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140 - Why to you does this title sound wrong?

No Dumb Questions

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Put the Pickle Down, Uncle John

The correct answer is anywhere. But it changes the meaning of the sentence. It does. Did you ever hear the quaint? I think it's like a mid twentieth century song that plays with the english language. It's called, put the pickle down, uncle john. Each verse is a different emphasis. So it can go anywhere, literally, anywhereogod, that was hard. The exercise that you will see floating around the innernet for this, that i think it's a little bit easier to play with, is the following,. ok, i never said, she stole my money. Where could you put the emphasis in this sentence? Let's just try every single let's just

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