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 #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 08, 2011 14:23 pm Tut, tut |
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The term is not used in standard evertyday conversation. It is only used for comic effect.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 08, 2011 14:44 pm Tut, tut |
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Also, note that "tut" can be said in two ways. The first is by making a clicking sound with the tongue. In English this sound is never used in proper words, so there are no letters that represent it. Somebody presumably once decided that "tut" was the best approximation. The second pronunciation is literally "tut", to rhyme with "hut". I assume this pronunciation only arose after people saw the sound written down as "tut", either out of confusion, or maybe facetiously.
I think I make the "tut" sound sometimes in conversation for its genuine meaning of annoyance or disappointment, but I would only use the tut-tut "word" (rhyming with "hut-hut") humorously. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Oct 08, 2011 16:27 pm Tut, tut |
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| Beeesneees wrote: |
| The term is not used in standard evertyday conversation. It is only used for comic effect. |
Beesnees, thanks for providing me a satisfactory answer.
| Dozy wrote: |
Also, note that "tut" can be said in two ways. The first is by making a clicking sound with the tongue. In English this sound is never used in proper words, so there are no letters that represent it. Somebody presumably once decided that "tut" was the best approximation. The second pronunciation is literally "tut", to rhyme with "hut". I assume this pronunciation only arose after people saw the sound written down as "tut", either out of confusion, or maybe facetiously.
I think I make the "tut" sound sometimes in conversation for its genuine meaning or annoyance or disappointment, but I would only use the tut-tut "word" (rhyming with "hut-hut") humorously. |
Dozy, you have provided me with such a penetrating insight that I really really appreciate it very much. Hehe. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 08, 2011 18:24 pm Tut, tut |
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Hi,
Just staying with possible ways to express one's frustration or annoyance, would "Rolls eyes" be a good one, as in, " Just to confirm for you that Wayne Rooney will definitely now miss the first game of the Euro 2012 finals, with a second at the discretion of Uefa. *Rolls eyes"?
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:26 pm Tut, tut |
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"rolls eyes" can have a range of meanings, including bemusement, surprise, disapproval, indifference, frustration and annoyance.
In your example, I would understand it to mean "Huh ... not again ... what would we expect ..." |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:07 pm Tut, tut |
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To be good at English? That has been my study for all these years, and I haven’t the faintest perceptible reason for my burning desire for this language. But the headwinds and steep hill along the way of learning English are real, for I only interested in the idiom, the flowery sentence, etc but certainly not the TENSES. Further, I sometimes feel far more cast down than I ought to have been.
So, when I want to find a humorous way to tease myself and wondering why the wearying efforts sometimes get the opposite results as in proportion to what I sought, can I say, “Tut, I wish the coin will flip someday and everyone else has to converse in Chinese.” Is this a correct way of expressing my feeling with the 'tut' sound in front?
(This thought seems to do its justice somehow just to compose my wearying mind that always works overtime in English.) |
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| #8 (permalink) Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:39 pm Tut, tut |
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| Isbell wrote: |
| for I only interested in the idiom, the flowery sentence, etc |
No kidding... :)
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| can I say, “Tut, I wish the coin will flip someday and everyone else has to converse in Chinese.” Is this a correct way of expressing my feeling with the 'tut' sound in front? |
As I mentioned, there are two ways to say "tut". The "tut" clicking sound is used in informal conversation, and I guess would work in your sentence to indicate dissatisfaction. The word "tut", to rhyme with "hut", is usually only used humorously or facetiously. In writing, "tut" is inappropriate in any sort of formal context. It only works when you're writing very chatty and conversational English.
Incidentally, it should be "I wish the coin would flip someday and everyone else had to converse in Chinese." |
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:56 am Tut, tut |
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| Dozy wrote: |
| Isbell wrote: |
| for I only interested in the idiom, the flowery sentence, etc |
No kidding... :) |
:-) Looking back, wow, I can see a tremendous amount of replies with embellishment and arabesque that have been made by me to you and other coaches. I'm really inclined to embroider the fact! I must credit this to my subscription to the belief that there’s no such thing as a free lunch and the flowery words…… I mute to myself…… maybe they are something that calculated to expand and promote the rapport between all of us? For me, the flowery replies always go hand-in-hand with earnestness. See? I just couldn't help myself but adding another flowery reply......
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| Incidentally, it should be "I wish the coin would flip someday and everyone else had to converse in Chinese." |
OK, got it! Thanks. Here is another proof that I’ve a scanty sense of the correct usage of the tenses. Hehe. |
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