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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Barack vs. Ba-roke
0 I cannot get "It's Barack vs. Ba-roke" well. I guess that the title means "It's Big Money vs. Less Money." Does "ba-roke" refer to "bank account in deficit?" 02 br
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00 It's Barack vs. Ba-roke 02 br
00 Hillary Clinton's money gap against Barack Obama has never been worse headed for the finish line in Tuesday's primary. 02 br
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00 Hillary Clinton campaign losing money war to Barack Obama 02 br
00 BY MICHAEL McAULIFF 02 br
00 DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU 02 br
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00 Monday, April 21st 2008, 5:39 PM 02 br
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00 SCRANTON, Pa. - It's Barack vs. Ba-roke. 0-
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00 Context: 02 br
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00 It's Barack vs. Ba-roke 02 br
00 Hillary Clinton's money gap against Barack Obama has never been worse headed for the finish line in Tuesday's primary. 02 br
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00 Hillary Clinton campaign losing money war to Barack Obama 02 br
00 BY MICHAEL McAULIFF 02 br
00 DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU 02 br
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00 Monday, April 21st 2008, 5:39 PM 02 br
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00 SCRANTON, Pa. - It's Barack vs. Ba-roke. 0-
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00 Not exactly. 01 i 00 Ba-roke 02 i 00 refers to Hillary, who is running out of campaign funds-- or at least is not garnering nearly the amount of contributions Obama is . 0-
00 Not exactly. 01 i 00 Ba-roke 02 i 00 refers to Hillary, who is running out of campaign funds-- or at least is not garnering nearly the amount of contributions Obama is . 0-
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0 With your music background, it should be spelled with a "Q", right? 0-
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0 Thank you. 02 br
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00 The question is that why Hillary could be called as Ba-roke? Which refers to "Barack-what?" 02 br
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00 What does "roke" mean there? 0-
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00 The question is that why Hillary could be called as Ba-roke? Which refers to "Barack-what?" 02 br
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1 i 00 ba-roke 02 i 00 is a respelling of 01 i 00 broke 02 i 00 , which means having no money. The respelling was done to make a humorous comparison to Obama's first name: Barack. 02 br
00 So the title is saying Barack(= 01 b 00 Ba-rack 02 b 00 ) Obama (who has a lot of money) 01 b 00 vs. 02 b 00 Hillary Clinton (who is bro
00 So the title is saying Barack(= 01 b 00 Ba-rack 02 b 00 ) Obama (who has a lot of money) 01 b 00 vs. 02 b 00 Hillary Clinton (who is bro
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0 Thank you CJ. 02 br
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00 Avangi, what you've said sounds mysterious for me. I wonder what humor have you expressed. 05 0 010id 1
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00 Avangi, what you've said sounds mysterious for me. I wonder what humor have you expressed. 05 0 010id 1
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0 Hi Clive. From your previous reply that you said: Say "them de la them". My deduction is that you've told me to Say "creme de la creme." Both vowel sounds in them and creme are the same. Have I got you rightly? 0-
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0 Hi NL, 02 br
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00 I guess I was having a bad night - seems like I messed up everything. 02 br
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00 I thought you were the author of the line about Solfeg. in the Creme thread, and the detail of it made me think you were a musician, and would know the period of Bach & Handel as the Baroque, which is pronounced the same way as the Barack joke. 02 br
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00 I guess I was having a bad night - seems like I messed up everything. 02 br
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00 I thought you were the author of the line about Solfeg. in the Creme thread, and the detail of it made me think you were a musician, and would know the period of Bach & Handel as the Baroque, which is pronounced the same way as the Barack joke. 02 br
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