tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post113738581134531117..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: MisamprehensionDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137909306065749942006-01-21T21:55:00.000-08:002006-01-21T21:55:00.000-08:00Can't lighten up. Sorry. People are DYING as a r...Can't lighten up. Sorry. People are DYING as a result of these morons in charge like Burns and Bush. Somehow, people gettin' slaughtered for greed makes me a little angry. Burns is NOT folksy. There is a big difference between bein' folksy and bein' a friggin' idiot! Burns is barely educated, not too smart. So, that is not bein' folksy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137625104351069142006-01-18T14:58:00.000-08:002006-01-18T14:58:00.000-08:00Geez, Anonymous, just because I pointed out the fu...Geez, Anonymous, just because I pointed out the fun in Stengelisms doesn't mean I condone Conrad's butchering of the language and his representation of Montana. Man, lighten up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137622571897031632006-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:002006-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:00Hey, I agree! Elect stupid people, they're fun to...Hey, I agree! Elect stupid people, they're fun to quote! But hell, if you two fellas can't see the difference in errs in logic versus slaughtering the language itself, then YOU have a problem! I don't see Casey slaughtering the language in EITHER quote! And Casey didn't represent Montana in the most powerful deliberative body in the world! Sad, so sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137621564670052522006-01-18T13:59:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:59:00.000-08:00Or: "Got a young catcher here, Greg Goosen, 20 yea...Or: "Got a young catcher here, Greg Goosen, 20 years old. And in 10 years he's got a chance to be 30."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137619312709902542006-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:00David,Gotta agree with our fine ex-colleague, Jim ...David,<BR/><BR/>Gotta agree with our fine ex-colleague, Jim G, in quoting this Burnsism. It reminded me of how 'ole Casey Stengel was quoted, creating a whole collection of Stengelisms. Of course, Casey contributed a fine collection of, um, original English.<BR/><BR/>Here's an example: "All right, everybody line up alphabetically according to your height." (Source:http://www.caseystengel.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137603667147796412006-01-18T09:01:00.000-08:002006-01-18T09:01:00.000-08:00Jim G. was right to quote Burns using a non-word. ...Jim G. was right to quote Burns using a non-word. Burns has acquired a reputation for Burns-isms, some of them said purposefully, others not. At some point reporters have to let public officials fall on their own grammatic swords.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137474618375531432006-01-16T21:10:00.000-08:002006-01-16T21:10:00.000-08:00Rocky, the only problem with Burns is that it's mo...Rocky, the only problem with Burns is that it's more than only one or two words that he screws up. Why, he's a regular one man boobonic plague!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137448738145694452006-01-16T13:58:00.000-08:002006-01-16T13:58:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, Ebonics (or boobonics) isn't limite...Unfortunately, Ebonics (or boobonics) isn't limited to black people or simple Montana Senators. I have been taken aback by quite a few white people butchering the Queen's english. I am certainly no expert, but it drives me a little crazy when people "axe" me a question or GWB says "nucUlar".I'm betting a lot of people (including myself) have at least one or two words they screw up.Rocky Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988078267526332036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137436131118102632006-01-16T10:28:00.000-08:002006-01-16T10:28:00.000-08:00Kim Woo has a point. If Black people speak Ebonic...Kim Woo has a point. If Black people speak Ebonics, that means that Burns must speak Boobonics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137431759916162782006-01-16T09:15:00.000-08:002006-01-16T09:15:00.000-08:00You can't use senator Burns for an example this ye...You can't use senator Burns for an example this year. The media and the liberals have got the election year politics spinning already. They'll be smearing Senator Burns at every opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137430292855822842006-01-16T08:51:00.001-08:002006-01-16T08:51:00.001-08:00The only “style book” rule that