English is not my mother tongue, and I am not very familiar with the specific issues of American English. I have a phrase "Tower over your tower" which could mean anything... (I have it in the context of computers: it is an advertisement slogan of a slimline desktop computer). Maybe the part "over your tower" has a particular meaning? If you translate it straightly I believe it sounds a bit weird :-)
Many thanks!
2006-08-15 21:18:02 · 8 answers · asked by Evija 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
manu,
Thank you very much of your answer and nice words regarding my English :-) Well, I do know English pretty well because I am a translator, so I have to know it :-)
As you mentioned, this is a pun. Yes, I agree and that's the best way an advertisement can be - with double meaning. However, I am not just enjoying this slogan, -- I have to translate it into my native language..... So..... That's the point of the question :-)
2006-08-15 21:51:06 · update #1
Tower is another word for the CPU of the computer - the part that actually runs the computer. Tower can also mean to dominate. So, they're saying that with their brand of computer, you can have control over your computer.
2006-08-15 21:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by midlandsharon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As other people have said TOWER is like a CPU, or the non-monitor part of a computer.
Everyone else has said that it means something like "dominate your CPU or something"..
however taken in the context that it is an ADVERTISEMENT
it may mean that
1) A certain brand (the brand in question) is better than another brand
2) It may be a pun, since it is using the word tower, which has a double-meaning in this instance.
In the end, the phrase means whatever you think it means. That's the point of advertising gimmicks....from what you typed it sounds like you know English pretty well! Better than some of the other people that are native speakers! So don't be frustrated with it...as someone once said...
"ITS ALL GOOD!"
Don't analyze that, just embrace its beauty....
= )
2006-08-16 04:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by manu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me see if I can help you with this one.
In the computer world the tower is reffered to the CPU. Therefore, when they say tower over your tower, they are saying two CPUs streamlined into one.
Sometimes people tend to have two computers hoked up tp get maximum work done. Therefore the Ad. is just saying that you can now do away with that, with one of their computers.
I hope I am right. But this it want it seems to be.
2006-08-16 04:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Stevo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it is a slimline model, I think they are going for the concept of tower (being tall/large) in comparison to the tower (CPU). They are trying to make the CPU seem really small, and therefore more desirable. "Tower over" is an expression used when something is very tall in comparison to something else. Someone who is 6 feet tall towers over someone who is 3 feet tall. So "tower over your CPU" means to be very tall/big in comparison to it.
2006-08-16 08:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the term a tower for your tower actually means a tower holder for your tower ( your pc) . There are various kinds such as desk top, under desk top type and the Lox kind. It's like a protective outer tower casing for your tower computer.
2006-08-16 05:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um a tower is a cpu or the nonmonitor part of the computer that actually does all the work you can hook up two pc's into one to get more work done faster.
2006-08-16 04:24:50 · answer #6 · answered by fierce.tigress 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tower can mean a large narrow building. It can mean that someone is tall. It can also mean to have power over someone.
2006-08-16 04:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meaning explanation
m: men
e: eating
a :all time
n :neither
i injoy
n: not
:good
2006-08-16 04:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by sonu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