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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2022, 09:31 AM Dec 2022

Isn't this an ironic coincidence?

Given how many Trump Whitehouse texts are "circling back" to bite him and his posse on the ass, it seems noteworthy that "cell phone" and "self-own" are homonyms.

Yes, I know I'm "weird".

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Isn't this an ironic coincidence? (Original Post) Atticus Dec 2022 OP

Right on, Rey clever of you to notice. I guess being observant is a prerequisite in your line of MLAA Dec 2022 #1

If you are talking about Joe Schmoe this morning, yes, it sounded like "cell phone" hlthe2b Dec 2022 #2

MLAA

(17,277 posts)

1. Right on, Rey clever of you to notice. I guess being observant is a prerequisite in your line of

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Tue Dec 20, 2022, 09:34 AM

Dec 2022

work

hlthe2b

(102,217 posts)

2. If you are talking about Joe Schmoe this morning, yes, it sounded like "cell phone"

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2022, 09:41 AM

Dec 2022

every time he tried to say "self-own." Pausing between words (or syllables)--both for occasional clarity and emphasis--seems to be a lost art.

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