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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 13 years ago
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I want to add an additional thank you Mister Micawber for reading and correcting a piece of written work of mine, I do remember enjoying a lot reading your helpful post in Dilforum, by the way. Well..., I didn't understand when a friend of mine tweeted this, can you have a look at and paraphrase it, please? OK. It is:
''Holly, would you turn me on?''
I want to add an additional thank you Mister Micawber for reading and correcting a piece of written work of mine, I do remember enjoying a lot reading your helpful post in Dilforum, by the way. Well..., I didn't understand when a friend of mine tweeted this, can you have a look at and paraphrase it, please? OK. It is:
''Holly, would you turn me on?''
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Holly, would you arouse me sexually?
- Holly, would you arouse me sexually?
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ozzourtiHolly, would you arouse me sexually?Dear Ozzourti,
Because the person who tweeted me that sentence was not a lady, or rather a good male friend, I understood it as ''Can you make me feel interested or excited?'' Am I wrong in saying that ?
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A quick Google search reveals that the question comes from the song "Holly (Would You Turn Me On?)" by All Time Low. When used of a person, "turn on" normally means to "excite sexually". However, "Holly, would you turn me on?" sounds just like "Hollywood, you turn me on", so maybe the
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