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listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby Yety » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:39 pm

NSFW !
what does she actually say at at 0:52
https://youtu.be/aTgxG6LPh9w

1. I'm f.. old
or
2. You ain't f.. old ?
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby Adrianslont » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:04 pm

Yety wrote:NSFW !
what does she actually say at at 0:52
https://youtu.be/aTgxG6LPh9w

1. I'm f.. old
or
2. You ain't f.. old ?


1.
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby sjintje » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:04 am

Don't know what it's supposed to be, but it sounds like "You're I'm f...."
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby Yety » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:39 am

could it be
3. Yeah, I'm f .. old ?
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby neuroascetic » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:24 am

It's definitely, "I'm f###ing old."
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby Adrianslont » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:19 am

Yety wrote:could it be
3. Yeah, I'm f .. old ?

Now that you are offering a third option, yes, 3.

It starts with a very “reduced” yeah.
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Re: listening comprehension question (NSFW !)

Postby smallwhite » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:35 am

I pick:
1. I'm f.. old

She says the whole sentence with a constantly rolled tongue (as for pronouncing R) probably to imitate toothlessness. So she ends up saying:
Rhyme frukking ohrd.
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