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| In my humble opinion, if "that makes two of us" means "I agree with you (on a certain matter) or we are of the same opinion", "that makes one of us" means " my opinion is different from your here". It's a joke. |
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 15:38 pm That makes one of us |
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You are half right, Theresa. Why half? Because "that makes two of us" means something that you say in order to tell someone that you are in the same unpleasant situation, or have the same negative feelings as they.
And "that makes one of us" typically means that whoever is saying it to you doesn't agree with whatever you'd just said. For example:
You: I think Inga was adorable in her new outfit at the party.
Me: Well, that makes one of us...(I don't agree).
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 15:54 pm That makes one of us |
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Hi Maryann,
That makes two of us - not only stands for unpleasant situations. We can also use it in ordinary situations.
-I am happy today.
-That makes two of us.
Please correct me if I am wrong in this message. |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 16:01 pm That makes one of us |
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| Maryann wrote: |
| You are half right, Theresa. Why half? Because "that makes two of us" means something that you say in order to tell someone that you are in the same unpleasant situation, or have the same negative feelings as they. |
Maryann, I'm afraid I do not completely agree with you here. Perhaps it is mostly used in unpleasant situations, but not necessarily so: I agree with Arun.
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And "that makes one of us" typically means that whoever is saying it to you doesn't agree with whatever you'd just said. For example:
You: I think Inga was adorable in her new outfit at the party.
Me: Well, that makes one of us...(I don't agree).
Maryann |
You and I seem to agree with Theresa here.
In the context of wedlock, it may be used more literally, to say that man and woman become a unity after marriage. That is why people sometimes refer to their spouse as "my other half". In Plato's Symposium, the myth by Aristophanes already speaks of souls who have once been two parts of a whole in some previous existence and are thus looking for their other half in this life.
It may be used in wordplay with both connotations:
She: "I'm ever so glad we are now joined in marriage!"
He: "Well, yes, that makes one of us."
You can guess what the joke is here. |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 16:03 pm That makes one of us |
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Hi!
As appeared, you were absolutely right, Arun Kumar
P.S. Nice joke, Steven :D And that's great that we can share different information with each other.
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