richard09
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 | | Subject: Yogi Berra Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:14 am | |
| Baseball isn't my thing - I'm not American, after all - but Yogi's way with words was amazing. Yogi Berra |
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NoCoPilot
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Age : 70
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Yogi Berra Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:43 am | |
| Yeah I love his malaprops. I read once most of them were well rehearsed, worked out in advance, not just spur-of-the-moment misspeakings. Surely they made him more famous than baseball. |
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_Howard
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Age : 79
Location : California
| | Subject: Re: Yogi Berra Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:44 pm | |
| Yogi was very famous in the fifties, long before he was known for odd sayings.
"Deja vu all over again" is one I have used often. The man was a great catcher and a real hoot when he was broadcasting
Sad to see him go. Yesterday was also my mother's birthday. She would have been 98.
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NoCoPilot
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Join date : 2013-01-16
Age : 70
Location : Seattle
| | Subject: Re: Yogi Berra Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:29 pm | |
| My mother would have been 91 on Monday. The best malaprop I ever experienced in person was my late ex-wife, she wanted to go looking for a reclining easy chair but couldn't remember the brand name. She said, "Let's go look for Easy-Lay Recliners." She eventually bought one for my birthday, and I still use it every day. My "easy-lay."  |
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