But of course

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American moive- Django unchained

A dentist bought a black slave whose name is Django from a slave trader. He asks Django to put on an acting for a valet.

Django: What's valet?

Dentist: a fancy name for servant. Don't break the character. Now go to choose your own costume.

Django: You let me choose my own costume?

Dentist: But of course.


What does 'but' before 'of course' mean? Is there any different if I remove 'but' from 'but of course'?

PS- I don't transcribe the lines veratin above.

 

[Raymott]

You could think of "but" here as meaning that the dentist is a little surprised at the question. It doesn't change the meaning.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

"But of course" is stronger than "Yes."

I suspect we got it from the French. They say Mais bien sûr," which translates exactly.

 

[emsr2d2]

[STRIKE]American movie-[/STRIKE] Source: Django Unchained, 2012

A dentist bought a black slave whose name is Django from a slave trader. He asks Django to put on [STRIKE]an acting[/STRIKE] a play for a valet.

Django: What's a valet?
Dentist: A fancy name for servant. Don't break [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] character. Now go [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] and choose your own costume.
Django: You are going to let me choose my own costume?
Dentist: But of course.

What does 'but' before 'of course' mean? [STRIKE]Is[/STRIKE] Would there be any difference if I removed 'but' from 'But of course'?

PS- I [STRIKE]don't[/STRIKE] haven't transcribed the lines verbatim above.

Note my corrections above. Even if you aren't transcribing the dialogue verbatim, you should ensure that it's grammatically correct.