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Girl (LOUDLY, to cell phone): Oh, hiii! Our plane just got in; we were super, super delayed.
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I don't get it?
—posted by Miranda at July 5, 2006 4:21 PM
It's the emphasis.
No one in Britain says "super, super." No one in Britain says, "super," in fact, except to refer to a boss or someone who runs a building.
The sound of American accents is really pricking up my ears on this trip.
—posted by Ezra at July 5, 2006 5:36 PM
Oh, I see. Um, that's like super weird that I didn't notice, but I guess I'm totally used to American diction at this point.
—posted by Miranda at July 5, 2006 9:13 PM
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