tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post8232725158426166101..comments2023-11-09T09:00:28.240+00:00Comments on GrammarBlog: I do, I do I do I do I do I doUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-38851895766008253292007-09-05T11:22:00.000+01:002007-09-05T11:22:00.000+01:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HobNob<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HobNob" REL="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HobNob</A>Gezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940940562246471040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-75073368883139981732007-09-05T02:25:00.000+01:002007-09-05T02:25:00.000+01:00Also, in the US, the correct answer to "Do you hav...Also, in the US, the correct answer to "Do you have any chocolate hobnobs in your pants?" is not "I have" or "I haven't" but "What the HECK is a chocolate hobnob?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-74126345760328170742007-09-05T02:20:00.000+01:002007-09-05T02:20:00.000+01:00Thanks for the laughs, guys. I agree with Leah and...Thanks for the laughs, guys. I agree with Leah and Gez regarding the "I do" issue. <BR/><BR/>As for the other thing, in the US, it would be a sit-down dinner of lemon chicken, followed by everyone dancing a conga line to Kool and the Gang's "Celebration."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-75574038515408713472007-09-04T19:30:00.000+01:002007-09-04T19:30:00.000+01:00I am an American, so I thought I would comment. I...I am an American, so I thought I would comment. It may be that Americans are confused by questions that begin, "Have you got..." because we do not begin questions that way over here. An American would not say, "Have you got 5 monkeys?" It would be, "Do you have 5 monkeys?" And wouldn't "I do" be an appropriate response to that? I guess I think of it as an abbreviated version of "Yes, I do have 5 monkeys."Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163745694791828073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-61071746576101376422007-09-03T22:20:00.000+01:002007-09-03T22:20:00.000+01:00I take your point, although I suspect you have bee...I take your point, although I suspect <I>you</I> have been drinking. I swear I've heard Americans respond to 'Have you got...' with 'I do'. Perhaps that is the construction that's been confusing me. I'm confused!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300587849784972095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-7755247442934102032007-09-03T21:56:00.000+01:002007-09-03T21:56:00.000+01:00To be followed by a buffet and everyone dancing in...To be followed by a buffet and everyone dancing in a sweaty circle to <I>Come on Eileen</I>.<BR/><BR/>"Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye!"Gezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940940562246471040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-46949164201585477992007-09-03T21:50:00.000+01:002007-09-03T21:50:00.000+01:00Have you been drinking? I think you've got yoursel...Have you been drinking? I think you've got yourself tied up in knots. "I do" is surely <I>the</I> correct response to any question beginning with "do you...?". In the same way, "I will/won't" follows, "will you...?" and "I would/wouldn't" follows "would you...?".<BR/><BR/>Although weddings would be more amusing if the groom answered the question, "Do you take this woman...?" by grunting, "I take!", then bashed his bride over the head and dragged her up to his tree-house for a rough and thoughtless consummation.Gezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940940562246471040noreply@blogger.com