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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
(25,621 posts)1. Strange american
Sex practice
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hlthe2b
(107,789 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
(15,542 posts)5. Because they gopher it on 4th down? n/t
Harker
(15,542 posts)3. I am a native speaker, and it sounds goofy to me.
The more "coloful" the announcer, the weirder the patter.
viva la
(3,922 posts)4. We haven't even gotten to the great penetration
of the hole the offensive line opened up.
Harker
(15,542 posts)6. A tight end can help there. n/t
milestogo
(19,337 posts)7. Or "The Wolverines kicked some Badger ass today."
Auggie
(32,060 posts)8. "There's a Dolphin down on the field."
Tetrachloride
(8,565 posts)9. Hail Mary ! Interception ! Oh God !
Marcuse
(8,132 posts)10. Trojans pound Beavers.
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Capt. America
(2,486 posts)11. hahahahahahaha