Hi , I don't know what is this ? its real meaining or just only joke. Don't mind, i couldn't understand.
Best regards Hema On Aug 14, 1:00 am, "Petr Hrubis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I see the whole phrase, it seems to parallel similar phrases > in other European languages, including Czech. "A thousand times over" > thus appears to multiply the "no's" by one thousand - simple maths, > huh? :-D > > "No, no, a thousand times over, no" is, therefore, much more > economical than, say, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, > no, no, no," isn't it? :-D ;-) > > Best, > > Petr > > 2007/8/3, Paul Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I've seen it in contexts like "no, no, a thousand times over, no', that kind > > of thing - as Petr says, an intensifying device, But yes, context would be > > useful > > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Petr Hrubis > > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: what does this mean? > > > Well, can you provide us with a little context? > > > Anyway, this appears to be an intensifying phrase...could a native > > speaker comment on this? > > > I've never encountered it (nor have I read the book), so...I can't > > really help...just guess... > > > Best, > > > Petr > > > 2007/8/2, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'm now reading the book THE KITE RUNNER, > > > with a dictionary I can understand most part of it. > > > What confused me most is the phrase " for you, a thousand times over" > > > which appears in the book for many times. > > > what does it mean?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Correct my English" group. 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