English Is Plain Weird
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4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From New York City, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm John McWater and you know, let's not make Eddie Pretens. |
| 0:12.4 | Yes, this is a language podcast, but we've got a musical element. |
| 0:15.7 | Let's just kick this off with a song. |
| 0:17.2 | This is, gotta be this or that, the year is 1945. |
| 0:21.9 | And the person singing it is Dynasure. |
| 0:24.9 | And this is just a song I've always liked. |
| 0:26.9 | It's the melody I like in particular. |
| 0:29.5 | And this was all over Looney Tune soundtracks for a few years |
| 0:33.2 | because their composer Carl Staling liked it. |
| 0:35.4 | In any case, I've loved this one since I was about 15. |
| 0:38.5 | Gotta be this or that sung by Dynasure. |
| 0:41.8 | This was a song by Sonny Skylar. |
| 0:44.0 | If you ain't wrong, you're right. |
| 0:47.9 | If it ain't dark, it's light. |
| 0:51.2 | If you ain't sure, you might. |
| 0:54.6 | Gotta be this or that. |
| 0:57.9 | If it ain't full, it's blank. |
| 1:01.3 | If you don't spend, you bank. |
| 1:04.6 | If it ain't bing, it's frank. |
| 1:08.0 | Gotta be this or that. |
| 1:10.8 | Who can it be? |
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