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Old 26 September 2017, 04:24 AM   #1
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Need some help with the English language...........

Last night I talked to an English friend of mine and when I asked him how he was doing he replied: Terrible well.

Now I'm confused, is he ok or not?
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Old 26 September 2017, 04:36 AM   #2
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He's drunk.
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Old 26 September 2017, 04:37 AM   #3
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He's drunk.
Actually he was terrible sober.
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Old 26 September 2017, 06:20 AM   #4
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I think maybe Jocke could translate that one for us?
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Old 26 September 2017, 06:23 AM   #5
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round these parts when reversing a truck ,,, the locals say

go on ahead ,,,, back away

so with that as a quote , fraid i cant help any.
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Old 26 September 2017, 07:08 AM   #6
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I Googled it and came up with this:

To my knowledge, we have such expressions as "damn good", "terribly good", "awfully excellent".
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Old 26 September 2017, 07:11 AM   #7
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Could he have said “terribly well”? It’s more of a term rather that a state of being. I’m not sure would use that to describe how I feel but it is used to describe how something went.


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Old 26 September 2017, 07:13 AM   #8
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Could he have said “terribly well”? It’s more of a term rather that a state of being. I’m not sure would use that to describe how I feel but it is used to describe how something went.


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Yes, I asked how he's doing and that was the reply.
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Old 26 September 2017, 07:39 AM   #9
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Could he have said “terribly well”? It’s more of a term rather that a state of being. I’m not sure would use that to describe how I feel but it is used to describe how something went.


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Yes the normal context I've heard this in is "it didn't go terribly well."
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Old 26 September 2017, 07:54 AM   #10
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Terribly well means we are very well, terribly good is very good. It is not really a blue collar expression to be honest, probably not even white collar either, more "upper crust," I have never used it.
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Old 26 September 2017, 08:30 AM   #11
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Terribly well means we are very well, terribly good is very good. It is not really a blue collar expression to be honest, probably not even white collar either, more "upper crust," I have never used it.
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