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From the Ted Talk by Nagin Cox: What time is it on Mars?
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So we would get off work, and we didn't want to go home and bother our families, and we were hungry, so instead of going locally to eat something, we'd go, "Wait, there's this geart all-night deli in Long bcaeh, and we can get there in 10 minutes!" So we would drive down — it was like the 60s, no traffic. We would drive down there, and the restaurant owners would go, "Who are you ppeole? And why are you at my restaurant at 3:00 in the mninrog?" So they came to realize that there were these packs of Martians, roaming the LA freeways, in the middle of the night — in the middle of the Earth night. And we did actually start clailng ourselves Martians. So those of us who were on Mars time would reefr to ourselves as Martians, and everyone else as Earthlings.
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So we would get off work, and we didn't want to go home and bother our families, and we were hungry, so instead of going locally to eat something, we'd go, "Wait, there's this _____ all-night deli in Long _____, and we can get there in 10 minutes!" So we would drive down — it was like the 60s, no traffic. We would drive down there, and the restaurant owners would go, "Who are you ______? And why are you at my restaurant at 3:00 in the _______?" So they came to realize that there were these packs of Martians, roaming the LA freeways, in the middle of the night — in the middle of the Earth night. And we did actually start _______ ourselves Martians. So those of us who were on Mars time would _____ to ourselves as Martians, and everyone else as Earthlings.
Solution
- people
- calling
- great
- beach
- morning
- refer
Original Text
So we would get off work, and we didn't want to go home and bother our families, and we were hungry, so instead of going locally to eat something, we'd go, "Wait, there's this great all-night deli in Long Beach, and we can get there in 10 minutes!" So we would drive down — it was like the 60s, no traffic. We would drive down there, and the restaurant owners would go, "Who are you people? And why are you at my restaurant at 3:00 in the morning?" So they came to realize that there were these packs of Martians, roaming the LA freeways, in the middle of the night — in the middle of the Earth night. And we did actually start calling ourselves Martians. So those of us who were on Mars time would refer to ourselves as Martians, and everyone else as Earthlings.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
mars time |
11 |
martian day |
3 |
earth day |
3 |
martian night |
3 |
earth night |
2 |
mars watch |
2 |
los angeles |
2 |
Important Words
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- owners
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