One more question

Posted by Miri Barak on February 26, 2004

In Reply to: Mother love posted by Lewis on February 26, 2004

: : : sorry for doing that to you, I have an uncomprehensible chat of a half drunk bum and I don't understand what he says, only vaguley, maybe you can help.
: : : so hear it is:

: : : "DO YOU WANT TO HEAR 13 RAPS
: : : OF A CERTAIN CITATION [ BEEP ]

: beep - probably "motherfucker" a general term of abuse no longer to be taken literally (like 'bugger')

: : : UNRELEASED CORPSE
: : : THAT [ BEEP] WASN'T MEANT TO BE?

: : : BECAUSE NO CORPSE WAS
: : : MEANT TO BE [ BEEP ] RELEASED

: 'fucking' (vulgar - used for emphasis)

: : : UNLESS IT WAS A CITATION,

: 'citation' has a number of meanings - primarily legal term for a 'reference' but can mean a reference in the sense of being referred to as having done something wrong - eg. "cited for adultery".

: the use here is probably shorthand for some procedure - and the word 'citation' used as in 'person processed'

: : : BECAUSE THERE IS NO
: : : [ BEEP ] RELEASE

: 'fkg' again

: : : WHERE SOME PEOPLE
: : : COME OFF IN TIME.

: : : THERE IS NO TIME,

: : : WHERE [ BEEP ] ANYBODY
: : : GOT NO TIME,

: again

: : : BECAUSE [ BEEP ] EVERYTHING
: : : IS RELEASED IN A CERTAIN UN...

: again

: : : UNCONDUCIVE RITUAL RELEASE
: : : INTO ANOTHER MIND,

: either it is sci-fi/fantasy or this is the delusions of a drug-taker.

: : : BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
: : : ANOTHER MIND

: which you cannot literally do

: : : AS UNSTEREOLYRICAL,
: : : UNRELEASABLE,

: 'un-stereotypical' might be more expected - meaning out of the ordinary - here it is a play on words - 'stereo' (short for 'stereophoonic') - being able to use two sound sources to create the illusion of spatial placement of sound - led to a record=playing device in the 1970s called a 'stereogram' which was like a radiogram (a cabinet with a large radio) and so record players became known for a while as 'stereos'. the words of songs are 'lyrics' and so 'stereo-lyrical' sounds initially like 'stereotypical' (adhering to a 'stereotype'=conventional and expected image)
: but juxtaposes two music words - stereo and lyrical to make a new compound word 'stereolyrical' which could mean something like 'expected words like a cliche from a song' or (from context with 'unreleasable') not good enough song words to justify being published as a record. 'released' is a term used in music retail - record shops had records (LPs, EPs & singles) delivered but were not allowed to sell them until the 'release date' - probably applies to CDs and DVDs these days.
: so 'unreleasable' here would mean not good enough to reach the record shops.

: it is also a play on the idea of a body being 'released' for burial - when the state has no further enquiries left to make, the corpse is given back to the family to arrange disposal by burial or cremation.

: this dialogue is not madness - it is a vibrant interchange of ideas.

:
: : : UNDER THE MOTHER"

: mother being used as mother' i.e. short for 'motherfucker' - which can mean any indefinite article - usualy used of something large or bad. e.g. "I was chased by a tiger, but I turned round and shot the motherfucker dead" or
: "that storm cloud looks a real mother" or "we will give Saddam the mother of all battles" (the press didn't suss that army slang!)

: : : I'll appreciate any help. Thank you!!!

: I hope that helped.

: : The passage is nonsense. I presume the speaker is a fictional character? He's not just drunk, he's crazy. If you translate it literally, it will be incoherent, as is the original. "Unstereolyrical" is a made-up word, not a real one.

I appreciate so much your thorough help, I don't know if I can translate all of this. Thanks for explaining that the BIP was 4 letter word, I thought it was from the police radio. Ha Ha

one more question though:

the policemand describes this guy and he says about him:
YEAH, OUR COMPLAINANT HERE,

OUR ALLEGED COMPLAINANT,

IS VERY 10-18,
AND NOT VERY COOPERATIVE

What 10-18 stands for?

And again many thanks for your help!
miri

• One more question - Columbo? Lewis 26/February/04
  • Explanation and 10-18 Miri Barak 26/February/04
    • Lewis I think I know what 10-18 is Miri Barak 26/February/04
      • Beeps R. Berg 26/February/04
        • Reply to Beeps Miri Barak 26/February/04
          • A clarification Bob 26/February/04
            • A clarification Miri Barak 26/February/04
              • Re-clarification Bob 27/February/04
                • Thanks, I'll have to get used to it Miri Barak 27/February/04
                  • Polysyllabic R. Berg 27/February/04