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i just think little unwritten rules like this are fascinating. hidden structures in the human brain and our language and all.
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One of my favorite sketch comedy groups has developed a character whose primary trait is that he violates a lot of these rules. He speaks in a way that's comprehensible yet unsettlingly wrong, because he'll put the wrong emphasis everywhere and just break every unconscious rule of language.
He's my favorite character of theirs.
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@Phorm tell me who, i love this stuff. reminds me of Oh Hello whose characters always emPhasize the wrong syllAble.
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@zebratron2084 LoadingReadyRun's character Dave's Spokesman. His appearances are scattered across multiple videos, which makes him hard to track.
They did release this semi-compilation recently, though!
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@Phorm This could have been a character from MTV's The State so easily, and they're basically my favorite sketch troupe of all time. This is exactly my kind of comedy. :D
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A perhaps uncouth question: Opinion on The State's "The Pope-A's visit" sketch?
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@zebratron2084
:D My friends and I growing up ALWAYS used to say variations on "Hey! A-be careful with-a the waste oil! OH NO!"