What’s Up with That? From yesterday’s New York Times interview with director Darren Aronofsky: As Nancy Friedman tweets, “Aronofsky is from Brooklyn. What’s up with ‘adverts‘?” Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Related
This American use of “What’s up with that?” to mean “What’s [all] that about?” really tickles me. In British English, we only use “What’s up with you/her/them?”, etc. to mean “What’s wrong with…?” Reply
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Aronofsky was married to Rachel Weisz. Perhaps her “Englishness” rubbed off on him?!
This American use of “What’s up with that?” to mean “What’s [all] that about?” really tickles me. In British English, we only use “What’s up with you/her/them?”, etc. to mean “What’s wrong with…?”