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Here is what happens when you don't know the culture or the language.
 
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Oh, that is just hilarious! Big Grin And I detest Scott Walker, particularly since he's from my home state.

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I suggest you round up all the Wisconsin Jews and have them all deliver Molotov coctails to Walker. Big Grin (Is that what's called "flaming" someone?
 
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It was reported in Snopes. It looks like it was one of those auto-corrections.
 
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It was mentioned in Language Log as well.


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It's interesting that he took the conversation in another direction - as to the origin of Molotov cocktail, which really was quite interesting. However, it also brought up a new word for me, the cupertino effect, meaning "runaway spellchecking."
 
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