I am so excited that I found this forum :P
I don't quite understand what Maude means by the "parlance of our times". English is not my first language, maybe that why I have problems unterstanding it in that context. Thanks a lot!
The definition of parlance is manner of speaking, vernacular, or idiom. So "parlance of our times" is referring to what the phrase, word, etc, means in today's language. Slang or common usage would be other ways of looking at it.
So when Maude says that Bunny is "banging Jackie Treehorn," the word "banging" in today's slang means "having sex with" or however else you would like to say it.
Does this make sense?
Claps for chalupa!
Welcome Kraut, which is your first language?
So the "parlance of our times" refers to word banging and so she is using the parlance of our times (parlance of the word banging?) by banging Jackie Treehorn? This really puzzles me^^
There is another scene in which the Dude uses that phrase when he sits in the limousine with the Big Lebowski and his attendant. The what in "gods holy name are you blathering about" scene. What does it mean there?
German is my first language, but I have been in the U.S. for nearly a year now. I am happy I am not the only one who is totally obsessed by the movie :P
But I am not a Nihilist ;D
German, dios mio...You're Nazi?..hahaha.(joke ;D)
Quote from: Kraut on June 04, 2008, 08:47:28 PM
So the "parlance of our times" refers to word banging and so she is using the parlance of our times (parlance of the word banging?) by banging Jackie Treehorn? This really puzzles me^^
There is another scene in which the Dude uses that phrase when he sits in the limousine with the Big Lebowski and his attendant. The what in "gods holy name are you blathering about" scene. What does it mean there?
German is my first language, but I have been in the U.S. for nearly a year now. I am happy I am not the only one who is totally obsessed by the movie :P
"Parlance of our times" is a way of referring to a specific meaning of a word or phrase at a certain point in time. When the Dude uses it though, he used it incorrectly. The Dude, and other characters in the film, likes to repeat things he hears other people say, however, The Dude doesn't always know what he's talking about.
Quote from: Kraut on June 03, 2008, 07:42:18 PM
I am so excited that I found this forum :P
I don't quite understand what Maude means by the "parlance of our times". English is not my first language, maybe that why I have problems unterstanding it in that context. Thanks a lot!
You could interpret it to mean that Maude was expressing "what is a reality, a trend, an attitude, a modern standard of behavior or excepted in our times by most people."
Welcome to the forum, dude.
Now this case becomes very clear.
Quote from: Kraut on June 11, 2008, 12:31:55 AM
Now this case becomes very clear.
You got any leads?
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Quote from: Kraut on June 11, 2008, 12:31:55 AM
Now this case becomes very clear.
You got any leads?
Leads? Yeah, I'll just check with the boys in the Crime Lab. They've assigned four more detectives to the case, got us working in shifts.
Quote from: Dude1967 on June 12, 2008, 06:39:59 PM
Quote from: digitalbuddha on June 11, 2008, 01:40:37 AM
Quote from: Kraut on June 11, 2008, 12:31:55 AM
Now this case becomes very clear.
You got any leads?
Leads? Yeah, I'll just check with the boys in the Crime Lab. They've assigned four more detectives to the case, got us working in shifts.
Now that is just ridiculous, Dude. No one's going to cut your dick off.
Thanks for helping with the explanation D-buddha
Quote from: chalupa on June 13, 2008, 01:07:12 PM
Thanks for helping with the explanation D-buddha
Yeah, its cool, C-dude, kinda like giving the dude notes and a welcome to the alley. :)
Vagina? You mean you know the guy?
Quote from: Kraut on June 22, 2008, 09:34:38 PM
Vagina? You mean you know the guy?
Shit, I know that guy. He's a nihilist. ;D
forget about the fucking toe
camel toe?
;D .......
- You want me to blow on your camel toes?
- Come on Walter, it's just--it's Smokey. So his camel toe slipped over a little, it's just a game.
- By God sir. I will not abide another camel toe.
