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ClemenceDane's avatar

I thought you meant, "Ich bin ein Berliner"

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Lon C's avatar

“DO” listen (you will understand after you DO listen) but not while operating heavy machinery.

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Christine's avatar

Ask not if you should listen to this episode, just do it!

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Luke J's avatar

loaf ward? JM never fails to surprise me with bits of gold.

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Slim Portly's avatar

It was odd how many times he incorrectly quoted the line as "Ask not what you can do for your country..." Even when breaking down the meaning of each word for the duration of the episode, he took them in that order, which of course is the exact opposite of the actual quote.

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Mitch Marks's avatar

The voice you came up with for the epenthetic-R examples sounds so much like actor Jonathan Banks (especially in his current TV role as Mike Ehrmantraut).

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NB's avatar

how about "wanna walk to the store?"

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Alex's avatar

I'm curious if you're going to get more Украина ≠ окраина comments than yeshivish corrections

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Frank M. Cook's avatar

I'm puzzled by ask becoming a noun replacing request.

Also, thinking of added R's there is a famous basketball announcer who always called the player Rajah Bell Roger. I always wondered if he thought everyone else was dropping an R and he was correcting them by adding it back.

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