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A question for all of you native English-speakers

posted by [personal profile] nekare at 07:03pm on 12/02/2007
If you say 'you're it' do you understand it's tag related even if it's just the two words? In Spanish, we say 'Tu la traes' (plus an accent I'm too lazy to type right now), and that's pretty self-explanatory. So. Help?

Also, what is the name of the detective in Night Shifter? I don't know the right spelling. o_O

Yes, this is all for the Evil!Sammy fic. Good times, folks.
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posted by [identity profile] ignipes.livejournal.com at 01:10am on 13/02/2007
Yeah, if you say "you're it" it's pretty clear you mean tag. :)

The FBI agent? Victor Henriksen, I think.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 01:22am on 13/02/2007
Oh, okay, I was hoping that was right. :)

Hee. So I had</i. been spelling it wrong after all XD Thanks!
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ext_7717: Lilian heart (Infernal Affairs by me)

"You're it."

posted by [identity profile] lilian-cho.livejournal.com at 01:24am on 13/02/2007
Not a native speaker, but that would be yes. Can't think of that sentence in any other context.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 01:29am on 13/02/2007
Well you're almost a native, so I'll take your word for it XD
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posted by [identity profile] lilian-cho.livejournal.com at 01:45am on 13/02/2007
Well 11 more years and I'd have lived here for as long as I've lived in my home country X-D
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posted by [identity profile] terraneanblues.livejournal.com at 01:31am on 13/02/2007
Mmm, it would be generally understood, I imagine--it's what I first thought of when I saw just that phrase before I read the question--but if want to be really explicit, or "cute," you could say "Tag, you're it." That's what kids usually say when playing the game, in kind of a sing-songy voice.

Just throwing out that option. :)
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 01:37am on 13/02/2007
Haha, I think cute is that last thing that sentence would be in the fic XD

Thanks, hon. :)
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posted by [identity profile] terraneanblues.livejournal.com at 01:40am on 13/02/2007
Ah, yeah... well, it could be used ironically? I dunno, hah.

I can't WAIT to read this fic btw, have I told you that??
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 01:41am on 13/02/2007
Haha, I'm such a tease, aren't I? XD

And seeing that you're already here, what's the right way to use that expression 'death warmed over' OR SOMETHING, dunno exactly how it goes. I've always liked the singy-song quality of it...
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posted by [identity profile] terraneanblues.livejournal.com at 02:32am on 13/02/2007
You mean, like, what does it mean?

You would say it like, "You look like death warmed over," if you were speaking to someone who looks like, well, crap. Sick, beat up, someone in a pathetic state. Like they're a degree away from death, right?

I've never really used that phrase; it's not terribly common. But I've heard it before, yeah.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 02:47am on 13/02/2007
Oh, so I was only a preposition away from using it right! XD I like the cadence of it, if I'm making any sense *3*
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