"catfishing"--early WOTY candidate?

[Tom Zurinskas]

I can hardly understand a word that Te'o guy is saying.  Is he mumbling on purpose?  I think te'oing can lead to mumbleitis and then romnesia, all of which is the opposite of truthiness.


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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> Poster: Bonnie Taylor-Blake <b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: "catfishing"--early WOTY candidate?
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> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > Another WOTY? "Te'o-ing", to succeed "Tebowing"?
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> ICYMI, #Teoing is blowing up on Twitter.*
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> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23teoing
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> -- Bonnie
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> * I think I said that right.
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