A Petty Complaint/Observation (perhaps)
Has anyone else noticed that both McSame and Failin' say pronounce pundit "PUN-DINT"?
Isn't it weird they would both mispronounce it? I noticed McSame doing it over and over and then when I heard that prank audio where the French-Canadian guys punked Palin, I heard her pronounce it that was as well.
It just irritates me that someone running for the highest office in the country can't pronounce a normal word correctly.
And that's in addition to Failin's "nucular" problem. Just like the shrub. I can't take 4 more years of hearing that.
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Olbermann also noticed that and made fun of them in a show last week. :-) It was after McCain had mispronounced the word for the third time in one long ramble.
HW, fear not you won't be hearing this braying Moose Cow in heat for 4 more weeks let alone 4 more years. I liked the way she couldn't say verbiage either. Dumbass. If all I have to do is teach troubled urban teen agers social studies and life science and I can speak wtf shouldn't that dumb bimbo know how to do it if she thinks she's up for the #2 job on this planet. Ilike the rightie dumbass who commented on K schwartz's blog with all the apostrophes in his plurals. I guess I just revealed my own observation/gripe !!
they both say waRshington, too. it drives me up the fucking wall!! i think princess went to the same school for speech that chimpy did. she can't pronounce nuclear either.
Gonna go out on a bit of a short limb here and speculate that the disasta from Alaska did not possess the word pundit in her vocabulary, before being swept up into the GOP dustbin, and that is why they share that common mispronounce. Or could just be a case of fools seldom differ.
Obviously some intellectually snooty nitpicking there Helen.
Isn't it just like a liberal to expect people to pronounce words in their native tongue correctly. LOL!
Oooh! Ray yes I'm sure I saw it, and filed it away in my half-subconscious. And then out it crawled when I heard Bible Spice say it. Definitely.
Haaaa ha ha ha ha!!
What's funny, Rastamick, is that I did see your comment at Katie's (noticed I did use it correctly ahem) and cracked up big time.
Yes the apostrophe thing makes me nuts too... I am somewhat of a grammar nut.
I am willing to be Palin, being the vampire she is (and we all know the type in our personal life), absorbed the pronunciation and went with it, thinking it was correct.
OY & UGH.
Obviously, you hate the dummying-down as much as I do.
I HATE "Warshington" Unless I'm using it tongue-in-cheek, Nonnie!!!
OK, if I'm from Chicago and can manage to stop mis-pronouncing words (there are a few) in ONE try once corrected, why can't these people? I mean I guess it takes the ability for self-introspection. These people's egos are so huge maybe they figure they'll just change the grammatical landscape while they are ruining the country (or attempting to).
simon: I'd put money on that bet and I don't think it's going out on a limb all that far. That idiot is like a sponge but like many who learn from rote, she doesn't know how to apply her knowledge or the stuff they cram by rote into her head.
Geeez it is frustrating.
Gryphen: Sarcasm duly noted.
LOL back atcha!!
Those words set me off like a Chinese firework!! Watching Palin get through "entrepenurial" is a lot of fun too - she thinks that's a coup. Wednesday will be a lot of fun in my house - I will be doing some strange "kiss my ass McC dance!!"
the mom,
if you really want to see princess pop her buttons with pride, take a look at her face each time she manages to spit out ahmadinejad! she goes out of her way to use his name whenever she can. she thinks she's hot shit, because she managed to memorize a couple of names of world leaders. remember when chimpy couldn't name any world leaders? i guess this was the rethugs making sure that wouldn't happen again. meanwhile, princess gets punked by some radio comedians, and she didn't know that stephen harper is the canadian p.m.. they said the name of some singer, and she just went along with it. you'd think she would know the name of the leader of the foreign country she lives next to! she's a fucking moron.
Our next president should be fluent in at least ONE language.....
