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Smart TalkSMART TALK by Dr. Garrel S. Utter
ALL WHALES: We're so thankful that the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired treats only native speakers of American English. We have far too much of work as it is.
Here in Underbelly, Texas, locals cause no end of confusion in newly immigrated shop clerks when they ask for a quart of oil. They say all and get a big bottle of detergent.
And well sounds like wail, which is also how they say whale.
Try to correct this good ol' boy, and he'll tell you to go to hail.
This is our challenge, and in the last eight years, it has grown beyond our fears.
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