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Igel

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2. Humility's not much of a virtue these days.

Reply to calimary (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:23 PM

Oct 24

Most of my juniors and seniors think it's an insane idea. And they point to a lot of songs--mostly rap/hip-hop, to be honest--to justify it. Braggadocio is the new humility. And if you're Italian-American and 'feel' your roots, you'd better geminate that /g/ . And, erroneously the < c >.

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