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Tattoo Blunder

On February 7, 2008 By

Then there’s the whole phenomena of getting yourself tattooed in a language you don’t speak, a script you don’t read, which often goes bad. From the BBC:

When teenager Joanne Raine had her boyfriend’s nickname “Roo” tattooed on her stomach it was supposed to be a sign of her undying love.

The 19-year-old from [...]

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Preacher’s Slip

On January 23, 2008 By

A good example of how it’s not so much the slip itself as the context in which it’s made.

In the video, the preacher says “pinch his tits” instead of “pitch his tents” (which also happens to be a perfect example of the /I/ – /E/ vowel merger — the preacher’s vowel in “tits” [...]

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