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Ed-E

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今日は、皆さん。

I've got this sentence:

まあ、クリスったら...

and I'm wondering about the ったら bit. My intuition tells me that there's a dropped i at the beginning, making it the -tara form of either iru or iu, but I'm not making the next logical leap as to it's English meaning. I've seen it more than once now and it's bugging me! Do any of you lovely people know what it means?

Thanks in advance! :sorry:
Ed

 

GaijinPunch

遠いから行きません

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colloquially, it's like say.
"Oh, Chris." or "Chris, you..."
Can't really do a literal translation (although I'm sure someone here probably will). could be used whe someone:
-says something rather distasteful
-does something bad, but doesn't really deserve a scolding
-makes a cheesy joke

Of course you could add tone and scold someone w/ it, but I think you get the idea.

 

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Thanks, GaijinPunch!

 

Keiichi

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9 Mar 2003

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I think this is often used by women. I'm not very sure, though.

Keiichi

 

GaijinPunch

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Kei-ichii san is right. Kind of effeminate (sp?) speech.