i actually heard kyra (whatever) on CNN
pronounce "terror" as ~ter-rar~ or
something. i think bush is contagious. or,
maybe, people are so confused (in terms
of dialect) that they begin to take on the
traits of others. "did i just say that?"

On all the news stations I've listened to, the anchor people are saying "ter-ra". It's pretty annoying. I don't remember anyone saying it like that before he got into office. I don't think it's because people have become used to it being pronounced that way by Bush, I think they do it on purpose. Perhaps to make it so that Bush doesn't sound so unintelligent. If everyone is saying it, it won't draw attention to him, I guess. But I think it sounds stupid and now all the news people sound like idiots when they say it.

Oh yes, and Cap'n, MojoMom and I both say "Worshington". We give it more of an "o" sound. Warsh, worsh...wash... eh. Whatever.

Sorry kid sis, as much as I love you and my dear mama, there ain't no "R" in Washington: it's Wash-ing-ton. Wash is pronounced exactly like the verb "to wash". Even when I'm drunk, I can pronounce Washington.

At least with Oregon there's that "E" in the middle that might confuse people. Washington has no excuse...

Warshington may be an artifact of our horrible west-virginian ancestry. You can blame mom for that. The damn natives in the country here have a problem with washington as well, along with the G's in the simple word "thing". The adjective "thin" is no goddamn substitute for the pronoun "thing".

Am I being some kind of elitist here or what? I'm by tendency a linguistic descriptivist, but damn it, this ain't French. Words should sound somewhat like they're spelled...

Oh, and as for the Ter-rar thing, have you seen MSNBC's new news girl? Hubba hubba! I can't remember her name, but dammit, she's a babe!

Well XÞ to you!

; )

The "noo-cue-lar" thing drives me batty as well. Especially because it serves as wonderful fodder for people (read: dems and liberals) to engage in "debate" about Bush that begins and ends with "Bush is stupid. He says noo-cue-lar. See. He shouldn't be president."

You'd think Ari or Andy Card could just casually suggest a couple of things like speech coach for just a couple evenings around the White House. Not that I believe that it means he's less than intelligent -- more that it would just remove a rediculous item from the debate table.

And which MSNBC chick is that? Natalie Morales has been around for a while -- and she's so my style. Damn school -- not enough cable news watching anymore.

She's new. She was doing the news between shows last night. I wish I could remember her name, but I was very drunk by that point...

why is the president so stupid

Imagine having Natalie and Rudi Bahktiar broadcast the news live from your bedroom.

You know who started this Nuke U Lar stuff - it was Jimmy Carter back in the seventies. And for crying out loud, he was an engineer that might should have known better.

Wait till John Kerry starts talking more and more. There are going to be some horrendous dialectical atrocities before he gets too far into the race.

You might not believe it, but here in the (true) south, it sounds to us like Bush has a little northern twang to his speach. Clinton, on the other hand, held pretty true to his dialect. Too bad he didn't hold onto anything else like morals or truth!

Thanks for reading.