Another brick in the wall

In 2), I mean 'possessive pronouns'.

In one and two, the song writer is representing the language as it is commonly spoken. Number one contains a double negative, which, while grammatically wrong, is commonly used. In number two, "them" is used rather than "those," because, once again, this is how many people speak the language, without regard to whether it is grammatically correct. "All in all" is a commonly used locution meaning the entirety of something, or to the greatest extent. The locution "taken all in all" means that when everything is considered, and the songwriter is saying that when everything is considered, the teachers represent another brick in the wall that hems in children, and turns them into neurotic and unhappy adults.

The lyrics are meant to sound uneducated, they are intentionally incorrect from a grammar point of view. "All in all" means "everything considered".

Where was you brung up? Roger Waters was brought up near people who say, "Where was you brung up?"

That's right. Near Levveredd.

Wot choo call me?

You talkin t'me or chooin a brick?

Shitting a brick actually.

That was an actual saying that was all the fashion when I was a teen. Gawd knows what it meant.

One of my favourites though, originates from Dorset/West Country.


"Wharz 'ee to?" (Where is he going?)

You can't get there from here.

You talkin t'me or chooin a brick? Cos you lose your fookin' teeth either way.