Saturday 16 November, 2024

Brilliant parody turns Blurred Lines into a catchy grammar lesson

Everybody wise up.

I THINK WE can all agree that Robin Thicke and Blurred Lines have had their day.

Step forward musical legend Weird Al Yankovic and his grammatically correct version ‘Word Crimes’, which schools us on things like dangling participles, pronouns and contractions.

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Brilliant parody turns Blurred Lines into a catchy grammar lesson

Robin Thicke ‘tackles’ those brutal #AskThicke questions on Twitter>

Robin Thicke and wife split in least surprising break-up ever>