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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2007Am I bothered?
Please watch and listen below for a while, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sluVp4oknJw The girl in a movie seems like keep saying, "Am I bothered?" and I don't understand why she keeps saying like that. What's the exact meaning of the sentence and when do I use it? Thanks. > Please watch and listen below for a while, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What's the exact meaning of the sentence and when do I use it? One needs to go rather a long way into the movie to get to your example, and I'm afraid I didn't find it amusing enough to wait that long. Nonetheless, I think one can answer your question without hearing it. It seems to me a rude alternative to the rude expressions "So what?" or "What do I care?", which are things people say to express complete lack of interest in what has just been said to them. So, if you're a polite sort of person, the answer to your question "when do I use it?" is never. If you're a rude sort of person then you use it when you want to irritate people. athel > > Please watch and listen below for a while, > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > "So what?" or "What do I care?", which are things people say to > express complete lack of interest in what has just been said to them. Like "I could care less" and its equivalent "I couldn't care less". > So, if you're a polite sort of person, the answer to your question > "when do I use it?" is never. If you're a rude sort of person then you > use it when you want to irritate people. > > athel fairycat@gmail.com had it ... > Please watch and listen below for a while, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What's the exact meaning of the sentence and when do I use it? Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. It is a catch phrase from a UK comedy programme. It means "What you are saying is no concern of mine - I am not really interested". It's not really funny on its own but like all catch phrases it has become funny by repetition. Only say it if you deliberately want to be funny to British people in an informal situation. If it were used without knowledge of the comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude.  SignatureDavid (I shall now disappear, like a phantom, down the back passage). ===== > fairy...@gmail.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > David (I shall now disappear, like a phantom, down the back passage). > ===== Ooh, Matron! >> fairy...@gmail.com had it ... >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Ooh, Matron! Stop tittering! In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: >Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. I see that a German cable company has expressed interest in showing 'Allo 'Allo. The mind boggles. SignatureMike Barnes Cheshire, England > In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. > > I see that a German cable company has expressed interest in showing > 'Allo 'Allo. The mind boggles. It will be all right, provided they Don't Mention the War. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. > > In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: > >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It will be all right, provided they Don't Mention the War. And Madame R?n? doesn't sing. >> > In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: >> >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > And Madame Réné doesn't sing. There's cheese for that. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. my.spamtrap@verizon.net had it ... > > In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: > >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It will be all right, provided they Don't Mention the War. I've often wondered how German TV and film companies get around the ban on Nazi symbols. Can they show "Where Eagles Dare"? SignatureDavid ===== >my.spamtrap@verizon.net had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >I've often wondered how German TV and film companies get around the >ban on Nazi symbols. Can they show "Where Eagles Dare"? And how do they stand on jolly rogers in pirate films? On 24 May, 17:48, Archie Valparaiso <archievalpara...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >my.spamt...@verizon.net had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > And how do they stand on jolly rogers in pirate films? Once more: 'Oooh, Matron'. DC > I see that a German cable company has expressed interest in showing > 'Allo 'Allo. The mind boggles. In 1981 my family rented a little cabin on Jutland, near the German border. I remember hearing "Springtime for Hitler" on the radio over and over and over, in the stores, everywhere we went... unfortunately I don't remember which radio station it was on. SignatureSML >In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. > >I see that a German cable company has expressed interest in showing >'Allo 'Allo. The mind boggles. One of my two favorites, along with Red Dwarf and Black Adder--wait, okay, one of my three favorites, 'Allo 'Allo, Red Dwarf, Black Adder, and MPFC--wait! Some Americans accuse me of having a sick sense of humor. SignatureAl in St. Lou > If it were used without knowledge of the > comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude. Am I bovvered? Am I bovvered though? Look at my face. ;-) Does my face look bovvered? Are you calling my mum a pikey? Are you calling my dad a wino? Rude?! Bovvered? Abrupt?! Bovvered? Comedy?! Bovvered? Face?! Bovvered? Catherine Tate?! Bovvered? I'M NOT BOVVERED! SignatureToby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS The Great Wi-Fi Controversy http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/05/22/wifi-scare/ On 24 May, 