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II10a

Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a boy: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”

BUDDY 6
YOUNG MAN 4
EXCUSE ME 2
BUD 1
DUDE 1
KID 1
MAN 1
MISTER 1
SIR 1
SON 1
YOU 1

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