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To hear some of them speak, it's the only place in the world where there are Italians.

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Gabagool libel!

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ah man, just let him brie.

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as a proud resident of illinois i pretty much forgot about roland burris.

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Mmmm. Pro-shoot.

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Which leads me to ask: A R Governor AND an R AG? Do any of the Democrats bother to vote?

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What, you want the guy to be crushed before he even gets to the office?

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Well done.

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Free Pussy Riot!

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Well, this is New Jersey, so going off actual Italian pronunciation rules from actual Italy isn't going to get you anywhere, but if you met someone from Florence with that spelling his name would definitely be pronounced kee-yay-za.

But then, in actual Italy, they don't drop the vowels from the ends of words, and would look at you very funny if you ordered "mannygot" or "mootsarell"

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Means "church" in Eye-talian., for whatever that's worth.

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He is no doubt a truly warm and gifted human being.

HAHA. PSYCH!

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<i>"With the heads? What was it? Some hipster movie?"</i>

Train. Tunnel. Happy ending!

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I crack up every time I drive past that exit. It''s from an indian phrase, "She's OK" (who she was, sadly, is lost to history.)

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