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I was watching the news this morning - not UP on politics but heard a Canadian politician, the one with the moustache....say:

"Don't misunderestimate the power of the Canadian Troops",

(not direct quote...but....MISUNDERESTIMATE!! I'll be listening for more.....) I thought it was only 'Bush' who couldn't speak English.....

Lady G.

I bet some of you can add to this....PLEASE!

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Quote: Lady Godiva

I was watching the news this morning - not UP on politics but heard a Canadian politician, the one with the moustache....say:

"Don't misunderestimate the power of the Canadian Troops",

(not direct quote...but....MISUNDERESTIMATE!! I'll be listening for more.....) I thought it was only 'Bush' who couldn't speak English.....

Lady G.

I bet some of you can add to this....PLEASE!

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I blame Simon Cowell - he's used it on American Idol and on X Factor (clearly believing it was a real word) and his influence on popular culture is widespread and insidious.

Here in the UK a comedy character called Loadsamoney, a greedy eighties LOMBARD, used the catchphrase "I've upped my income - up yours!". He was popular for several years and singlehandedly turned the word "up" into a verb. Even politicians use it - I heard one of them say "upped our chances" in Parliament the other day.

We're so busy worrying about the influence of Google and Facebook that we've failed to notice the creeping Cowellisation of the world...

True! But we can't blame Simon for making 'medal' into a verb. It's used everywhere now....So-and-so 'medalled' today in the 100m. Who started THAT??


Lady G.

...with all it's faults, Canada just has a certain charm, eh?


"One day a Newfie goes down to the village carpenter and requests a wooden crate that is 1 inch tall, 1 inch wide and 50 feet long."

When the carpenter asks what he needs it for, the Newfie replies "The wife snapped her clothesline the other day, and I have to send it to Toronto to get it fixed."

Gotta love 'em!

Spluttering all over me monitor. Good one!

Lady G.

Dog bless those Newfies!

Just as good as Bush's "Strategerie"

I just love mental frickin midgets who progress in politics because of somebody else's (like daddy's) money.

......and the UK Lord Chancellor, an educated pillock, who insists in calling this place Guantamano.

Whoever began the use of "in terms of" when asking a question? Guy called Matthew Amraliwalla, BBC news presenter slips it in every few sentences. But, the Tory MP (whose name slips my mind) who used "in terms of" 19 times in a Commons speech the other day takes first prize.

Another word that isn't a word, but has been used so incorrectly for so long that it is now starting to get added to dictionaries:

I R R E G A R D L E S S


Now see. You've got me started.

bastardizing is not English in England, it's bastardising

Especially since they got new muskets.

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Quote: Lady Godiva

I was watching the news this morning - not UP on politics but heard a Canadian politician, the one with the moustache....say:

"Don't misunderestimate the power of the Canadian Troops",

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Jaggedone....I touch type....my finger slipped off the 's' to the 'z'....that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Yeah! We got new muskets but no balls to go with them.

Lady G.

How about all the Republicans who what to have "adult" conversations about the various issues. Is there any other kind when two or more adults are having a conversation?

Charpa

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Quote: Charpa93

How about all the Republicans who what to have "adult" conversations about the various issues. Is there any other kind when two or more adults are having a conversation?

Charpa

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.....not when one is a childish liberal who cries & throws a fit and cries "racist" when the free ice cream is taken away.....

just saying, as long as you were generalizing...

I was generalizing in a way. But to be fair, it is a current talking point used by only key Republicans and to intimate that only they can carry on an adult conversation when the conversation is clearly with other adults...Just wish they'd be more original in their comments. I mean, on both sides, some PR firm is coming up with this stuff for them to say and honestly, sometimes when I hear it, it sounds so contrived.

I have a tendency to want to listen to politicians when they speak from the heart and not use words they're told to use by someone else to drive a point home. It is all very silly, wouldn't you agree?

But hey, I just want to have an adult conversation about it.

P.S. Free ice cream? where?

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Quote: Charpa93

P.S. Free ice cream? where?

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....Charlie Wrangle's Campaign Headquarters.....

"Rocky Road" is the freebie tonight

"Rainbow Parfait" tomorrow

"Oreo Cookie & Creme" sunday

"Peach Pomade" Monday

Only a small defense fund contribution required.....

ADULTS ONLY Event.

Charpa, I agree l50% (Pet peeve!)

How can anything be OVER 100% except my screen image which is now at 125%. Oo! and NOW 200%. Wow! That's BIG!

Lady G.

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Quote: Lady Godiva

True! But we can't blame Simon for making 'medal' into a verb. It's used everywhere now....So-and-so 'medalled' today in the 100m. Who started THAT??


Lady G.

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As much as we like to think of the English language as a fixed entity, in fact it's in a constant state of flux, innit? Nouns are always turning into verbs - kids "friend" and "unfriend" each other on Facebook, gang members threaten to "shank" each other. Everybody googles.

Anything that can't be blamed on Simon Cowell can be blamed on Google and Facebook.

No prob LG, my fingers often slip when the missus is not watching?

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Quote: Lady Godiva

Jaggedone....I touch type....my finger slipped off the 's' to the 'z'....that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Yeah! We got new muskets but no balls to go with them.

Lady G.

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Aah! Where to do they slip? (notice no 'dangling particple')

Which is correct inflammable or flammable?

Or do they both mean the same? Hmm! Fascinating language. Glad it's my 'first' language coz I pity anyone learning it as a 2nd, 3rd, 4th language etc.

Lady G.

I think that they both mean the same thing.

That's true!

I've just found a word spelled wrong in the dictionary!

Lady G.

I always enjoyed when the Royal Canadian Air Farce sent up Chretien and mis-spoke on his behalf "New Broomstick" instead of "New Brunswick".

Yes, but you overlooked my comment on finding a world spelled wrong in the dictionary!

Lady G.

My apologies.

What is the word?