14:56, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote: > > If it were used without knowledge of the > > comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > The Great Wi-Fi Controversy > http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/05/22/wifi-scare/ That humorous Mr Blair will be along in a moment... usenet200703@tobyinkster.co.uk had it ... > > If it were used without knowledge of the > > comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Abrupt?! Bovvered? Comedy?! Bovvered? Face?! Bovvered? Catherine Tate?! > Bovvered? I'M NOT BOVVERED! I recognise the talent of Catherine Tate but I don't find her sketch show funny. It may be the writing - I enjoyed her acting role in Dr Who at Christmas. SignatureDavid ===== >> If it were used without knowledge of the >> comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > wino? Rude?! Bovvered? Abrupt?! Bovvered? Comedy?! Bovvered? Face?! > Bovvered? Catherine Tate?! Bovvered? I'M NOT BOVVERED! Although she appeared to be when she didn't win the BAFTA for comedy. It went to Mitchell and Webb, who make me laugh an awful lot more than she does, so there's some justice in the world. > fairycat@gmail.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > an informal situation. If it were used without knowledge of the > comedy programme, it would very abrupt and rather rude. Catherine Tate is the comedic performer in the persona of the stroppy schoolgirl, Lauren. Usually written as "Am I bovvered?" to imitate the accent used. The full thing is something on the lines of "Am I bovvered? Am I bovvered? Do I look bovvered? Is this face bovvered? Does my face look bovvered? Face? Bovvered? Bovvered? Face?" and so on for much, much longer than I could ever stand it. So well known that T Blair took the part of the "bovvered" persona against Lauren the schoolgirl in a sketch for a TV charitython recently. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >> fairycat@gmail.com had it ... >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >So well known that T Blair took the part of the "bovvered" persona against >Lauren the schoolgirl in a sketch for a TV charitython recently. I've seen several episodes of her show. It's spotty. Funny bit, dull bit, fall flat bit, almost funny bit, funny bit. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL >>> fairycat@gmail.com had it ... >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I've seen several episodes of her show. It's spotty. Funny bit, dull > bit, fall flat bit, almost funny bit, funny bit. Well, hello sailor! SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>> Catherine Tate is the comedic performer in the persona of the stroppy >>> schoolgirl, Lauren. Usually written as "Am I bovvered?" to imitate [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Well, hello sailor! Damn. Another post with a line that sails right over my head. "Hello, Sailor", is "a sexual proposition made by a prostitute" or "a man in drag" to a sailor. Surely, that's not what John had in mind. Checking on the phrase, I see that it was also used in something called "Zork I" and "Zork III". I have absolutely no idea of what that's all about. Eric Idle is also mentioned in connection with this phrase, but that also refers to homosexuality. Eric I know, but not in this context. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL >>>> Catherine Tate is the comedic performer in the persona of the >>>> stroppy schoolgirl, Lauren. Usually written as "Am I bovvered?" to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > "Hello, Sailor", is "a sexual proposition made by a prostitute" or "a > man in drag" to a sailor. Surely, that's not what John had in mind. Nothing ulterior. Just a greeting since I haven't seen you here for a little while. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > On Fri, 25 May 2007 00:39:24 +0100, "John Dean" > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > -- Me too. I like the incredibly enthusiastic 'you total nuttah!' Essex couple (I know people like that) and the 'How very very dare you' bloke, but a lot of her characters have me reaching for the remote, pronto. DC >fairycat@gmail.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >It is a catch phrase from a UK comedy programme. But which one? SignatureAl in St. Lou > But which one? The Catherine Tate Show. SignatureToby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Non-Intuitive Surnames http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/05/25/non-intuitive-surnames/ >> But which one? > >The Catherine Tate Show. Never heard of it. SignatureAl in St. Lou >>> But which one? >> >>The Catherine Tate Show. > >Never heard of it. http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/76/index.jsp One of Catherine Tate's talents playing characters that are completely dissimilar physically. You almost do a double-take in some sketches because you're not sure which character is Tate. On the site linked, she's both the female in the glasses and the old lady in the image below that. Her "Lauren" character in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrmIxZrVH-w&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxSSO1-zEq0&mode=related&search= SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL alfargnoli@yahoo.com had it ... > >fairycat@gmail.com had it ... > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > But which one? Catherine Tate's sketch show. It's called something like "The Catherine Tate Show". SignatureDavid ===== > alfargnoli@yahoo.