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Related: About this forumImagine what a non-native speaker would think of this sentence?
"The Gophers are really chewing up the clock."
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Imagine what a non-native speaker would think of this sentence? (Original Post)
viva la
Oct 2021
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dweller
(23,617 posts)1. Strange american
Sex practice
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hlthe2b
(102,141 posts)2. I doubt you needed to go further than football and gophers.
Though they might be curious why/how they earned the name?
Harker
(13,988 posts)5. Because they gopher it on 4th down? n/t
Harker
(13,988 posts)3. I am a native speaker, and it sounds goofy to me.
The more "coloful" the announcer, the weirder the patter.
viva la
(3,273 posts)4. We haven't even gotten to the great penetration
of the hole the offensive line opened up.
Harker
(13,988 posts)6. A tight end can help there. n/t
milestogo
(16,829 posts)7. Or "The Wolverines kicked some Badger ass today."
Auggie
(31,133 posts)8. "There's a Dolphin down on the field."
Tetrachloride
(7,819 posts)9. Hail Mary ! Interception ! Oh God !
Marcuse
(7,446 posts)10. Trojans pound Beavers.
Last edited Mon Oct 4, 2021, 06:38 PM - Edit history (1)
Capt. America
(2,477 posts)11. hahahahahahaha