Hah! I noticed that too & it irked me something fierce. Pundints & newkewlars go together, I guess. Oh & lately, I notice Sarah has another irritating speech pattern where she says "yes" after almost every sentence -- like she is telling us un-huh, thass right. Puh-leez, why doesn't she just have an affair with Joe the Plumber and get it over with already!
It's the same with the Old Coot pronouncing words beginning with the letter "S" and he adds an "H" to the word.
As in:
"My friendsh."
"For sheveral weeksh I have shaid..."
Slippery dentures? Phony cornpone?
Who knows? What I do know is, I have no plan B for this election and I simply can't imagine Obama not winning this election. I'm not prepared psychologically or emotionally for any other outcome.
Please everyone, if you haven't already, please vote tomorrow.
I despise Paloon, but the real reason I stopped in is because you listed "The Master and Margarita" as one of your favorite books.
I too am wigged out by their collective list of mispronunciations.
We had 8 years of that shit, and I'm so glad we have a smart guy to vote for instead.
I heard a tape of Palin's gubernatorial debate and her language was perfectly normal. She even pronounced the 'g' in 'ing' words.
Dumbing it down to appeal to dumb people reminds me of the smart girls in high school who dumbed it down to get a date with dimwitted football players.
Well with McCain it might be those jowls interfering. But with Palin? Botox? Plastic surgery? I suspect you don't come by cheeks as cherubic as hers without a little assitance.
themom, thanks to you & nonnie, now for the next 24 hours I'll be watching for "enterpreneurial" and "Ahmadenejad" like no one's business. LOL!
We had to live through newkewlar and "terrist" and "misunderestimate" and "strategery" long enough.
NO MORE!
nonnie, she got punked SO WELL. What a perfect capper to her disaster of a campaign.
What undeserved hubris she has.
fran: Ha!! Yes, if they aren't able to speak a foreign language (btw, have you heard Obama speak Spanish? Pretty damn dreamy), at least be able to speak ENGLISH, dammit.
No more dummied down leaders!!
D.K. that's to make sure we understand that what she just said is right 'cause half the time, she doesn't know what she's saying herself. Such as, the Iraq and such.
Welcome, fairlane! I do love that book to distraction. I think I've read it 4-5 times, but not recently. Maybe this is the year to revisit it.
"Paloon" - good one.
Christopher oh that IS a good one, the mush-mouth endings. Has McCain always spoken that way? I was never a fan so I don't know.
I think we are in a position not only to win, but by a landslide. Last night's news shows seemed to reflect that. And, contrary to the idiots yesterday who kept claiming that McSame was closening in the race, apparently, not so much. Last night it was reported that Obama was widening his lead. It is hard to know the truth with how badly our MSM lies in order to keep our eyes glued to the TeeVee though.
But online polls have him winning and maybe by a LS.
KZD: That pissed me off so much - that gubernatorial debate - where as the winkin' and the "you betcha"s and the "g" droppin'? Nowhere to be found. She's like a reverse Pygmalion.
Somehow, I knew that, as a fellow grammar nut, you'd be by. Ha!
I really hate it when women dummy down for men in general, but she especially bothers me, because that's the reason she was picked, to flirt with the GOP guys, and she isn't even offended by it.
What a moron.
Kvatch, she doesn't really look (to me) like she's had work done but who knows? She definitely seems to look a bit different than her young pic, but then again so do I (I'm around Palin's age). Hard to know.
Ahhhhh. We Canadians win one for Obama! See, even over the border we're doing our best to ensure that we are Stale-in and McFizzle free for the foreseeable future.
Hey Christopher- I think that all rational people are physiologically unprepared to handle anything other than an Obama victory. To continue doing our part we good folks over here are devising a plan. If McCain wins then Canada gets to come over (yup,all of us)and kick the ass of anyone who didn't vote.
repliderium, how did I NOT know you are a Canadian? LOL!!!
Yes I agree: It's too inconceivable to accept a McCain win. Simply not psychologically possible to rational folks.
