"You do me proud" and "I am proud of you". Do they mean the same
2006-11-01 21:49:44 · 4 answers · asked by Inquisitive 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"I am proud of you" means just that. You did a good job and made someone proud of you.
"You do me proud" means that the person saying it is taking credit in some part for it - in some way that person helped bring about the desired result. Either by teaching you the correct way, and so you were able to succeed, or in some other fashion that person helped bring about the circumstance that caused the proud feeling. A parent would say this to a child that she raised, or a teacher to a student. The person saying it had some influence on the outcome, somewhere along the line.
2006-11-02 00:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Proud Means
2016-11-12 08:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by pugliese 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the surface the look very close and in most people they mean they same thing but if we look at with a little closer you can see that "You do me Proud" is glorifying the person saying. While "I am proud of you" it directed at the person it is said to, to raise them up.
2006-11-01 21:56:40 · answer #3 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?
2016-03-19 23:42:35 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "you do me proud" should be said to someone that you are proud of and also have helped raise or taken care of. I think "proud of you" should be said when you are just a bystander and didnt help in that persons achievement.
2006-11-01 21:53:51 · answer #5 · answered by Misty b 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, they do not mean the same thing.
"You do me proud" means that you are a good reflection on 'them' and they get bragging rights for 'teaching' you right.
"I am proud of you" means that they are proud of you in your own right - without a reflection on themselves.
They are proud of you because you are you.
2006-11-01 21:54:01 · answer #6 · answered by Temple 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much the same. Someone is proud of you.
2006-11-01 21:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is just the verb age and context in which people use these quotes.
2006-11-01 21:52:46 · answer #8 · answered by nasturtium41 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. "you do me proud" is a colloquialism that means "your camel is beautiful" in arabic.
2006-11-01 21:53:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The first expression is incorrect the second is correct. Both mean the same.
2006-11-01 22:13:17 · answer #10 · answered by rams 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