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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, now you're just writing random strings of letters...

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Mandem's basically in American English as well, we just say it a little different. It's a shortening of man and them, as in your boys. As Vince Staples says "know a change gone come like Obama 'n them say, but they're shooting every day round my mama 'n them way".

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I need to re-read this when I wake up tomorrow, after coffee.

Right now my brain just shut off in the middle of the quote.

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Here's the song, to go with the coffee tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb6Jc4juSF8