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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year ago“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975. It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago They don’t think it be like it is, but it do I already did!
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAm I missing something? Ctrl-f on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_episodes doesnt turn up an episode with that name, and googling “they don’t think it be like it is but it do Futurama” turns up nothing interesting.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHonestly I don’t know which episode but I 100% guarantee it’s in the show because that’s where I heard it first.
It’s a Futurama quote, my dude
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975.
It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
I already did!
Am I missing something? Ctrl-f on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_episodes doesnt turn up an episode with that name, and googling “they don’t think it be like it is but it do Futurama” turns up nothing interesting.
Honestly I don’t know which episode but I 100% guarantee it’s in the show because that’s where I heard it first.