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Snappy Posted 15 years ago
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This be me this be
What does it mean by "This be me this be"?
I found this expression in a local English newspaper published in Japan, where a Japanese sumo wrestler is pointing at his name in the rank table.
I found this expression in a local English newspaper published in Japan, where a Japanese sumo wrestler is pointing at his name in the rank table.
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It's a sort of gibberish. I've put it into the search engine and found such a jabber in five web pages, three of them in a Japanese newspaper. Two of them are supplied with a comma after the 'me' .
- It's a sort of gibberish.
- I've put it into the search engine and found such a jabber in five web pages, three of them in a Japanese newspaper.
- Two of them are supplied with a comma after the 'me' .
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It's a sort of gibberish. I've put it into the search engine and found such a jabber in five web pages, three of them in a Japanese newspaper. Two of them are supplied with a comma after the 'me'.
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SnappyWhat does it mean by "This be me this be"?This sort of phrase is quite common in some parts of the UK where the verb "to be" is not conjugated. In UK comedy this sort of colloquialism is often used to portray people of low intelligence.
So he is pointing to an image of himself and telling you that it is him.
This is me this i
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