biggest knees

[svetlana14]

01:12-01:17. What is the meaning of that episode? [

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[emsr2d2]

He says "You think you're the bee's knees".

 

[svetlana14]

He says "You think you're the bee's knees".

Does "You were looking forward to this" mean that James point's out that the guest was looking for the right moment to have somethng sharky to say?

And James - "not let it fall apart quite so early" tries to esape an argument?
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[emsr2d2]

Does "You were looking forward to this" mean that James point's out that the guest was looking for the right moment to have something snarky to say?

No, he means that the caller was looking forward to (happily anticipating) the conversation.

And James - "not let it fall apart quite so early" tries to escape an argument?

I think he means "Let's not let this conversation start to go badly so soon".

 

[svetlana14]

He says "You think you're the bee's knees".

And what is the phrase between "bee's knees" and "Richard"? The caller says that.

 

[probus]

To me it sounds like "incha mate". I am quite certain about "mate" but not about "incha". "Doncha" for "don't you" would make more sense, but I hear "incha". We need help here from our BrE speakers.

 

[kilroy65]

It sounds like "innit mate" to me.

 

[probus]

"Innit" seems very plausible but I can't hear it.

 

[5jj]

To me it sounds like "incha mate".

That's what I hear.

 

[emsr2d2]

If said in full, it would have been "You think you're the bee's knees, don't you, mate?" However, as is often the case in very casual speech and in that speaker's particular accent, "don't you" comes out as "duntcher" (sorry, I don't do phonetic symbols), and even the "u" is very clipped. It actually sounds more like "d'n'ya". There's a glottal stop "t" between the "n" and the "ya".

 

[svetlana14]

If said in full, it would have been "You think you're the bee's knees, don't you, mate?" However, as is often the case in very casual speech and in that speaker's particular accent, "don't you" comes out as "duntcher" (sorry, I don't do phonetic symbols), and even the "u" is very clipped. It actually sounds more like "d'n'ya". There's a glottal stop "t" between the "n" and the "ya".

I heard the same in general but I got thrown by its grammar aspect - "don't you". Should we use ""aren't you" instead to be correct?

 

[jutfrank]

He says aren't you, mate. In his speech, it sounds like in't ya, mate.

 

[emsr2d2]

I heard the same in general but I got thrown by its grammar aspect - "don't you". Should we use ""aren't you" instead to be correct?

No. The correct question tag for a sentence that starts with "You think ..." is "don't you?"