing below is common in the UK. (Plus see my note below as to why it's inverted in the lyrics!)
2 hrs
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| agree |
Melanie Nassar
: Never heard your version "Smoke that in your pipe", but the explanation is correct
2 hrs
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| agree |
Jörgen Slet
5 hrs
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58 mins
enjoy everything
:)
1 hr
Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Germany
Native in English
&
English
Germany
German Attorney & University Lecturer
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
English term (edited):
smoke on your pipe and put that in! (=Put that in your pipe and smoke it!)
That is meaningless to me. / Take that!
I agree with David that this must be derived from (or a play on) this saying. I understand both to mean, that - though something might be important to one - this something is completely meaningless to the other or possibly as a comeback meant to disempower an argument asserted by others, i.e. "How (do) you like them apples?".
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Note added at 1 hr 14 mins (2004-09-16 12:51:06 GMT)
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In this case, I have the feeling that the author is challenging the \'fans\' of tropical islands to \"contemplate\" or \"think about\" whether the those islands are such a paradise after all (so probably more like my second interpretation). :-)
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Note added at 1 hr 14 mins (2004-09-16 12:51:06 GMT)
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In this case, I have the feeling that the author is challenging the \'fans\' of tropical islands to \"contemplate\" or \"think about\" whether the those islands are such a paradise after all (so probably more like my second interpretation). :-)
+1
2 hrs
Artistic license
The word order is switched to rhyme with “Manhattan”, just as well as to accentuate the “immigrant” use of American English. The immigrant influence on language gives birth to the diverse regional diversity and with time accents and dialects. I know that this explains much of 'da way we tawk in New Yawk'.
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