Word Crimes

[Kevbo1987]

Of course, leave it to online grammar guru the Grammar Girl to spoil all our (mandatory) fun...
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She doesn't seem to get the fact that she's talking about a Weird Al song. It's a JOKE! He's not really insulting people.

[Just a Bill]

you don't see a lot of celebrities acknowledge parodies of their songs...in fact this is the first I've seen of it.

Chamillionaire was unabashedly thrilled about W&N, and publicly praised Al's rapping abilities.

[Skippy]

Not sure if this has been pointed out just yet, but here is one of my favorite pieces of wordplay in this song...

Time to learn your homophones is past due.

"Past" is a homophone for "passed."

"Due" is a homophone for "do" or "dew."

Also, "thyme" for "time," "two" and "too" for "to," and "you're" for "your."

[mellow weasel]

Can someone explain the "Like people who were never raised in a sewer" line? I'm only asking now because I hoped I'd get it at some point, but I haven't . Google wasn't much of a help this time either...

[AlejandraDD]

I'm sure they don't teach grammar in sewers. Nor you'd get much contact with other human beings that could teach you proper grammar.

[TheLazenby]

They probably wont get it unless they are teenagers, and if they are they probably know and will just giggle

Just to be fair... my mother is 62, and I had to explain SNL's "Colonel Angus" joke. XD

[darkhornet]

Can someone explain the "Like people who were never raised in a sewer" line? I'm only asking now because I hoped I'd get it at some point, but I haven't . Google wasn't much of a help this time either...

I don't really think there's a deep hidden meaning. I think he's just saying the equivalent of "people who aren't neanderthals." Hopefully someone else will speak up if there's another meaning I missed.

[Bruce the Duck]

I'm sure they don't teach grammar in sewers. Nor you'd get much contact with other human beings that could teach you proper grammar.

Yeah, Michaelangelo had horrible grammar!

Speaking of, anyone else notice the two turtles next to the manhole in the video? A nice little nod to the TMNT.

[Way_Moby]

Wow, the video has over 2 million hits already!

[weird_el]

Speaking from an Al Gal perspective, the size of Al's dictionary doesn't impress me nearly as much as the size of his vocabulary.