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11 Mar 2020 Conversations with Tyler John McWhorter on Linguistics, Music, and Race (Live at Mason)
“Oh, the New York subway — it gets worse and worse. It was worse two years ago, but just in terms of what the experience is like with the lateness, with the layers of obnoxiousness that you have to put up with.”
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- 11 Mar 2020
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…Relative to reputation. Oh, the New York subway — it gets worse and worse. It was worse two years ago, but just in terms of what the experience is like with the lateness, with the layers of obnoxiousness that you have to put up with. It’s truly exhausting. It has me actually thinking of either moving to a small town or just never coming out of my house again. No, the New York subway — it’s an American tragedy, and I’m surprised that the romance that a lot of people find in it . . . I’m beginning to sound like a curmudgeon, and it’s because I am, so there you go. [laughter] Rodgers and Hart.…
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