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!!Competing for Olive


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!!Olive's choice in men


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!!Dude, just eat the spinach!


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!!!If the wrong one ate the spinach


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!!Again, more on Olive's choice in men


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!!Bluto, pick on someone else


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!!UnexplainedAccent?
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Mondegreen is no longer a trope; dewicking


** It’s also likely that Popeye isn’t very well read or knows how to read and write very well. People who are illiterate or have reading and writing problems usually struggle with saying words and phrases correctly, and are prone to falling into MondeGreen territory. For example, Popeye says “somefink’” instead of “something”, almost as if he merely heard someone say it and repeated what he heard.

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** It’s also likely that Popeye [[NeverLearnedToRead isn’t very well read or knows how to read and write very well. well]]. People who are illiterate or have reading and writing problems usually struggle with saying words and phrases correctly, and are prone to falling into MondeGreen mondegreen territory. For example, Popeye says “somefink’” instead of “something”, almost as if he merely heard someone say it and repeated what he heard.
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** My best guess is brain-damaged Irish. Considering Popeye's a fighter at heart, he's probably had his noggin rattled a time or two.

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** My best guess is brain-damaged Irish. Considering Popeye's a fighter at heart, he's probably had his noggin rattled a time or two.two.
** It’s also likely that Popeye isn’t very well read or knows how to read and write very well. People who are illiterate or have reading and writing problems usually struggle with saying words and phrases correctly, and are prone to falling into MondeGreen territory. For example, Popeye says “somefink’” instead of “something”, almost as if he merely heard someone say it and repeated what he heard.
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**It's a very common stereotype attached to sailors, that after months in the high seas they will find anything attractive.

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