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Bitesize Ep 36 - Pt. 2 of A Parody of a Children's Book by a British Comedian

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Then He Went to a Pub.

Locals in a variety of dialect, especially a yorkshire one, will omit the article and say things like, you fancy goin? Tup, pup. As a teacher of english, i would encourage you to include an article in this sentence. Unless you have a near native, a accent, that is, you know, slightly yorkshire based, then, ye, maybe not. Anyway, next line, we're gan ot have to call you a minie cab. A minni cab is a taxi. You might have the hackney cab or black cab in your mind's eye right now, but a minnie cab is a lot less iconic. It's just a normal

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