I haven't seen this, but I from reading the script as you posted it, I think I can help you.
How the hell did you end up in Processing?
Here, "Processing" is the name of some sort of department. I'm thinking of it like a Triage department in a hospital emergency room. To understand the grammar, it might help to think of "Data Processing" (except that here, it sounds like they're not processing data...).
What was it? Poker night? Bachelor party?
This means, did you get here as a result of a poker game, or a bachelor party? Because at a poker game, you might run out of money, and start betting something else, such as, "the person who loses this round has to go to Processing tomorrow." At least, that's my guess.
At a bachelor party, you might get drunk and wander around doing crazy things, and end up in a strange place like this.
No, sir. I'm from Kentucky.
Farrell is saying that his primary identification is as a person from Kentucky, and he feels that the Kentucky culture is strong enough that he considers it a separate culture (separate from the rest of the U.S.), as opposed to a sub-culture.
I liked that joke. I hope I didn't destroy it for you by being too pedantic.
What does "a month" mean in "I see that you take quite a few business trips a month."
In this case a month refers to the frequency of trips taken each month.
You can also say per month which means the same thing.
Also, if you use each month, a month or per month then I think that it is implied, but not stated, that a number of trips are made for several months in a year, or in succession.
I'm not sure that North Americans omit the preposition in
Living in Canada, I can only say that I have only heard: a month, per month (less common), and each month.
It's possible that we use in a month to describe a quota, as in the following sentence:
The factory has to produce fifty cars in a month to make a profit.
I hope that helps.
Best Answer
First, when you say:
it means your *ethnic" background is German (meaning your ancestors at some time were from Germany), but you were born in America. Or you were born in Germany but now permanantly residing in America.
This should apply to any nation specific usage.
As for:
this is more general. It could be like "European-American".
Such a person (or their ancestors) would be (or would be perceived to be) from that region of the world. I think we all know the general criteria used, but that is another discussion.