Reply With QuoteWhether we like it or not Religion remains a fixture of American society.
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Political lesson 101: When all else fails... PANDER TO THE HOLYROLLERS!!!!
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - After swaying gently to the hymn “God Will Take Care of You,” Ned Lamont went the pulpit and asked congregants at the Messiah Baptist Church to break from a three-term incumbent and support his bid for U.S. Senate.
A few miles away, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman urged those in the Iglesia Cristiana Buen Pastor parish to vote in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary for someone they like and trust.
“You and I know each other. We are like familia,” said Lieberman, drawing chuckles from the crowd for using the Spanish word.
Lamont on Sunday picked up the endorsement of The New York Times. The Washington Post backed Lieberman, as did The Hartford Courant and the Connecticut Post, the state’s two largest newspapers.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117361/
I don't really think saying a few words in spanish is going to save liebermans #$#$#
i mean Lieberman will always begin with LIE.
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Whether we like it or not Religion remains a fixture of American society.
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right, and i reserve my right to laugh at em. LOL.Originally Posted by IHateGovernment
Watermelon
But a fixture the role of which is constantly changing. That's especially true these last 40 years or so.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
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This is like the only race in America that is democratically competitve. All the rest were decided whenever state legislatures drew maps, and hte state legislature races were decided whenever the state legislatures decided who their constitutents would be.
Better than You
Robdawg lesson 101-- when all else fails, call someone a "holyroller [sic]"
It's his new favourite word.
Watermelon
Yes, well, it's not ineffective, in its own way. For most Americans "holyroller" is an exceptionally negative image, and one that's accruing more negative associations each year.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
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In America we spell favorite not favourite.
Watermelon
Maybe he's a British grammar nazi.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
Better than You
In Europe British English is used....my family is Greek, I learned how to spell from my family...yes, I attended school as well, but some things are just habits. I like it better that way anyway.
Find something more substantial to post about.
Watermelon
If you didn't proclaim yourself a grammar nazi most likely no one would have bothered. Well, Toby would've but he doesn't count.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
Better than You
I don't see your point. It is not incorrect grammar. Just a regional difference. Like trying to tell a Brit that "lift" isn't the right word for elevator. It isn't incorrect.
Watermelon
The line between "incorrect" usage and simply "non-standard" is, at best, a fuzzy one. My point was that no one would have bothered about your European spelling absent the "Grammar Nazi" label.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
Better than You
Ah.
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Its not a regional difference American and British English are substantially different. If you type favourite in Microsoft word it would be tagged as misspelled.
I don't care that much I just wanted to bust your chops. For all I know you might not be American. But ultimately in an American context it is incorrect it isn't an either/or thing as you say it is.
Language eventually diverges. Spanish, French, Italian and Romanian were once the same language. However cuatro is not how you spell four in Italian just as quattro is not how you spell four in Spanish.
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