Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:30 PM
viva la (2,153 posts)
Imagine what a non-native speaker would think of this sentence?
"The Gophers are really chewing up the clock."
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viva la | Oct 2021 | OP |
dweller | Oct 2021 | #1 | |
hlthe2b | Oct 2021 | #2 | |
Harker | Oct 2021 | #5 | |
Harker | Oct 2021 | #3 | |
viva la | Oct 2021 | #4 | |
Harker | Oct 2021 | #6 | |
milestogo | Oct 2021 | #7 | |
Auggie | Oct 2021 | #8 | |
Tetrachloride | Oct 2021 | #9 | |
Marcuse | Oct 2021 | #10 | |
Capt. America | Oct 2021 | #11 |
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:37 PM
dweller (21,982 posts)
1. Strange american
Sex practice
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Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:51 PM
hlthe2b (95,626 posts)
2. I doubt you needed to go further than football and gophers.
Though they might be curious why/how they earned the name?
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Response to hlthe2b (Reply #2)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:02 PM
Harker (11,711 posts)
5. Because they gopher it on 4th down? n/t
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:01 PM
Harker (11,711 posts)
3. I am a native speaker, and it sounds goofy to me.
The more "coloful" the announcer, the weirder the patter.
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Response to Harker (Reply #3)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:02 PM
viva la (2,153 posts)
4. We haven't even gotten to the great penetration
of the hole the offensive line opened up.
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Response to viva la (Reply #4)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:11 PM
Harker (11,711 posts)
6. A tight end can help there. n/t
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:20 PM
milestogo (14,282 posts)
7. Or "The Wolverines kicked some Badger ass today."
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:56 PM
Auggie (29,515 posts)
8. "There's a Dolphin down on the field."
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 04:17 PM
Tetrachloride (5,109 posts)
9. Hail Mary ! Interception ! Oh God !
Response to viva la (Original post)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 09:50 PM
Marcuse (6,383 posts)
10. Trojans pound Beavers.
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Response to Marcuse (Reply #10)
Sun Oct 3, 2021, 11:58 PM
Capt. America (2,477 posts)