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dixiegrrrrl

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5. Well, if you said to me "Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau.. or "Britain's Prime Minister May"

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 13, 2018, 04:43 PM

Aug 2018

I would know who they are,

but I would not be sure who you meant if you said ..... "Trudeau said blah blah...."
would be confused if you meant the PM or the cartoonist.

in the case of Obama his name is world known, not likely to be mistaken with someone else.

Sadly, this means "trump" is gonna keep name recognition for ages.

Not sure if it has the same meaning if we said "Borden took an axe...."

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