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RightofUp t1_j5a5ohz wrote

Reply to comment by DrFriedGold in TIL The writer for "Die Hard with a Vengeance" was investigated by the FBI after they revealed that his story's plan of robbing the Federal Reserve through a breached subway wall would have worked by fortifier22

Answer phone message? How young are you?

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Jetztinberlin t1_j5a8hse wrote

It's the British term for answering machine.

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JuanRico15 t1_j5c8eeb wrote

Thanks for explaining it. I thought it was an app. My friends make fun if me for still calling voicemail the answering machine.

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chizmanzini t1_j5atzjh wrote

Why the downvotes? I also had a confusing chuckle over the word.

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RightofUp t1_j5b2gki wrote

Because the British think they invented English.

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[deleted] t1_j5ba6rg wrote

The English inventing English. Fucking wild notion.

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thechilipepper0 t1_j5bg8jd wrote

Technically it was a cooperative effort with the French. Or maybe coercive is more apt

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saliczar t1_j5cec5f wrote

Then why do they bitch about the word "soccer"?

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YchYFi t1_j5eixa2 wrote

Soccer comes from the words Association Football. Americans take it too seriously when we rib you about it.

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warbreakr t1_j5c2ubi wrote

You are one of those people that get used as examples of how dense Americans are

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jawnsusername t1_j5c7ds4 wrote

Or because you were making an insult that was uncalled for, jackass.

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