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Catherine Tate's sketch show. It's called something like "The > Catherine Tate Show". This show must have seen the comedy 'Allo!'Allo! based on a serious film about the resistance in France during the II World War - it is concerned around a café. A girl leader of the French resistance movement always pups up unexpectedly and says: I shall say this only once (with a slightly French accent) - she says it frequently and in every part of the comedy when she is appearing. [...] > A girl leader of the French resistance movement always pups up > unexpectedly and says: I shall say this only once (with a > slightly French accent) - she says it frequently and in every > part of the comedy when she is appearing. Probably to make sure everyone has heard it despite the barking. SignatureLes >[...] > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Probably to make sure everyone has heard it despite the barking. "Barking"? What does that Briticism mean? SignatureAl in St. Lou >>[...] >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >"Barking"? What does that Briticism mean? Jeez, Al. You don't suppose that the "barking" has anything to with the typo "always pups up", do you? SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL >>>[...] >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Jeez, Al. You don't suppose that the "barking" has anything to with >the typo "always pups up", do you? Write that one down Tony. I wasn't joking. It really whooshed. SignatureAl in St. Lou alfargnoli@yahoo.com had it ... > >[...] > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "Barking"? What does that Briticism mean? I think it was used in response to Arne's mistyping of "pops" as "pups". However, it does have a meaning - it's short for "barking mad". It used to be said that Mrs Thatcher was "Dagenham". Dagenham is three stops beyond Barking (these are stations on the London Underground). SignatureDavid ===== >alfargnoli@yahoo.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >three stops beyond Barking (these are stations on the London >Underground). That is funny. SignatureAl in St. Lou nix@invalid.com had it ... > > alfargnoli@yahoo.com had it ... > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > slightly French accent) - she says it frequently and in every > part of the comedy when she is appearing. Ah, no, that wasn't the Catherine Tate Show. That was I, the Omrud. SignatureDavid ===== > This show must have seen the comedy 'Allo!'Allo! based on a > serious film about the resistance in France during the II World > War - it is concerned around a café. I assumed that "'Allo 'Allo" was based on the more serious TV series "Secret Army", which was set in Belgium, and concerned a group who helped Allied aircrew escape from the Germans. One of the main characters was a cafe owner whose wife was bedridden. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075579/ Fran >> This show must have seen the comedy 'Allo!'Allo! based on a >> serious film about the resistance in France during the II World >> War - it is concerned around a café. > >I assumed that "'Allo 'Allo" was based on the more serious TV series >"Secret Army", That is a correct assumption. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/alloallo_7770250.shtml 'Allo 'Allo! was a direct-hit domestic sitcom and huge international success that made a star out of its lead, the funny and talented actor Gorden Kaye. At first sight, frolics in Nazi-occupied France may have seemed a dubious subject for humour, but the show's premise was not to make fun of the war but to spoof war-based film and TV dramas, and in particular a BBC1 drama about the resistance movement, Secret Army (42 episodes, 7 September 1977 to 15 December 1979). A good deal of high farce and plenty of bawdy badinage also helped move 'Allo 'Allo! away from reality and offence, and the fact that it was a huge hit on French TV (it was shown there on Canal+) indicates that writers Lloyd and Croft succeeded in getting the right balance. (What Germans may have thought of it is another matter...) <much more> > which was set in Belgium, and concerned a group who >helped Allied aircrew escape from the Germans. One of the main [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Fran SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>> This show must have seen the comedy 'Allo!'Allo! based on a >>> serious film about the resistance in France during the II World [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >That is a correct assumption. >http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/alloallo_7770250.shtml A good deal of > high farce and plenty of bawdy badinage also helped move 'Allo > 'Allo! away from reality and offence, and the fact that it was a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > matter...) > <much more> I was astonished when a Dutch PhD student told me it was very popular in Holland. SignatureMike Page Who has a space after the two dashes in his sig. separator, honest. >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. >> >>It is a catch phrase from a UK comedy programme. > > But which one? The war-comedy: 'Allo! 'Allo! - said by a girl leader in the French resistance movement. nix@invalid.com had it ... > >>Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once. > >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > The war-comedy: 'Allo! 'Allo! - said by a girl leader in the > French resistance movement. You've come in half way through the thread - the question was about "Am I Bovvered?". I injected the quote from Allo Allo with humorous intent. SignatureDavid ===== >nix@invalid.com had it ... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >"Am I Bovvered?". I injected the quote from Allo Allo with humorous >intent. And that's what I was asking about. I can't find my original post in Free Agent's display right now. The threading seems to have become a mess. I'd like to work out who snipped things so poorly as to mangle my question. Well, thanks for straightening things out, Mr. Omrud. SignatureAl in St. Lou |
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