'Oxymoron'
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pun, puns, word play, play on words, linguistic, linguistics, language, languages, language joke, oxymoron, oxen, ox, cow, cows, cattle, animal, animals, farm, farming, moron, morons, explanation, explanatory, explanatory joke, stupidity, stupid, idiot, idiocy"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, eating, dining, reserving, reservation, reservations, dinner, waiter, waiters, server, servers, host, hosts, booking, name, names, language, languages, english, grammar, honorific, honorifics, title, titles, prefix, prefixes, dr, dr., doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, education, degree, degrees, postgraduate, postgraduates, phd, ph.d., postgraduate doctoral degree, customer service, service, rude, bad manners"Qu'est-ce que c'est?"Title: FRENCH FOR BANKERS.
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french, learning french, french language, language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, learning a foreign language, language class, languages classes, language lesson, language lessons, french class, french classes, french lesson, french lessons, french teacher, french teachers, education, teacher, teachers, lesson, lesson, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, qu'est-ce que c'est, bank, banks, baking, banker, bankers, money, argent, l'argent, vocabulary, international, what is this, international trade, international banking"We'll start out by speaking in simple declarative sentences."
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language, languages, linguistic, linguistics, education, educate, educating, teach, teaching, history, historic, historical, learn, learning, speak, speaking, oral history, stone age, stone ages, iron age, iron ages, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo erectus, homo sapien, homo sapiens, caveman, cavemen, cave man, cave men, cave-man, cave-men, prehistory, prehistoric, cave, caves, declarative, simple, simplicity, complicate, complicated, complex, progress, progression, progressions, progressive"I can't put it into layman's language for you. I don't know any layman's language."
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layman, laymen, language, languages, pretentious, pretentiousness, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, elitism, translate, translates, translating, translation, translations, translator, translators, dumb down, dumbs down, dumbing down, education, highly educated, expert, experts, expertise, out of touch, ivory tower, ivory towers"It's pronounced 'hee-la' monster. The 'g' sounds like an 'h.' "
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hospital, hospitals, clinic, clinics, doctor's office, doctor's office, medical, medicine, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, health, health care, healthcare, animal, animals, lizard, lizards, reptile, reptiles, gila monster, gila monsters, language, languages, pronunciation, english, unhelpful, wasting time, biting, bite, emergency, emergencies"Your vocabulary is enlarged."
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lit, literature, literary, literatures, lit major, vocab, vocabulary, words, word, language, languages, brain, brains, smart, smarter, smartness, intelligent, intelligence, brain, brains, x-ray, xray, x ray, scan, scans, scanned, medical, doctor, doctors, consultant, consultants, surgery, surgeon, skull, skulls, exam, examination, appointment, word, words, play on words, word play"We've decided that it will be better for his later development if we speak to him only in legalese."
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child, children, baby, babies, infant, infants, newborn, newborns, new baby, new babies, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, new parents, family, families, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, new mothers, new mom, new moms, new mum, new mums, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhood, new dad, new dads, new father, new fathers, raising a child, raising children, proud parent, proud parents, life lessons, learn, learning, teach, teaching, language, languages, fluent, fluency, bilingual, law, legalese, legal, lawyer, lawyers, career, careers, job, jobs, profession, professions, dream, dreams, ambition, ambitions, future career, future lawyer, maturity, grow up, growing up, develop, development'100% Grammatically Correct Popular Tunes'
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language, languages, english, singing, album, albums, music, musical, musically, song, songs, songbook, tune, tunes, grammar, grammatical, grammatically, grammars, grammar rules, play on words, word play, word-play, cd, fuddy, fuddy duddy, killjoy, kill joy, modern, modern life, criticism, grammar nazi, grammar-nazi, grammarnazi, grammar nazis, grammar-nazisSkyscraper/Tower of Babel
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tower of babel, skyscraper, skyscrapers, human endeavour, building site, building sites, construction site, construction sites, human limitation, human limitations, arrogance, ambition, human ambition, architecture, architect, architects, language, languages, language divide, language barrier, human cooperation, empire state building, tower, towers, urban expansion, bible story, bible storiesGenius Grants and Recipients
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money, grants, grant, academic, academia, academics, education, educational, higher education, government, governments, governmental, scientific research, research grant, research, research grants, science, scientific, scientist, scientists, scientifically, discovery, discover, experiments, experiment, experimental, experimenting, language, languages, cliche, cliches, clichés, cliché, blonde, blondes, woodchuck, wood chuck, gum"I'm not trying to say anything-I'm just talking."
