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Hitchens (British accent, medium difficulty) full transcript

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  Click me to go to the practice test page on scribie website. Actually say anything in Austria.   He wasn't even accused of saying and he was accused of, perhaps, planning to say something that violated an Austrian law that says, "Only one version of the history of the Second World War may be taught in our brave little Tyrolean Republic." The republic that gave us Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general of the United Nations, a man wanted in several countries for war crimes.   The country that gave... That has Jörg Haider, the leader of its own fascist party, in the cabinet, that sent David Irving to jail. You know the two things that have made Austria famous, given its reputation, by any chance, just while I've got you? I hope there are some Austrians here to be upset by it.   [laughter]   Well, a pity if not. But the two great achievements of Austria are to have convinced the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was   Viennese. [laughter] Now, to this ...

Louis CK (American accent, low difficulty) full transcript

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Click me for the practice test in scribie for Louis Ck (American accent, low difficulty). Back then, yeah.   Those were simpler times, I think. I just feel like we may be going back to that, by the way. But... In a way, good, because when I read things like "The Foundations of Capitalism are Shattering" I'm like, "Maybe we need that." Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clinging on the sides.   [laughter]   You think that would just bring us back to reality?   Yeah, because everything is amazing right now and nobody's happy. Like, in my lifetime, the changes in the world have been incredible. When I was a kid we had a rotary phone. We had a phone that you had to stand next to, and you had to dial it.   Yes.   Do you realize how primitive... You're making sparks...   [laughter]   In a phone, and you actually would hate people with zeros in their numbers 'cause it was more, "Oh, this guy's got two ze...