[Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Mon Sep 21 20:48:38 UTC 2015


It goes by so fast, it’s difficult to judge, but it seems fair to say that’s what she means. The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPu9NQEtZQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPu9NQEtZQ>. About 0:47 in.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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> Il giorno 21 set 2015, alle ore 13:33, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> ha scritto:
> 
> Is she saying "censored" when the shot would be censored by Instagram?
> 
> DanG
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> But this is the opposite.  She says "censored" when you see the dog's
>> teats.
>> 
>> JL
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
>>>>> -----------------------
>>>>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>>>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>>>>> Subject:      censored =3D 'uncensored' ?
>>>>> =20
>>>>> =
>>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>>> -----
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Samsung is running a commercial that ends with a woman holding her =
>>> dog up
>>>>> to the camera.  She says "Censored." Then she covers the dog's chest =
>>> with
>>>>> her hand and says "Uncensored."
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Then she does it again.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> WTH?
>>>>> =20
>>>>> JL
>>>>> =20
>>>>> --


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