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Interesting question, Daemon. :lol:
Personally, I think I'd add at least a slight N sound to the end of 'wanna' in a situation like that: 'Wannan ice cream cone?'
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 21:12 pm Usage of wanna |
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One could also want a nice cream cone.
hehe
"The door is a jar. The door is a jar."
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 23:49 pm Usage of wanna |
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One could also want a nice cream cone.
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Or "Got a potato day." 8) |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:26 am Usage of wanna |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Interesting question, Daemon. :lol:
Personally, I think I'd add at least a slight N sound to the end of 'wanna' in a situation like that: 'Wannan ice cream cone?' |
Hi Amy,
I am not so sure but how about 'wanta'? Maybe I just bring owls to Athens.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:18 am Usage of wanna |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Interesting question, Daemon. :lol:
Personally, I think I'd add at least a slight N sound to the end of 'wanna' in a situation like that: 'Wannan ice cream cone?' |
Hi, Amy
What about "I wanna beer"? Doesn't it sound similar to "I want a beer" in fluent speech? ;)
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:34 am Usage of wanna |
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Is "wanna" becoming a semi-modal auxiliary here?
That's a bad cut. You wanna get that seen to.
He'll wanna eat when he gets here, I'm sure. |
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:22 am Usage of wanna |
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| "The door is a jar. The door is a jar." |
When is a door not a door? When it's a jar :lol: (read somewhere)
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:01 am Usage of wanna |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
"The door is a jar. The door is a jar."
"Shut up, no it's not!" |
I see you have ridden in a Chrysler Lebaron from the 1980s. I mean the model where Robocop announces, "Your DOOR is a JAR!" |
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| #11 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:55 am Usage of wanna |
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Just remembered a corny joke:
This twine walks into a bar and orders a drink, the bartender replies: "haven't you sees the sign outside above the door? We dont serve twines, get out!"
The twine walks out, looking despondent, then at the corner he suddenly twists around a few times, ties himself in a knot and walks back into the bar, comes up to the counder and orders a drink.
The bartender, angrily "Aren't you that same twine that I turned out a moment ago?"
To which the twine replies: "I'm afraid not" |
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| #12 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:59 am Usage of wanna |
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| Alex, what's the punch line? |
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| #13 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:02 pm Usage of wanna |
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| Oh, now I get it. "I'm a frayed knot." There's no indiction earlier in the joke that the knot gets frayed, so it's confusing. |
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| #14 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:21 pm Usage of wanna |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Oh, now I get it. "I'm a frayed knot." There's no indiction earlier in the joke that the knot gets frayed, so it's confusing. |
By the way, Jamie, I thought that while he twists around (on the ground), he gets frayed. Do you find that's true?
(or maybe, it's better to add that he rubs himself against the ground ?) |
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| #15 (permalink) Wed Jun 04, 2008 14:19 pm Usage of wanna |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Oh, now I get it. "I'm a frayed knot." There's no indiction earlier in the joke that the knot gets frayed, so it's confusing. |
Here's the "correct" form:
Three strings walk into a bar. The bartender throws them out, yelling "Can't you read the sign?! I don't serve strings."
The strings try again, and again the bartender kicks them out.
Finally, one of the strings gets the idea to mess himself up a little. He walks into the bar.
The bartender scowls, "What's wrong with you? Can't you read? I don't serve strings!" The string replies, "I'm a frayed knot!" |
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