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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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does it hold water? and a babbled word...
0 1) The "and not old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years" can not hold water logically. Because if the shirt had been there a thousand years, it would be very old and dirty. Do you agree with me? And should we corret it as "and old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years?" 02 br
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00 2) The "schmirt" in "Shirt, schmirt, who gives a ***" is just a babbled word here, meaning "whatsoever?" so "who gives a ***......" 02 br
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00 "Hey!" Beaver says. " *** me Freddy! Some kid's shirt!" 02 br
00 It is indeed. Red and white, and not old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years. In fact, it looks almost new. 02 br
00 "Shirt, 01 b 00 schmirt 02 b 00 , who gives a ***" Jonesy wants to know. "Let's just-" 0-
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00 2) The "schmirt" in "Shirt, schmirt, who gives a ***" is just a babbled word here, meaning "whatsoever?" so "who gives a ***......" 02 br
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00 Context: 02 br
00 "Hey!" Beaver says. " *** me Freddy! Some kid's shirt!" 02 br
00 It is indeed. Red and white, and not old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years. In fact, it looks almost new. 02 br
00 "Shirt, 01 b 00 schmirt 02 b 00 , who gives a ***" Jonesy wants to know. "Let's just-" 0-
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00 Because if the shirt had been there a thousand years, it would be very old and dirty. Do you agree with me? " 00 <<< The speaker is just playing with the word 'shirt', finding meaningless sounds that rhymne.
- 00 Because if the shirt had been there a thousand years, it would be very old and dirty.
- Do you agree with me?
- " 00 <<< The speaker is just playing with the word 'shirt', finding meaningless sounds that rhymne.
- This is usually done to show that the word is unimportant.
- " Beaver says.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 1) The "and not old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years" can not hold water 00 <<< an idea that 'can not hold water' is an idea that is incorrect or inconsistent in some way. 00 Because if the shirt had been there a thousand years, it would be very old and dirty. Do you agree with me? And should we
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01 font 00 1) The "and not old and dirty, as if it had been there a thousand years" can not hold water 00 <<< an idea that 'can not hold water' is an idea that is incorrect or inconsistent in some way. 00 Because if the shirt had been there a thousand years, it would be very old and dirty. Do you agree with me? And should we
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