Do I pretty???

Native Korean   Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:29 am GMT
My friend told me in the movie <Kill Bill vol.2>, Uma Thurman said "Do I pretty?" in the wedding scene.
However, that's obviously wrong, so I told him 'Wasn't it <Am I pretty?> or <Do I look pretty?>' but he keeps asserting it was definitely <Do I pretty?> and he explained it's like Chicano English or Ebonics which have somewhat broken English such as "Me no like it."

I still doubt what he said.
Do native English speakers really say 'Do I pretty?' for fun or in any case?


P.S. Do I cute?
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Guest   Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:41 am GMT
Do I, pretty?

maybe?
furrykef   Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:39 pm GMT
It's definitely not dialect ("Do I pretty?" and "Me no like it" are *certainly* not Ebonics, and even though I know nothing of Chicaco English, I'm pretty sure it's not that, either because Spanish doesn't have that grammar), and your friend is most likely mistaken.

"Me no like it" sounds like it could be Chinglish (the Chinese version of Spanglish) to me. I doubt that Chinglish speakers would say "Do I pretty?", though, and even if they did, it wouldn't make any sense to the vast majority of the audience because they're not familiar with the construction.

- Kef
furrykef   Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:42 pm GMT
In addition, compare these:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22kill+bill%22+%22do+i+pretty%22&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22kill+bill%22+%22do+i+look+pretty%22&btnG=Search

Nobody on the 'net seems to think the line is "Do I pretty?", since each of the results for that one has a completely irrelevant context.

- Kef
Guest   Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:01 pm GMT
I still think "Me no like it" is Tarzan English.
It resembles this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sret7a9a7g
furrykef   Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:26 pm GMT
Quite possible, but if Chinglish gave us "long time no see", it's quite plausible they'd say things like "me no like it". I don't know if they actually do, though.
Guest   Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:50 pm GMT
Me no know either. :)
Guest   Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:29 pm GMT
"me no know" sounds funny.
Guest   Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:43 pm GMT
Is it possible "me no like it" is an invention of Ali G?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIM1_xOSro
Guest   Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:56 pm GMT
Native Korean   Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:01 am GMT
I rented a dvd of "Kill Bill 2", and I watched it yesterday.
Yes, it definitely was "Do I look pretty?".
It sounded pretty obvious to me, I don't know why my friend had heard it that way =p

BTW, no one mentions how cute I am OTL.
Mirror   Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:02 am GMT
It's the Malaysians and Singaporeans who love putting "ah" at the end of every sentences. Chinese loves "ai-ya" which is like "ouch" and "shit". "Me no like it" is Chinglish. Chinese doesn't have differences between the pronoun in subject or object form. So "I" and "me" are never properly used. Chinglish doesn't need "not", "no" is fine. If the tv is broken --> "tv no good". Also, sometimes in Chinese, you don't need a verb. Instead of "Do I pretty?", they'll probably say "Me pretty?"

"long time no see" -- So people here are getting obsessed with this phrase which was brought up by my Canadian colleague -- gweipor. If she uses it, I think that's ok among native English speakers. Personally, I don't BS and go straight to what I want to say "Hey Jaime, let's go karaoke!" Let her do the maths.