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Hasibul Alam Posted 4 years ago
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I can not understand the highlighted portion( from the big bang theory)

my parents felt that naming me Leonard......and putting me in advanced-placement classes....wasn't getting me beaten up enough.

  

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and putting me in advanced-placement classes... wasn't getting me beaten up enough. Smart kids get bullied in school.

— Anonymous

  • and putting me in advanced-placement classes...
  • wasn't getting me beaten up enough.
  • Smart kids get bullied in school.
  • The name Leonard is not as masculine-sounding as a common name like Jack.
  • He is being ironic.
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Hasibul Alam

my parents felt that naming me Leonard......and putting me in advanced-placement classes....wasn't getting me beaten up enough.

Smart kids get bullied in school. The name Leonard is not as masculine-sounding as a common name like Jack. He is being ironic.

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