Comments on: The VP Debate http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guav http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30769 Guav Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:18:47 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30769 Also see: http://www.slate.com/id/2071155/ But in any case, I think we're getting too pedantic over this relatively minor thing. All I originally said was that I didn't find it endearing. I don't. Also see: http://www.slate.com/id/2071155/

But in any case, I think we’re getting too pedantic over this relatively minor thing. All I originally said was that I didn’t find it endearing. I don’t.

]]> By: Guav http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30768 Guav Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:11:05 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30768 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular" rel="nofollow">Nucular is an ad hoc spelling of an incorrect pronunciation of the word nuclear, representing the NEW-cue-lurr pronunciation of that word instead of the correct NEWK-lee-urr. This pronunciation is incorrect, although some dictionaries recognize it because of its increasing usage.</a> Look, I said it just bothered me personally. It does, it sounds ignorant to me, and just because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" rel="nofollow">a lot of people</a> pronounce it wrong isn't going to change my mind. And I doubt you'd be defending Obama if he spoke in ebonics or used an unusual amount of African-American colloquialisms. I sure wouldn't. But that's just me I guess. Nucular is an ad hoc spelling of an incorrect pronunciation of the word nuclear, representing the NEW-cue-lurr pronunciation of that word instead of the correct NEWK-lee-urr. This pronunciation is incorrect, although some dictionaries recognize it because of its increasing usage.

Look, I said it just bothered me personally. It does, it sounds ignorant to me, and just because a lot of people pronounce it wrong isn’t going to change my mind. And I doubt you’d be defending Obama if he spoke in ebonics or used an unusual amount of African-American colloquialisms. I sure wouldn’t.

But that’s just me I guess.

]]> By: Guav http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30765 Guav Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:57:38 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30765 I think the maverick thing would have been fine if used in moderation, but I was watching on CSPAN so I didn't see the audience tracking. I heard that when she called leaving Iraq the "white flag of surrender" that the reaction plummeted straight down 35 points, which actually surprised me. I think the maverick thing would have been fine if used in moderation, but I was watching on CSPAN so I didn’t see the audience tracking. I heard that when she called leaving Iraq the “white flag of surrender” that the reaction plummeted straight down 35 points, which actually surprised me.

]]> By: Melvin McDowell http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30764 Melvin McDowell Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:56:14 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30764 Hey Guav, please take a look at the second listed pronunciation at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear. If its good enough for Merriam Webster maybe its good enough for George Bush. Hey Guav, please take a look at the second listed pronunciation at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear. If its good enough for Merriam Webster maybe its good enough for George Bush.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30763 Sebastian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:52:20 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30763 I noticed in the CNN debates, which track audience reaction, that people don't seem to like the whole maverick shtick. I think a lot of people think maverick=asshole. I noticed in the CNN debates, which track audience reaction, that people don’t seem to like the whole maverick shtick. I think a lot of people think maverick=asshole.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30762 Sebastian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:51:06 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30762 And she does have to lay off the folksy. I think her handlers are telling her to play that up, because when she speaks casually, she sounds normal. But I also think you tend to revert back to your accent when you speak in public too. I notice myself having a much worse Philadelphia accent speaking publicly then I do if I'm talking to someone in a room. And she does have to lay off the folksy. I think her handlers are telling her to play that up, because when she speaks casually, she sounds normal. But I also think you tend to revert back to your accent when you speak in public too. I notice myself having a much worse Philadelphia accent speaking publicly then I do if I’m talking to someone in a room.

]]> By: Guav http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30761 Guav Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:50:19 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30761 Carrie, I thought she started strong as well, I thought she was going to kick Biden's ass at the beginning. But then she kept ignoring the questions and just saying "maverick" whenever she didn't know the answer. I think she just doesn't know enough about the issues. Carrie, I thought she started strong as well, I thought she was going to kick Biden’s ass at the beginning. But then she kept ignoring the questions and just saying “maverick” whenever she didn’t know the answer. I think she just doesn’t know enough about the issues.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30760 Sebastian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:48:14 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30760 I think she's for real about that. See this video of her here: http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/10/01/more-republicans-like-this-please/ I think she’s for real about that. See this video of her here:

http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/10/01/more-republicans-like-this-please/

]]> By: Guav http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30759 Guav Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:47:46 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30759 <blockquote><b>"I think the question is who has the right to proclaim how nuclear should be pronounced."</b></blockquote>With all due respect, that's ridiculous. It's not like the difference between tuh-mey-toh or toe-mah-toe .... that's a difference in <i>pronunciation</i>, but it's the same word. Saying "nucular" is simply the wrong damn word, it's like saying you want to "aks" me a question—it's flipping the letters, and it's incorrect, period. It doesn't take no highfalootin' fancy book learnin' to know that.

“I think the question is who has the right to proclaim how nuclear should be pronounced.”

With all due respect, that’s ridiculous. It’s not like the difference between tuh-mey-toh or toe-mah-toe …. that’s a difference in pronunciation, but it’s the same word. Saying “nucular” is simply the wrong damn word, it’s like saying you want to “aks” me a question—it’s flipping the letters, and it’s incorrect, period. It doesn’t take no highfalootin’ fancy book learnin’ to know that.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/10/03/the-vp-debate/#comment-30756 Carrie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:33:33 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5669#comment-30756 I thought she started strong and finished strong, but faltered there in the middle for a bit. Also, re folksy accent, I live in semi-poor, semi-rural Texas and the speech patterns were driving me nuts. It was like somebody trying to speak Southern with some sort of horrible quasi-midwestern accent, dontcha know. I thought Biden seemed far more comfortable and competent. I thought Palin sounded like a cheesy local news anchor at times. Though I am SO grateful that Sarah Palin tolerates me (as a girl who likes to kiss other girls (sober) ). That wasn't patronizing at all. I'm reluctantly voting for Obama in November, but never fear, for in Texas that counts as throwing your vote away. I thought she started strong and finished strong, but faltered there in the middle for a bit. Also, re folksy accent, I live in semi-poor, semi-rural Texas and the speech patterns were driving me nuts. It was like somebody trying to speak Southern with some sort of horrible quasi-midwestern accent, dontcha know. I thought Biden seemed far more comfortable and competent. I thought Palin sounded like a cheesy local news anchor at times. Though I am SO grateful that Sarah Palin tolerates me (as a girl who likes to kiss other girls (sober) ). That wasn’t patronizing at all. I’m reluctantly voting for Obama in November, but never fear, for in Texas that counts as throwing your vote away.

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