Monday, July 19, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html?hpid=topnews

Yes, crazy lady, English is a living language, but the people who are allowed to play with it are not the ones elected and expected to hold it up. Politicians being one such group of professionals. Unfortunately for some people in the world, the professions they choose do not jive with what the may have been better suited for.

Like me, teacher. I don't especially like children, and I agree with Thomas Jefferson on the whole governing thing. Thus, I am looking for alternatives. Or, like politicians who might have been better off as stand up comics or actors or Televangelists or moose hunters or whatever.

Besides it doesn't really matter how one makes up words as long as the ones the make up work with what they're saying. Eg. "Refudiate" -- ok. I kinda like it. Good combo of Refute and Repudiate. Semantics aside, (they're pretty close) it has a nice undulation to it. Like a furry Lolita.

But when you are threatening war on someone you cannot misunderestimate your message.

PS. as you'll find out if you read the article, you can't have both conviction in your new word AND delete it from you twitter. Idiot.

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