- That wasn't her camel toe.
- Whose camel toe was it, Walter?
- Fine, Dude. As if it's impossible to get some nail polish, apply it to someone else's camel toe--
- You want a camel toe? I can get you a camel toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.
- I'll get you a camel toe by this afternoon--with nail polish. These fucking amateurs. They send us a camel toe, we're supposed to shit our- selves with fear. Jesus Christ. My point is--
- What about the camel toe?
- FORGET ABOUT THE FUCKING CAMEL TOE!
- His girlfriend gafe up her camel toe! She sought we'd be getting million dollars! Iss not fair!
- Show me what you got. Nihilist. Dipshit with a nine-camel toed woman.
Hahahahahaha....glad to see you're spending your time productively, buddha....made me laugh...
Quote from: Turtle on July 01, 2008, 03:08:03 AM
Hahahahahaha....glad to see you're spending your time productively, buddha....made me laugh...
;D Yes, Turtle ...My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal. Which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Camel toe.
Yep the Dude uses phrashes that he just recently heard being used by someone else all through the movie. Its one of the running jokes. Its hilarious that he says "This agression will not Stand!" --"Man"
paraphrasing what he overheard from President Bush at the grocery store. He uses parlance of our times because he heard it from Maude and I'm not sure if he really understood it but I'm sure he thought it sounded cool.
Quote from: Nebelungen on September 30, 2008, 12:07:56 AM
Yep the Dude uses phrashes that he just recently heard being used by someone else all through the movie. Its one of the running jokes. Its hilarious that he says "This agression will not Stand!" --"Man"
paraphrasing what he overheard from President Bush at the grocery store. He uses parlance of our times because he heard it from Maude and I'm not sure if he really understood it but I'm sure he thought it sounded cool.
HUH!
I'm sorry, I must not have been listening ???
Quote from: Kraut on June 03, 2008, 07:42:18 PM
I am so excited that I found this forum :P
I don't quite understand what Maude means by the "parlance of our times". English is not my first language, maybe that why I have problems unterstanding it in that context. Thanks a lot!
I'll show you mine (language) if you show me yours.
Parlance is the common idiom that is used in any unique social environment or in this case, period of history.
Like, Dude - is modern parlance for being a decent and well-rounded human being, Dude.
Quote from: Andrea Dudette on June 05, 2008, 12:43:23 PM
German, dios mio...You're Nazi?..hahaha.(joke ;D)
Not all Germans are Nazis. They may be nihilists, or fans of lingenberry pancakes. And say what you want about the tenants of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos.
I mean, it's easy for our thinking to get all uptight about this...
Quote from: digitalbuddha on July 01, 2008, 12:50:55 PM
Quote from: Turtle on July 01, 2008, 03:08:03 AM
Hahahahahaha....glad to see you're spending your time productively, buddha....made me laugh...
;D Yes, Turtle ...My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal. Which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Camel toe.
Vagina doesn't make me uncomfortable. Camel toe does, well, just a little. 8)
"Parlance of our times" has multiple meanings. It refers to then current customs of language, i.e. the suffix "ski" added to nouns like "brewski". Another meaning of "parlance" would be part-lance, or what's left of the Dude's Johnson after the nihilists cut it off.
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Quote from: digitalbuddha on July 01, 2008, 12:50:55 PM
Quote from: Turtle on July 01, 2008, 03:08:03 AM
Hahahahahaha....glad to see you're spending your time productively, buddha....made me laugh...
;D Yes, Turtle ...My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal. Which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Camel toe.
Camel toe does, well, just a little. 8)
That's just the stress talking, dude. ;D
Could be man, could be. Ah, let's go bowling. 8)
Quote from: greatspiritmonk on October 01, 2009, 12:14:30 AM
Could be man, could be. Ah, let's go bowling. 8)
Fucking eh, man. A few strikes, a few burgers and a few beers...ar' troubles are over, dude.
A+. You are a wise man Dude. 8)
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