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2 Apr 2019

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https://youtu.be/rYx_ul7yjBM?t=71

1:15
Please paraphrase the following line:
"Lord knows how many. Usually is 'bout now I get the I didn't do it."

I don't understand it clearly.
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aralli
2 Apr 2019

  • Englisch (US)

“Y’know, I’ve driven a buncha’ fellas down to this prison. Lord knows how many. Usually is ‘bout now I get the ‘I didn’t do it.’”

and without dialect:

You know, I’ve driven a bunch of fellas down to this prison. Lord knows how many. Usually it’s about now I get the “I didn’t do it.”

This guy, the police officer it seems, has taken a lot of criminals in to the prison they are going to. “Lord knows how many” is an expression used to exaggerate how many he’s taken to the prison. “I didn’t do it” is a stereotypical thing people say when they are accused of something, whether they really didn’t do it or they did. He is saying that usually the criminals he has would have been claiming that they did not do “it,” as in the crime they are accused of.

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Bunch
2 Apr 2019

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@wwhj Thank you so much. That's really helpful. I get what he meant. But still confused by the structure.

"Usually it’s about now I get the “I didn’t do it.”"

> especially "about now"
What does it serve as?

Does "I usually get is the "I didn't do it.", sound more natural?
Can you explain more?
aralli
2 Apr 2019

  • Englisch (US)

> “About now” serves as him saying at this point in time.

Let’s say after five minutes everyone else said “I didn’t do it”
But after five minutes this guy hasn’t said anything.
So the officer said “usually it’s about now I get the ‘I didn’t do it.’”

> Can you explain what you’re asking at the end? I’m not sure what you mean

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Bunch
2 Apr 2019

  • Koreanisch
@wwhj I got it. Thank you! Why 'down' was inserted there? Is it because literally, the prison is at lower position than where the car is driving?
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aralli
2 Apr 2019

  • Englisch (US)

It could be literal if the prison is located at a lower position, but it’s not always used literally. It’s just what is said. Sorry I don’t have much of an explanation for it!

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