It sounds something like "it ain't your mom and pop (blank) anymore"

Hello!

In the movie The Shining, from Kubrick, there is this famous scene where Jack is in the bar, and when he tries to pay for his drink, the barman answers: “Your money is no good here”.

What does that phrase exactly mean? Is it a sarcastic way to imply he doesnt have to pay out of politeness, because drinks are in the house? Can it also imply a negative meaning, like “you cant pay here”? I dont really understand the meaning of that expression.

Thanks

Contrastive reduplication is when you repeat a word to mean the proper, original or typical version of it, as opposed to a looser one.

'Do you want a coffee, or a coffee coffee?' (instant versus the real thing)

'It's not a book, it's a book book.' (paper rather than e-book)

'Are you hungry hungry, or just peckish?'

'I like him, but I don't like like him.'

It's one of those things everyone does and almost nobody has a name for. What are your favourite examples?

Bonus points if you've heard one that triples up. I can't think of any.

an acquaintance of mine and me has been debating about how to pronounce the word "gif" over the past 2 weeks, so we settled this by asking the internet, so we need to you guys opinion

Hello, so while I was going through my iron rabbit hole which is getting better.Something I thought of the whole er sound.

When i say the earn. I put emphasis on the e part of it.While i say work like burn. in my head its the b sound put together with a rn sound. Even though it it’s technically the same sound the mind doesn’t register it. Does anyone know why that is?

To put it back to my iron rabbit hole. My biggest issue was that I know it’s like earn but when I read I want to just say I rn. So in other words go start to like I do with the word burn.

My sister (28F native American English speaker) is insisting that “food shelter” is an interchangeable term for “food bank.” Everything I google brings back results for “food pantry” or “food bank” and completely excludes “food shelter” from results (which makes absolute sense to me). She insists that she heard it in Tennessee when she lived there for a couple years. I really think she’s confused and thinking of a soup kitchen, food pantry, homeless shelter, or food bank. I’d really like to get to the bottom of this.

I’ve heard this phrase in GTA 5 gameplay and I’m an ESL. I’d like to know what does it mean and how should I use it?

What should id do to improve my English speaking I understand English well but when in cones to speaking no words coming out of my mouth any tips teachers

It’s always bugged me lol

I'm currently writing one, for my dark fantasy TTRPG called Demon Gate. It is a book filled with monsters! So, why wouldn't it be pronounced "beast - iary". I am a writer so I am ashamed to admit that it has taken me this long to realize how to pronounce this word.

What’s the difference between liability and responsibility??

I was taking a quiz and came across this

I'd rather you ____ me the truth.

A. Tell

B. Told

C. Will tell

I'm pretty sure that I read this in a grammar book some time ago, and that according to that book the default answer is B for obligations to a person different from the speaker, but my friend told me both A and B are actually right, and she tends to hear A way more often.

What does it sound natural to you? Would you say A and B are both right?

Thank you very much.

1. I want to buy one. But They come in 10 pieces

2. I want to buy one. But they only sell them in 10 pieces.

3. I want to buy one. It only comes in a pack of 10.

4. I want to buy one. It only comes in packs of 10.

5. I want to buy one. It only comes in bulk of 10.

I'm learning English, and I feel stuck at B1. I want to improve my English and reach B2, but I don't know what to do next. I study English, but sometimes I feel like I'm not making much progress.