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* IncidentalMultilingualWordplay



* LuckyTranslation


* BreakingPointSwearing: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).


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* PrecisionFStrike: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).

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* YouSayTomato: More than one accepted way to pronounce a term.


* BreakingPointProfanity: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).

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* BreakingPointProfanity: BreakingPointSwearing: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).


* BreakingPointProfanity: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).



* PrecisionFStrike: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue.

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* PeriodPieceModernLanguage: The production is a posh historical one, the language is not.


* NoPronunciationGuide

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* CalculatorSpelling: Using the seven-segment display on a calculator (usually turned upside-down) to spell out something.


* PoirotSpeak: A character who has difficulty properly speaking the English language.

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* PoirotSpeak: A character who has difficulty properly speaking the English language.language.
* PokemonSpeak: A character never says anything other than their own name.


* BilingualAnimal: An animal that both speaks and makes its noises.

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* BilingualAnimal: An animal that both speaks both a human language and makes its noises.animal language.

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* {{Riddle}}: Word puzzles with nonintuitive answers.


* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish

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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish
SugarWiki/SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage

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* TechnicalEuphemism: Speaking euphemistically using technical language.

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* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: People have trouble pronouncing something even when the official pronunciation is available.

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