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• Hey, anybody know a good TAILOR?

• You need some clothes ALTERED?

-No, no.

I’m just looking for a man to DRAW on me with CHALK.

• why don’t you go see Frankie?

My family’s been going to him forever.

He did my first SUIT when I was 15.No, wait-16.

No, excuse me-15.

Alright, when was 19990.

• Okay.

You have to stop the Q-TIP when there’s resistance.

• You know, I think I was 16.

• I’ve got pants that need to be ALTERED.

-Oh, hey Chandler, when you see Frankie.

Teell him Joey Tribbiani says hello.

He’ll know what it means.

• You sure’s he’s going to be able to CRACK THAT CODE?

• HOW LONG do you want the CUFFS?

-Ah, at least as long as I have the pants.

-I just got that.

• Okay, now we’ll do your INSEAM.

• YO, PAISAN.

• Can I talk to you for a SEC?

• Your TAILOR is a very bad man.

• anybody know a good TAILOR?

A TAILOR is somebody who repairs or alters clothes professionally.

• You need some clothes ALTERED?

To ALTERS clothes is to make changes.

also notice the surprising pronunciation of CLOTHES.

Natives take shortcuts with pronunciation with this word and usually say “CLOSE” instead of pronouncing the TH with CLOTHES.

• I’m just looking for a man to DRAW on me with CHALK.

to DRAW is to make a picture and CHALK is what we use to write on a CHALK BOARD chandler’s joke refers to the fact that a tailor uses chalk to measure pants.

(Does) anybody know a good tailor?

(Do) you need sone clothes altered?

Native speakers often violate grammar rules in conversational English (both informal & formal).

We omit certain words to make communication easier and more fluid.

Notice that Joey omits the DO in this sentence.

(Does) anybody know a good tailor?

(Do) you need sone clothes altered?

Chandler also  did this in the first line.

(Does) anybody know a good tailor?

(Do) you need sone clothes altered?

Why don’t you go see Frankie?

My family’s been going to him forever.

I’m going you a second to listen and then imitate Joe.

Why don’t you go see Frankie? = “why-own-chew go see Frankie? “

My family’s been going to him forever = “my family’s been go-in-nub him forever”.

Here we have two excellent examples of connected speech.

Joey reducing, and connecting words.

Why don’t you = “why-own-chew”

going to him = “going-nuh-him” While natives don’t write this way, it is common in normal, everyday conversation

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• He did my first SUIT when I was 15(his age).

No, wait-16.

No, excuse me-15.

Alright, when was 19990.

SUIT is a formal piece of clothing for business, or nicer occasions.

The joke about Joey’s age is Joey’s simple obsessive confusion about an irrelevant fact.

• stop the Q-TIP when there’s resistance.

Here’s a Q-TIP, also known as a COTTON SWAB.

Chandler is saying that Joey needs to be more careful with Q-tips, that he’s causing baring damage by pushing the Q-tip too deep into hid ear.

• Okay.

You have to stop the Q-TIP when there’s resistance.

• I’ve got pants that need to be ALTERED.

• Oh, hey, Chandler, when you see Frankie tell him JOEY TRIBBIANI says hello.

He’ll know what it means.

• You sure he’s going to be able to CRACK THAT CODE?

The humor here is that Joey acts as if he wants to communicate an encoded message and Chandler makes fun of him with his typical ironic humor, with a common expression: CRACK THE CODE.

To CRACK means to break, and the code is a cryptic barrier to entrance.

So CRACK THE CODE is to decipher a cryptic or hidden message.

• When you see Frankie, tell him JOEY TRIBBIANI says hello.

He’ll know what it means.

• (Are) you sure he’s going to be able to crack that code.

• HOW LONG do you want the CUFFS?

• At least AS LONG AS I have the pants.

Frankie is asking Chandler the length of the CUFFS.

CUFFS can be on your ankles, or on your wrists not to be confused with handCUFFS.

Another more subtle joke, in response to Frankie’s question “HOW LONG do you want the cuffs?”

Chandler says: “At least AS LONG AS I have the pants” The humor is that HOW LONG can be used for both the physical length of something or, for the length of TIME.

When Frankie asks, “HOW LONG do you want the cuffs?” he’s asking about the (physical) length.

But Chandler’s humorous response:

“at least as long as I HAVE the pants” refers to the duration of time that he will have the pants.

• I just got that.

• Now we’ll do your INSEAM.

• YO PAISAN!

• Can I talk to you for a SEC?

• Your TAILOR is a very bad man.

Paisan is an Italian American slang slang expression for friend or buddy but this is not commonly used.

And A SEC is an informal way to say “a second”.