Hi, just a joke, of course. I only wanted to demonstrate the usefulness of the phrase ;-)
It can, of course, be used in another way, this time with "yes": "Yes, yes, a thousand times over, yes!" ...which means something like "'yes' is the only possible answer." Best, Petr 2007/8/14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 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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