"Thaaat's what I'm talking about!"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Or, better to my ear, "mbout." BB

On Oct 27, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> I don't know which one he's using.
>
> He clearly says "uh-BOUT,"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1r9oD6U6ik
>
> which serves to make him sound even more unreal. He wouldn't use that
> pswaydo-standard pronunciation at home, any more than Obama would.
>
> Now, if he'd said something like,
>
> "Ass whutm tawm bout!"
>
> I might could dig it.
>

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