Thursday, December 14, 2006

Who decides.

Who decides? People up to no good, usually.
Annie's column this week is just precious ...

How did we go from winning the war in Iraq to losing overnight? Was this decided by the same committee that changed "Peking" to "Beijing"?

These word changes are a fortiori evidence that liberals are part of a conspiracy. On what date did "horrible" and "actress" vanish from the English language to be replaced with "horrific" and "actor"? Who decided that? (Meanwhile, I'm still writing "Puff Daddy" in my nightly dream journal when everybody else has started calling him "Diddy.")

When did "B.C." (before Christ) and "A.D." (anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord") get replaced with "BCE" (before the common era) and "CE" (common era)? "Withdrawal" is "redeployment," "liberal" is "progressive," and "traitorous" is "patriotic."

These new linguistic conventions — like going from "winning" to "losing" in Iraq — simply spread like an invisible bacterial invasion. [continue SURRENDER BY ANY OTHER NAME ...]


Of course one of the reasons I love Ann is we think alike, only she's better at it.  There are other things I've questioned along these lines, like Gebbels.  I have some others ... .
  • Who decided 1n 2000 that Republicans, who had always been blue on election maps, were now red?
  • There's more but I can't think of them.  Maybe you can.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The first casualty is always language.

Anonymous said...

Hard work is "Greedy"
Sloth is "Needy"

Abortion is "Privacy"
Gun owners need "Control"

Im too drunk to think of any others right now.
Tim

Anonymous said...

This stuff bugs me too. It's everywhere. Have you watched a weather report lately? Did global warming cause flurries to vanish? What the hell are "snow showers"? We don't have tornados anymore, we have "tornatic activity". Making up words has always been a favorite way for liberals to pretend to be smarter than everyone else. It's a lot easier than picking up a dictionary.
They use some words to signal each other. Everytime I hear someone use the word "esoteric" I want to punch them in the face because only "enlightened people" know the meaning of that word. Well, I've known that word since I was about eight. There is nothing esoteric about it.
GrinfilledCelt

Anonymous said...

I love Ann too! Her pen is definitely sharper than most swords and her thoughts just cut like a knife!

She always manages to express exactly what I've been thinking but couldn't articulate.

TFV

Anonymous said...

Many years ago I had a little "German Through Pictures" book and as I recall,it suggested that to pronounce "oe" one should form mouth to say "ouh" buy say "ee".It's different from English sound and it's more like "e" than "o" and almost has a slight "a" sound...Some German and French sounds are difficult for speakers of English.

Anonymous said...

It's been more than 50 years since I attempted to learn German but I'll try this...Froliche Vienactsfest und die besten vunshe zun neuen jahr....To you all.

Anonymous said...

Uh Oh.That shouldda beeb ..zum.Gotta get one of those lighted keyboards.

Anonymous said...

JMcD
Just get one of those USB fly lights greastes thing since Viagry.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Jack...Do you know a site I can go to have a look?

Anonymous said...

Ah Found it...Thanks much,Jack

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