random taboo avoidance (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Nov 30 10:19:52 UTC 2011


Obviously the term is "bullshit artist".  This is a heavy UK accent.  My favorite is at 2:26 "
she had lawn dart hair".


Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk








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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:59:49 -0500
> From: aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: random taboo avoidance (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> Poster: Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: random taboo avoidance (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> I got the disk out again and followed up on a few pointers. It actually
> sounds like "broomshed artist", or, even closer, "br at nsh@darchist", but
> the CC text does say "bullshit". Apparently, I misremembered "barn" or
> misinterpreted it. The thing that's striking is that there is a
> "fucking" in the sentence before, so if the avoidance is in the script,
> it's an odd one. If it's "bullshit", then it's also odd but for a
> different reason.
>
> To make things more interesting, I uploaded a 2+ minute MPEG clip to
> GoogleDocs. It's at
> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5mMQMC2BhS7YzM3MjcyNmUtYzdlNS00MjkzLTk3MTAtZmFmYTFkNzAxNzE0
>
> Shortened:
> http://goo.gl/AxuaZ
>
> You should be able to play it or download it. The word is at about 2:02,
> but scroll back another 10 seconds to get the exchange.
>
> VS-)
>
>
> On 11/29/2011 4:03 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> > If you see it again, check the closed captions.
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