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canetoad

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9. True

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 30, 2026, 06:28 PM

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And maybe no-one in trump's state department has the internet to look it up.

I learned this as a kid in England and yeah, I know it's subtle but they are supposed to get things right.

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