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To: Morgana
A flight from Kiev to Israel was delayed for more than an hour on Thursday night after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man insisted the overhead television screens were be retracted or turned off.

British journalists can't write proper English!

Regards,

17 posted on 04/21/2017 8:17:24 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

“British journalists can’t write proper English!”

Benny Hill as “Chow Mein” said it best “Don’t you peopre speak broody Engrish?”


20 posted on 04/21/2017 8:49:09 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: alexander_busek

Yes!


21 posted on 04/21/2017 8:52:32 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: alexander_busek
Jewish man insisted the overhead television screens were be retracted

No. "were retracted" is correct. "be retracted" be ebonics

25 posted on 04/21/2017 7:09:41 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (I never ever set out to make anyone feel safe. - S E Hinton)
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