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phone, phones, telephone, telephones, call, calls, calling, phone call, phone calls, telephone call, telephone calls, talking on the phone, talking on the telephone, phone conversation, phone conversations, telephone conversation, telephone conversations, say something, saying something, language, languages, word play, wordplay, conversation, conversations, communication, no meaning, no hidden meaning, talking"I think therefore I am." "Bow Wow, Bow Wow, Bow Wow."
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, walking the dog, walkies, dog walking, thinking, think, thought, thoughts, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, bow wow, woof, language, languages, i think therefore i am, rene descartes, descartes"Just so you know—the official language of Heaven is Aramaic."
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heaven, heavenly, heavens, heavenly gates, pearly gates, st peter, peter, saint, saints, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, st. peter, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, aramaic, language, languages, linguistics, linguist, word play, play on words, word-play"Francophobe meet Francophile."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, guest, guests, introductions, introducing, language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, french, francophile, francophobe, unlikely friendship, unlikely friendships, opposites, opposites attract, relationship, relationships, word play, wordplayA panhandler and his dog stand next to a sign that reads "Bill and his talking dog"; the dog beside him speaks in Chinese and Japanese.
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beggar, beggars, begging, bum, bums, panhandler, panhandlers, panhandling, street person, street people, homeless, living on the street, money, donation, donations, charity, poverty, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking dog, talking dogs, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, pet trick, pet tricks, dog trick, dog tricks, foreign language, foreign languages, language, languages, japanese, chinese"Gigot de sept heures."
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food, cooking, cooks, cook, chef, chefs, home chef, home chefs, home cook, home cooks, homemade, home cooking, lamb, leg of lamb, gigot, seven hours, meal, meals, dinner, dinners, cuisine, french, language, languages, culinary, househusband, househusbands, bachelor, bachelors, man, men"You'll have to phrase it another way. They have no word for 'fetch.' "
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cat, cats, dogs, dog, language, languages, culture, cultures, different languages, different cultures, cultural differences, negotiate, negotiations, negotiation, political negotiation, political negotiations, translate, translating, translator, translators, interpreter, interpreting, interpreters, political leader, political leaders, adviser, advisers, advisor, advisors, political adviser, political advisers, political advisor, political advisors, fetch, fetching, playing fetchBerlitz guide to Scamese
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language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, language learning, translate, translation, translations, interpret, interpretation, interpretations, english, scamese, scam, con, trick, fraud, scam artist, scam artists, scammer, scammers, con men, spam, spammer, spammers, spam mail, spam e-mail, spam e-mails, span email, spam emails, junk, junk mail, junk email, junk emails, junk e-mail, junk e-mails, nigerian prince scam, nigerian prince scams, money, send money, 419 scam, 419 scams, internet crime, internet security, internet scam, crime, crimes, internet, email, emails, e-mail, e-mails, modern life"Bonjour, mon amour - forgive my English, but I should like to spread you all over myself."
Further Studies in Pigeon English
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bird, birds, pigeon, pigeons, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking animal, language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, bilingual, multilingual, teacher, teachers, learning, learn, student, students, education, educated, educate, urban animals, bread crumb, blackboard, chalkboard, instructor, instructionVeni, Vidi, Vici, Mani, Pedi.
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history, historical, military, ancient, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, soldier, soldiers, warrior, warriors, latin, language, languages, julius caesar, caesar, veni, vidi, vici, i came, i saw, i conquered, victory, victories, mani, manicure, pedi, pedicure, nail, nails, toenail, toenails, fingernail, fingernails, painted, nail polish, nail polish, nail varnish, nail varnish, beauty, beauty salon, beauty salons, manicurist, manicurists, pedicurist, pedicurists, nail technician, nail technicians, beauty parlor, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty parlours, catchphrase, catchphrases, word play, wordplay"When are people going to stop speaking every sentence like it's a question?"