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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Tongue Twister

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00 What's the meaning for: "01b00Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut02b00!"02br
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0 "Bother, six gear changes have jammed"02br
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00But as it's a tongue twister, its meaning is secondary to its sound.0-
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0Hi, Feebs 11!02br
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00Thank you for helping me,02br
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00Lorrayne0-
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0 I would interpret "stick shift" as meaning "a car with manual transmission," so to me the sentence would mean "Darn. Six manual transmission cars cannot be opened." But, as the previous poster said, meaning is not very important in a tongue twister. 0-
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0Hi, Khoff!02br
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00 Thank you also for your help,02br
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00Lorrayne.0-

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