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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
(26,639 posts)1. Strange american
Sex practice
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hlthe2b
(110,017 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
(16,287 posts)5. Because they gopher it on 4th down? n/t
Harker
(16,287 posts)3. I am a native speaker, and it sounds goofy to me.
The more "coloful" the announcer, the weirder the patter.
viva la
(4,129 posts)4. We haven't even gotten to the great penetration
of the hole the offensive line opened up.
Harker
(16,287 posts)6. A tight end can help there. n/t
milestogo
(20,731 posts)7. Or "The Wolverines kicked some Badger ass today."
Auggie
(32,322 posts)8. "There's a Dolphin down on the field."
Tetrachloride
(8,755 posts)9. Hail Mary ! Interception ! Oh God !
Marcuse
(8,466 posts)10. Trojans pound Beavers.
Last edited Mon Oct 4, 2021, 06:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Capt. America
(2,494 posts)11. hahahahahahaha