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The Great Shoop Debate

The Great Shoop Debate

How I learned it's easier to let my mom win arguments about English. ORIGINAL POST DATE: 10/28/2002.

Ernie Hsiung
Oct 28, 2002
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The scene: Ernie and his mom are in a car, driving to his parent's house to get the last of his childhood mementos since the parents are moving and are going to throw everything away otherwise. Exhale by Whitney Houston comes on the radio. Like always, Chinese is in italics.

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