Digby observation
I'm listening to Sarah Palin right now and she no longer has an accent. She's not droppin' her gs (she didn't even say "workin' instead of working) or talking in the strange cadence that makes her sound like a combination of Lawrence Welk and Annie Oakley.
Why, if I didn't know better I'd say she's forgetting who she is.
The content remains the same, tho--substance free.
After eight years of Bush, you're surprised that a Republican politician can't speak English? By now, I figure that that's a requirement.
Then there's the old joke, updated for these times: Sarah does know the Queen's English. She just doesn't care if the queen is English or not!"
Repubetards can't pronounce America, Nuclear or Pundit. How refreshing to have a president in office who can actually pronounce words correctly. WOW.
You people are pathetic....do you hear me, PAtHETIC!@!!!!!!!!!!
What about BARRACK HUSEIN OBAMA??? He is not ever USA born but changed his birth certificate. He is nothing but a CON MAN!
If that is all you can find wrong with McCain and Palin then no wonder you worried. They will win tomorrow.....just mark my word!
Ha ha ha ha! Speaking of pathetic... Hey Annon- do you sit up late at night looking for secret clues others may have missed in the Da Vinci code?
Earlbo, spot on - I went up to Digby & commented on it.
What a fake that lady is.
Anon, perhaps you'd have more fun hanging out in Freeperville with the other wingnuts? You won't be swaying any opinions here, trust me. LOL!
repliderium: YOu just know it does.
K., indeed. It is true they want to appeal to the common man while stealing his/her wallet.
Also, Palin would definitely not know the Queen's name, either.
I know Katie!! Won't it be nice to not cringe in embarassment when Obama goes overseas for diplomatic trips? We won't see him groping Merkel's shoulders or stumbling over his words or mislabelling a head of state. It's got me giddy with expectation!!
Not everyone sees it our way. Take this comment from a Palin fanblog that I monitor:
"McCain is a gifted comedian, with perfect delivery skills..."
This is the gospel truth. I swear to God/Allah/Buddha/Higher Power Of Your Choice that I did not make this up.
If I showed you a photo of Obama having dinner with osama bin laden and if I showed you another one of him blowing up the Capitol......it would make no difference to you left wingers would it?? Oh, btw....Just listened to McCain and Palin speeches and they pronounced PUNDIT as PUNDIT.....you have no idea what you are talking about! Silly, silly you!
What about Obama saying he would send America's coal industry into bankruptcy. I think that is a tad bit more for us to worry about than how a word is mispronounced....Hahahahahaha!!
BTW....you are not spelling McCain's name correctly, idiots!
K, I don't totally disagree. I think McCain was hilarious at the Albert Smith dinner AND on SNL. I just don't think his self-deprecation was smart at this time. He is a funny guy, I'll give him that, seems to have the timing thing down.
OH but I don't know that McCain would present himself nearly as well as Obama. McCain's got too much of a goofy streak, and does screw up a lot ("My fellow PRisoners" etc.).
anonymous: You have a classic case of "projection." Look it up.
Please show us a pic of Obama with Bin Laden or him blowing up a capital or STFU.
You are probably the most ridiculous commenter up here ever & you're giving Alabama a bad name.
And you won't believe this, but it's true: We spell McCain's name wrong.... wait for it....
ON PURPOSE!
For funny's sake and all, dontcha know, *wink*
Why would I give Alabama a bad name when I am from Illinois. I know you misspell McCain's name on purpose...duh! That is just part of your lack of class, I suppose. That is all you left wingers have. Very, very sad.
You might be *from* Illinois but that's not where you're commenting from.
Next stupid comment gets deleted. I just honestly don't care to hear your idiotic whining.
Anonymous' comment is instructive in way, in that it reflects the complete right-wing rhetorical strategy:
1. Pose a ridiculous hypothetical and attempt to draw a legitimate conclusion.
2. Take a comment out of context and generalize it to make a sweeping statement.
3. When in doubt, resort to an ad hominem attack.
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