[Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 21 22:21:43 UTC 2015


That does make stupid sense. If  you know who she is.  Otherwise it makes
no sense at all.

 Like more and more commercials.

JL

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

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> It goes by so fast, it=E2=80=99s difficult to judge, but it seems fair =
> to say that=E2=80=99s what she means. The video is at =
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQsPu9NQEtZQ =
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQsPu9NQEtZQ>. About 0:47 in.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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> Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/ =
> <https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/>
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> > Il giorno 21 set 2015, alle ore 13:33, Dan Goncharoff =
> <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> ha scritto:
> >=20
> > Is she saying "censored" when the shot would be censored by Instagram?
> >=20
> > DanG
> >=20
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter =
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> >>=20
> >> But this is the opposite.  She says "censored" when you see the dog's
> >> teats.
> >>=20
> >> JL
> >>=20
> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Laurence Horn =
> <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >>=20
> >>>>=20
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> >>>>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> >>>>> Subject:      censored =3D3D 'uncensored' ?
> >>>>> =3D20
> >>>>> =3D
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> >>>>> Samsung is running a commercial that ends with a woman holding her =
> =3D
> >>> dog up
> >>>>> to the camera.  She says "Censored." Then she covers the dog's =
> chest =3D
> >>> with
> >>>>> her hand and says "Uncensored."
> >>>>> =3D20
> >>>>> Then she does it again.
> >>>>> =3D20
> >>>>> WTH?
> >>>>> =3D20
> >>>>> JL
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