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274: Sibling Revelry

Good Job, Brain!

CHAPTER

Deciphering Abbreviations and Contractions in Names

The hosts explore common abbreviation confusion in names like Super Mario Bros, Super Smash Brothers, and Joseph A. Bank, discussing the difference between abbreviation and contraction. They engage in a fun guessing game to decipher unusual names and acronyms, with playful hints and clues provided to each other. The chapter includes a quiz where the hosts challenge each other to guess the full first name from presented abbreviations or contractions, highlighting the differences in British English usage of periods in abbreviations.

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