Friday, August 06, 2004

Malapropisms and Neologisms


With Bush's latest gaffe,
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
, The Guardian offers a couple of quizzes to test your familiarity with Bush's misstatements. But a more relevant inquiry comes from CJR's Campaign Desk, which queries why CNN ran a clip of Bush making that statement without any reaction or commentary by its reporters.

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  2. It's usually possible to figure out what Bush means, even when he's making the pie higher, or accidentally quoting The Who.

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  3. (Growl.... I hate the blogger comments function. I accidentally clicked on an invisible link where the trash can icon should appear, and deleted a good comment.)

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