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Old 04-13-2014, 12:13 PM   #42
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I know. And if it used appropriate language for its audience, I have gotten that from the first reading as well, as the author intended. I didn't "not know" what a zebra crossing was and fail to look it up. In mind I was certain I knew. Just like a pedestrian crossing or deer crossing, it was obviously a place where zebras cross. Hilarious.
Then perhaps it was a good think it was kept, as at least you found it funny. Since, as far as I know, US crosswalks are not marked with broad black and white stripes across the road, it wouldn't have made much sense if it had just substituted crosswalk for zebra crossing, and it wouldn't have been funny.
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