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From the Ted Talk by James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe


Unscramble the Blue Letters


He said, "Mr. vcieth, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."

I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."

(Laughter)

(appulase)

"Question: Will you be there to make sure polpee take their shoes off?"

(Laughter)

I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:

"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."

(Laughter)

That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"

(Laughter)

And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is ctoeilclng case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"

Open Cloze


He said, "Mr. ______, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."

I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."

(Laughter)

(________)

"Question: Will you be there to make sure ______ take their shoes off?"

(Laughter)

I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:

"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."

(Laughter)

That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"

(Laughter)

And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is __________ case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"

Solution


  1. applause
  2. veitch
  3. collecting
  4. people

Original Text


He said, "Mr. Veitch, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."

I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."

(Laughter)

(Applause)

"Question: Will you be there to make sure people take their shoes off?"

(Laughter)

I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:

"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."

(Laughter)

That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"

(Laughter)

And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is collecting case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
case number 4
bouncy castle 3



Important Words


  1. applause
  2. bottom
  3. case
  4. collecting
  5. dan
  6. deteriorated
  7. email
  8. honest
  9. laughter
  10. number
  11. numbers
  12. ordered
  13. outrageous
  14. people
  15. relationship
  16. responsible
  17. shoes
  18. terrible
  19. thought
  20. veitch