http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551870Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551870Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551870http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551870.xmlSure. The Chippendales, in particular.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551829Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551829Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551829http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551829.xmlThanks, Philip, That was going to be my third option but I couldn't think how to say it. - A. Hi GG. Would it be okay if we kept the strippers around for awhile too??http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551810Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551810Philip2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551810http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551810.xmlI can't remember where I heard it: It doesn't take all kinds -- there are all kinds. Hi Philip. I'm not sure I follow your meaning. Are you saying that you usually hear it as the pink version, or that you usually hear it with are instead of takes ? No, Avangi, that isn't what I was trying to say. I just heard that quote in a movie or somewhere. It represented the thoughts of the speaker in that situation. I thought it was rather clever.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551706Sun, 24 May 2009 16:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551706Grammar Geek3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/2/gkvmr/Post.htm#551706http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551706.xmlPerhaps Philip is suggesting that the world would function just as well if some of those kinds weren't around. (And I agree. I mean, those who don't like chocolate can stay of course, but the child molesters, as an example, don't really enhance this place a whole lot.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551705Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551705Avangi4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551705http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551705.xmlI can't remember where I heard it: It doesn't take all kinds -- there are all kinds. Hi Philip. I'm not sure I follow your meaning. Are you saying that you usually hear it as the pink version, or that you usually hear it with are instead of takes ? In my experience, A says it to B to express disdain for C, - sometimes directly to C . Best wishes, - A. Jack, I think you have it right. One FBI agent told the other that, yes, he believed the husband, because there are such people who would not have a problem with it (regardless of the FBI agent's opinion of the husband's marital attitudes).http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551687Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551687Philip5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551687http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551687.xmlI can't remember where I heard it: It doesn't take all kinds -- there are all kinds.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551686Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551686Philip6http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551686http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551686.xmlGG thx for the explanation!! Your example with that chocolate helped me a lot... .I think I got the idea. Best Regards It is, after all, one of the basic food groups.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551674Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551674JCDenton7http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551674http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551674.xmlGG thx for the explanation!! Your example with that chocolate helped me a lot... .I think I got the idea. Best Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551667Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551667Grammar Geek8http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551667http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551667.xmlMost people would assume that a husband would OBJECT to his wife being a stripper. They would assume that this man is one of the majority of men who would not like it. Therefore, if the husband says that it's no problem, their first instinct would be to doubt him, to think that he is lying. However, if you accept that there are many types of people on the planet - those who DO object to their wife being a stripper being the majority, but a few who don't object at all sprinkled in, then maybe he wasn't lying. There is no assumption at all that there are "a lot" who feel that way - to the contrary, there is the assumption that there are very few - but those few are one of the "all types of people"...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551637Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551637JCDenton9http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551637http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551637.xmlGuys, many thanks to both of you for your answer!!! Anyway, I still don't get it... . ..Does "it takes all kinds" mean here....."And why they shouldn't trust him? On this planet you can find a lot of husbands who don't have a problem with his wife doing this job...." Is that correct?... Thanks again Best Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551630Sun, 24 May 2009 16:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551630Avangi10http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551630http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551630.xmlIt's the short form of "it takes all kinds of people to make a world." I guess the idea is like Noah's ark - you need a representative of every type - even the strangest and weirdest and most obnoxious etc. The expression is used so often that nobody bothers to say the complete version. - A.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551627Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551627Grammar Geek11http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htm#551627http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551627.xmlIt takes many kinds of people to make the world complete. The implication is that some people would object to their wife stripping, and that's perhaps the expected reaction, but there are some people who would not. The kind who would not is just "one of the kinds of people" on this planet.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htmTue, 24 Mar 2009 17:06:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551616JCDenton12http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItTakesAllKinds/gkvmr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-551616.xmlHi guys, Can you please explain me this phrase? I heard it in this context: Two FBI agents are talking about the woman who is missing two days. They found out that she disappeared, whe she left her job as a striper. One of that agent wanted to know, if her husband knew about her job... A: Anything on the husband? B: Well, he told NYPD that he didn't have a problem with her stripping. A: And they believed that? B: It takes all kinds. ...???? (Please guys, I'm out here...) Many thanks in advance for clarification. Best Regards JCD