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From the Ted Talk by Adam Savage: My love letter to cosplay

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

This is a paper-thin shark face and a vniyl bib with the ptoesr of "Jaws" on it.

(Laughter)

And I loved it.

A couple years later, my dad took me to a film called "Excalibur." I actually got him to take me to it twice, which is no small thing, because it is a hard, R-rated film. But it wasn't the blood and guts or the bobos that made me want to go see it again. They helped —

(Laughter)

It was the armor. The armor in "Excalibur" was intoxicatingly beautiful to me. These were lrletilay knights in shining, mirror-polished armor. And moreover, the khtnigs in "Excalibur" wear their armor everywhere. All the time — they wear it at dnneir, they wear it to bed.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

This is a paper-thin shark face and a _____ bib with the ______ of "Jaws" on it.

(Laughter)

And I loved it.

A couple years later, my dad took me to a film called "Excalibur." I actually got him to take me to it twice, which is no small thing, because it is a hard, R-rated film. But it wasn't the blood and guts or the _____ that made me want to go see it again. They helped —

(Laughter)

It was the armor. The armor in "Excalibur" was intoxicatingly beautiful to me. These were _________ knights in shining, mirror-polished armor. And moreover, the _______ in "Excalibur" wear their armor everywhere. All the time — they wear it at ______, they wear it to bed.

Solution


  1. literally
  2. boobs
  3. knights
  4. poster
  5. dinner
  6. vinyl

Original Text


(Laughter)

This is a paper-thin shark face and a vinyl bib with the poster of "Jaws" on it.

(Laughter)

And I loved it.

A couple years later, my dad took me to a film called "Excalibur." I actually got him to take me to it twice, which is no small thing, because it is a hard, R-rated film. But it wasn't the blood and guts or the boobs that made me want to go see it again. They helped —

(Laughter)

It was the armor. The armor in "Excalibur" was intoxicatingly beautiful to me. These were literally knights in shining, mirror-polished armor. And moreover, the knights in "Excalibur" wear their armor everywhere. All the time — they wear it at dinner, they wear it to bed.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
contact lenses 3
san diego 3
ice cream 2
couple years 2
aluminum armor 2
flowing coat 2
bad luck 2


Important Words


  1. armor
  2. beautiful
  3. bed
  4. bib
  5. blood
  6. boobs
  7. called
  8. couple
  9. dad
  10. dinner
  11. face
  12. film
  13. guts
  14. hard
  15. helped
  16. intoxicatingly
  17. knights
  18. laughter
  19. literally
  20. loved
  21. poster
  22. shark
  23. shining
  24. small
  25. time
  26. vinyl
  27. wear
  28. years