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My hife tusson mummerstan me

English translation: my wife doesn't understand me

04:15 Apr 22, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: My hife tusson mummerstan me
His eyes follow his hand as it reaches for the thin red straw. Failing to observe any shaking, any overt shaking,he plucks the straw from its intended purpose and drops it on the paper napkin under his glass. A small hemorrhage of cranberry juice forms a red blot on the cheek of a cartoon man with cartoon bubbles over his head: My hife tusson mummerstan me.
Ps:It is the context from Leaving Las Vegas and I really have no clue of what language it is...
alice0205 (X)
China
Selected answer:my wife doesn't understand me
Explanation:
Typical self-pitying slurred statement from a drunk.
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 01:21
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4 +14my wife doesn't understand me
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
my hife tusson mummerstan me
my wife doesn't understand me


Explanation:
Typical self-pitying slurred statement from a drunk.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 01:21
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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agree  JaneTranslates: Exactly. You beat me to it!
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agree  Barbara Carrara
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agree  P.L.F. Persio
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Steffen Walter
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agree  BdiL: The asker should have tried pronouncing it as that helps even non-native speakers. She should try Samuel L. Clemens, pardon me!, Mark Twain, for the best of training (e.g. Huckleberry Finn).
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Bdil. I remember struggling with Uncle Remus as a child.
agree  Simon Mac
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agree  jccantrell: Hic! I'll drink to that!
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