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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 9:51 pm
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spotnik
 
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Tourists - commonly confused as being terrorists
In my opinion, comes from a US habit of mumbling through the middle syllables of words. This results in some US citizens pronouncing the word "terrorist" as "Ter'rist" or "Teur'rist."
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