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Uploaded by on Sep 28, 2011

Joseph Guillotin, Henry Shrapnel and Jules Leotard became immortal -- by entering the English language. But when your entire life is reduced to a single definition, the results are sometimes upsetting.

Credit: Adam Cole, Robert Krulwich, Maggie Starbard/NPR

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  • my english teacher showed us this video in class today

  • No Santorum cameo?

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  • who was voicing John Duns?

  • (gasp)... and who is Robert Krulwich?

  • Thumbs up if you first heard this song on NPR

  • You still have a life expectancy that's worse than it was twenty years ago.

  • I have that dictionary

  • Yeah! Robert Krulwich!

  • shrapnel is my favorite word.

  • Why does John Duns sound like a guy from Mony Python?

  • Should have done Boycott!

  • you forgot thomas crapper.

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