Angel... "'ken - kennit" means "understand it?"
and " 'I set my watch and warrant on it.' means "a sure thing" or "you can bet on it."
Angel... "'ken - kennit" means "understand it?"
and " 'I set my watch and warrant on it.' means "a sure thing" or "you can bet on it."
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Thanks. I knew that "I set my watch and warrant on it" meant something like that but why? What does it mean word by word?
Maybe my question doesn't make any sense to you because it's absolutely natural but I realised I felt the meaning of it from the text because they used it quite often still it's not clear why it means that.
Is it a phrase?
Roland would have understood.
And what does he mean by his "watch"? It can mean more things. *feels absolutely stupid*
Roland would have understood.
not sure what he means specifically by watch as it could mean something entirely different to roland, but i always took the overall context of "i set my watch and warrant on it" as "i guarantee it" or "take it to the bank"
One way we would say that here is "I bet my ass on it"Originally Posted by Letti;123923'[B
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I agree.
Is that saying actually made up by King? Seems like I've heard it in a western movie before. If so, I would say "watch" means time-piece because it's probably the more valuable item in terms of currency that a cowboy would have, besides his guns. So as to say, it is what he's betting that he is correct in the matter. Warrant would seem to be his honor. So he's putting something worth money and his own honor up as the bet.
course I'm just guessing.
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Roland would have understood.
Letti, there is a bit of over thinking here.
The statement means "I guarantee it". Guarantee means the person is absolutely sure it is correct.
That is all.
Watch (whether an individual owns/possesses one or not) infers accuracy, warrant is a bond (personal assurance-sometimes with money involved).
I've picked up "mayhap" as in, "mayhap I'll see you there." People kind of like it though.
I've already been made fun of by 2 different people for using 'mayhap'
i use mayhap a lot as well. it's one of the handful of Tower-isms I can use without too many odd looks from people. certainly easier to get away with mayhap than thankee or may it do ya fine.
Also, 'hile' is apparently my new greeting for when I'm chatting online.
There is a bit of over thinking going on here.
"I set my watch and warrant on it" simply means I GUARANTEE it.
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lol you should totally try it. i often find myself slipping into Tower-isms. which is kinda bad if you work at Disney World...they think you're ripping off pirates or something...lol. someone might ask me where something like the dumbo ride is from adventureland and i'll try to figure out how many "wheels" it is from there, or i'll do the occasional "Yar, here's you're ice-cream cone, my cully" and instead of "have a magical day today", i'll leave them with a mystical "there are other worlds than these"...and they usually say "what" and i'll say "parks, there are other parks than these...one in california, in hong kong, etc..." lol
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I'm lucky that I actually try to think of what I say before I let it slip out of my mouth, but I am constantly having to keep from saying things like 'do ya kennit?' or 'do you say so?' for some reasons that's really hard lol. I said 'thankee' before reading DT, but I have to refrain from adding 'sai' to everything when speaking to someone. I know there's other things but I can't think of them all when I'm not thinking about using them lol. I have noticed that I only think of Stephen King as 'Sai King' now, though. I don't think there's any help for that one.
And on the 'set my watch and warrant on it' the meaning wasn't the problem for Lettie, it was the reason for the meaning. I agree with what someone else about 'watch' referring to the timepiece, but I think it's because a watch is very important because it tells time. Time is important because... well it's slipping lol, so if you're so sure about something that you can set your watch on it then you must be pretty damn sure. Hope that helps a lil.
I say yar and thankee-sai and do ya kennit a lot, but because I talk funny and jumble my words up when I talk half the time it comes out "yahhh" and "thanksai" and "da-kent" instead. When I have to make the effort to speak like a person with a tongue and teeth and my mouth still attached to my face, it ends up that I don't naturally put those stuff in conversations.
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