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[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"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.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They don’t think it be like it is, but it do

I already did!

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Honestly I don’t know which episode but I 100% guarantee it’s in the show because that’s where I heard it first.