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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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What is the sense of the joke "most powerful slash poorest country"?
Seth Meyers at 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner said "[America is the] most powerful slash poorest country". What is the key point?
Is it in that America becomes not the "most powerful", but the "most powerful among the `slash poorest`"?
Or it is funny that it sounds like "America is the most powerful slash"?
Sorry for tediousness, and thanks a lot for your attention and help!
Is it in that America becomes not the "most powerful", but the "most powerful among the `slash poorest`"?
Or it is funny that it sounds like "America is the most powerful slash"?
Sorry for tediousness, and thanks a lot for your attention and help!
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The slash is how you say /. So it reads the most powerful/poorest country. America is the most powerful and poorest country.
- The slash is how you say /.
- So it reads the most powerful/poorest country.
- America is the most powerful and poorest country.
- - He is joking that the state of its economy isn't very good but it still has the power.
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The slash is how you say /.
So it reads the most powerful/poorest country.
America is the most powerful and poorest country. - He is joking that the state of its economy isn't very good but it still has the power.
So it reads the most powerful/poorest country.
America is the most powerful and poorest country. - He is joking that the state of its economy isn't very good but it still has the power.
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