VERY IMPORTANT Please Read

[darkwing duck1]

I read this on a thread on another board I frequent. It's a must read for anyone who runs a site or page, IMO:

http://www.boogiejack.com/free_content007.html

Essentially, these sorry buggers have found a way to quasi-legally hijack traffic from web sites.

[Sho-sa Kurita]

3 words from George: double-plus ungood.

[Publius]

How about this favorite little gem from Lexicon Georgie:

I think that those internet people misunderestimated us American web surfers.


misunderestimated tr v., sometimes used as the little known and newly uncovered adnoun, A bushism emphasis of the root word underestimated, generally taken to underestimate in a Texas-sized fashion.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I heard this one in a speech praising the CIA and snarfed on myself (he used it twice). I try no longer to drink anything while I listen to one of his speeches.

[Imagus]

Erm, different George, methinks!

For your general edification: Kurita-san was referring to Mr Orwell, writer of such well known works as Animal Farm and 1984 (from which this phrase originated).



Incidentally, I heard somewhere that several so-called Bushisms actually originated with Dan Quayle and Al Gore - thoughts anyone?

[calguard66]

Well... I don't know if Al invented any words, but I do understand that he invented the internet... and pants.

[Publius]

Gosh Imagus, thanks… but I already knew that. Um, that was why I did not say “another George comment was…” but identified the misspoken word as having come from “Lexicon George” (an allusion to the present occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania here in the states). While I identified the original comment as, and am vaguely familiar with, Newspeak, it has been some time since I have read 1984 and I did not feel I could string together enough accurate B-Vocabulary to comment on this internet practice without looking up the book (at least nothing that was better than Sho-Sa's original comment which was really great btw). Perhaps I should have been more clear, I can see how you would have made your assumption.

As to the other “bushisms” I really cannot say. I’d once read that some of the gaffe attributed to Quayle came from other political figures, and it very well could be the case that the same has been done to George Bush. I can say however that the misspoken word I used was in a speech I saw directly, as the post above noted.

p.s. I loved that commercial Calguard66, darn near fell off my chair when I first saw it.

[Imagus]

Originally posted by Publius
Gosh Imagus, thanks… but I already knew that.

Oops! Sorry! I was just in major league pedant mode - I didn't mean any offence (I suppose I can hope that some others didn't know...)

I have to say, I love your politicians - they're much more entertaining than ours... Even our Prime Minister's son noticed that discrepancy and tried to make up for it with some underage drinking antics!