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we still on for tonight?

English translation: do we still have a date tonight

01:00 Mar 16, 2008

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: we still on for tonight?

"We still on for tonight?" She turned to ask
John grinned "You bet"
"I'll meet you there at eight"

What does "we still on for tonight" mean?

Magicmarker KudoZ activity Questions: 160 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 09:19

Selected answer:do we still have a date tonight

Explanation:
one of many possibilities. But since the girl is "grinning", I would not call it a "social meeting" ( which is much too formal an expression under the circumstances)

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-03-16 01:12:31 GMT)
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do we still have a date this evening?

Selected response from:

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 04:19

Grading comment

thank you very much and agree with Mr. Johnson and it's a date
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +7

Is our (social) meeting this evening still taking place?

PoveyTrans (X)

4 +7

do we still have a date tonight

swisstell

4

are we still on for tonight?

T o b i a s

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

Is our (social) meeting this evening still taking place?

Explanation:
everyday language

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-03-16 01:05:14 GMT)
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'to be on' with reference to an event means that it will take place
e.g. Is the meeting still on this afternoon?

PoveyTrans (X)
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Jennifer Levey: In the absence of context (purpose of the 'meeting') this is the best answer. They might be brother and sister, and they might be talking about taking a bus to visit grandma, for all we know!

48 mins

-> Thanks - my understanding is to answer the asker's question within the limits of the context given

agree

Sabine Akabayov, PhD

55 mins

-> Thanks

neutral

David Hollywood: do you in your heart of hearts still say that this is ok ? qualifying by saying that it's used but I would be careful in this context :)

1 hr

-> This is not about supplying a translation but is about answering the asker question 'what does this mean?' With the information given, this is IMO the 'safest' explanation.

agree

writeaway: with MM. this is a good explanation of what the phrase means /I see that all the pumping for a certain answer in the ATA box had the desired effect. I was unaware that was allowed. too bad the context was kept a secret until the question was closed.

2 hrs

-> Thanks

agree

3 hrs

-> Thanks

agree

Kim Metzger: Yes - a good definition. The asker will need to determine the exact meaning from his context.

3 hrs

-> Thanks

agree

Mark Berelekhis

3 hrs

-> Thanks

agree

BrettMN: There is no indication from the context that is a (potentially romantic) date, which is a pretty specific event. All we have evidence for is that it is a social meeting, perhaps among friends.

9 days

-> Thanks

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

do we still have a date tonight

Explanation:
one of many possibilities. But since the girl is "grinning", I would not call it a "social meeting" ( which is much too formal an expression under the circumstances)

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-03-16 01:12:31 GMT)
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do we still have a date this evening?

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 04:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

thank you very much and agree with Mr. Johnson and it's a date

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Jennifer Levey: You are making several unwarranted assumptions about the context. And it was the boy who grinned.

39 mins

agree

David Hollywood: despite the possible confusion this is what I would say :) and it'd definitely be a date to go by the language used :) despite all the too and fro in my mind there's no question about it and Swiss has it dead right :)

1 hr

neutral

writeaway: agree with MM. could be for anything. for a business meeting, a squash game. anyway the 'social meeting' is used to explain what it means.

1 hr

agree

Claire Chapman: Not all dates are romantic, as per definitions 6 & 7 for date shown here: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=date

3 hrs

agree

Ildiko Santana: I agree with David, too.

5 hrs

agree

6 hrs

agree

David Moore (X)

8 hrs

agree

Patricia Townshend (X)

13 hrs

agree

Gary D: Are we still meeting tonight, at the place we pre arranged before?

22 hrs

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19 mins confidence:

are we still on for tonight?

Explanation:
copula deletion

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

Native in English

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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