Sep 25, 2021 09:18
2 yrs ago
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English term

incomprehensible utterance # 2

English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8dhvFiWu7M&t=437s&ab_channe...

0:30:46 --> 0:30:47

It's brine. === Simpson
Trouble(???) ... deck, would you, Simpson? (something like that) === Gridley
I'll have the skin of your back, Simpson. === Gridley


This is the last of my problems.

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trouble my deck, would you, Simpson?

I think your own idea is right: 'trouble' as in 'cause trouble'; and 'deck' being metonymy for 'the whole of the crew working on the deck'

He's suggesting the sailor's remark might be seeking to cause trouble among the other crew members.
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Foul my decks, would you, Simpson?

After he spits the brine out onto the deck, he "fouls" or dirties the deck.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tony M : Not convinced: whatever he says, it is clearly two syllables.
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