applies to direct ...The only “style book” rule that applies to direct quotations is to advance the political agenda of the newspaper. If the newspaper hates someone, they will use as many mangled sentences as they can find and will perhaps even mangle a few “by accident.” <BR/><BR/>Conversely, newspapers will try to elevate the language of those they wish to promote. For example, nearly all American blacks speak Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137430283327176192006-01-16T08:51:00.000-08:002006-01-16T08:51:00.000-08:00Should not the public know when a speaker has a di...Should not the public know when a speaker has a discomjumbled disorderly mind? Bush's misspeakments are legion, leading some to speculate that he is dyslexic. That's an important thing to know, maybe explains why he doesn't read newspapers. (He doesn't read?) Anyway, at what point is a journalist leaving objectivity behind and protecting a speaker form his own utterances?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137427358644511282006-01-16T08:02:00.000-08:002006-01-16T08:02:00.000-08:00Kolman,Good point. When almost everything can beco...Kolman,<BR/>Good point. When almost everything can become widely distributed, the rules probably have to change.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137420698642218292006-01-16T06:11:00.000-08:002006-01-16T06:11:00.000-08:00Amos and Andy?! Heck, can you imagine Burns and BU...Amos and Andy?! Heck, can you imagine Burns and BUSH sitting down for a public chat! Yikes! That would make any reporter misamprehensive! You'd need a couple'a interpreters and a hillbilly dictionary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137419460211975572006-01-16T05:51:00.000-08:002006-01-16T05:51:00.000-08:00In politics, ya gets what ya elect! Unfortunatel...In politics, ya gets what ya elect! Unfortunately. If ya vote in an uneducated, not-real-bright, baarely literate country bumpkin, ya get bumkinisms up the wazoo! Some people call it bein' folksy, others call it bein' stupid. Some people think it's kinda charming. Others find it to be a huge embarassment. But let's face it. Montanans did NOT vote for Connie Burns for his brains! They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137390681678065632006-01-15T21:51:00.000-08:002006-01-15T21:51:00.000-08:00David-- Obviously you have never listened to Kingf...David-- Obviously you have never listened to Kingfish from the "Amos and Andy Show":<BR/><BR/>“Uh, well, ya see, Andy, there’s the electron and the proton and the fig newton.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137390604241521322006-01-15T21:50:00.000-08:002006-01-15T21:50:00.000-08:00David-- Obviously you have never listened to Kingf...David-- Obviously you have never listened to Kingfish from the "Amos and Andy Show":<BR/><BR/>“Uh, well, ya see, Andy, there’s the electron and the proton and the fig newton.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137389036955684902006-01-15T21:23:00.000-08:002006-01-15T21:23:00.000-08:00David, I agree with you. Unless the butchering is ...David, I agree with you. Unless the butchering is essential to the meaning of the story, then I usually fix it by paraphrasing. But in this case, technology probably lends a different twist to it. Someone who reads the paper could then get on the website and hear Burns do the butchering in his own words. If the reporter had "fixed it" the website wouldn't match the paper. Paraphrasing is probablyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137388455212237852006-01-15T21:14:00.000-08:002006-01-15T21:14:00.000-08:00P.S. I wonder, do you suppose that the Repub hier...P.S. I wonder, do you suppose that the Repub hierarchy has already decided to dump our beloved Connie Burns, and so Burns has decided that he will not go gentle into that goodnight? Rarely do we get the rare priviliger of seeing Connie off leash. But now, his handlers are no where in sight, and Connie can and will say ANYTHING! I almost suspect that Connie has taken it upon himself to fight Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1137387957734154772006-01-15T21:05:00.000-08:002006-01-15T21:05:00.000-08:00Well, the problem is that just HOW was Gransberry ...Well, the problem is that just HOW was Gransberry supposed to write it? You see, what Connie was trying to say was that it was "beyond his comprehension". But he's too damn stupid to get that all out without manglin' it. In Connie's besotted, greedy little brain, correctness with words is, along with intelligence and critical thinking skills, WAY low in the order of importance. So, Connie gotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com