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To: marcusmaximus

It it easy to understand how non-English speaker could fall for this joke, especially a Russian speaker.

Helicopter in Russian is вертолете which sounds nothing like helicopter.

A play on words in a foreign language will easily escape a non-native speaker of that language.


5 posted on 05/22/2024 4:53:17 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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8 posted on 05/22/2024 5:01:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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The French news reporter and even Hamas fell for the same thing…the dangers of reporting social media rumors


9 posted on 05/22/2024 5:03:00 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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Some of these guys just need to develop a sense of humor.


12 posted on 05/22/2024 5:07:46 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (e)
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вертолет pronounced vertolet Vere-Tal-ot
34 posted on 05/22/2024 9:11:36 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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