"Bob Crowley" > wrote in message
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On May 2, 3:21 pm, wrote:
> On May 1, 9:15 pm, Valtsu > wrote:
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> > > On May 1, 11:58 am, wrote:
> > >> On Apr 30, 8:54 pm, wrote:
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> > >>> Remember all those promises predicated on "when pigs fly"?
> > >>> Now swine flue...
> > >> What a ****-poor attempt at a pun. I believe you meant to type
> > >> "flu". A "flue" is a fireplace vent. Dipshit.
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> > > Sorry if my coming to the US from a non-English-speaking country makes
> > > you angry.
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> > > I was trying to put into writing an auditory pun, after reading
> > > RTTNews. I cut-and-pasted the term "swine flue" probably from:
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> > >http://www.realtimetraders.com/Conte...spx?Node=B5&Id...
> > > … recent concerns about the economic impact of the swine flue
> > > outbreak…
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> > > They are still perpetrating this horrible crime, as evidenced in:
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> > >http://rttnews.com/Content/TopStories.aspx?Id=933026
> > > Continental cuts capacity for Mexico amid swine flue fears - update
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> > > and many other articles.
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> > > I suggest you write an angry letter to their chief editors and
> > > management, demanding an apology and a full investigation as to
> > > whether one of their reporters comes from a non-English-speaking
> > > country. If you don’t – the damage may be devastating, dragging the
> > > entire booming world economy into some kind of a deep recession. Mark
> > > my words.
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> > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTTNews
> > > RTTNews is an Internet-based business wire service and news aggregator
> > > based in Williamsville, New York. It focuses on rapid delivery of
> > > important global financial news, economic developments, market
> > > analysis, stock alerts, foreign exchange happenings, and the like. It
> > > offers a news alert system for desktop computers. Users of RTTNews
> > > include banks and brokerages, financial exchanges, other news
> > > aggregators, and assorted websites.
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> > This brings memories of the then vice-president Al Gore in a spelling
> > contest included the vocal e in the word potato. Therefore,
> > vice-presidential spelling seems to be fluE, potatoE, etc.
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> That's probably because the plural is "potatoEs", "tomatoEs"... BTW,
> what is the plural of "flu"? :-)
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> "Flu" is not a venerable word. It's just an abbreviation for
> "inFLUenza", invented by those who can't spell "grippe". In the
> beginning, there were dissenters, who abbreviated "inFLUEnza" as
> "flue", but they soon lost out to the "flu" adherents, because "flu"
> represented a 25% saving over "flue".
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> > I just wonder what new spelling styles Mme Sarah Palin would have
> > brought along if she would have become vice-president.
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> Let me try to imagine what would happen if she ever became our
> President. I bet she would be viewed by the media as a female version
> of a cross between Kennedy and Reagan. And she would behave
> accordingly. Here are some news reports about this from 2013:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/wo...dleeast/012345
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> Today President Palin visited Jerusalem and gave a speech to a large
> crowd of Israelis in front of the Wailing Wall (or, as they spell in
> Alaska, the Whaling Wall). Just like her mentor Ronald Reagan in his
> famous speech at the Berlin Wall, she too turned east and proclaimed,
> as if addressing the new Palestinian Prime Minister:
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> "Mr. Prime Minister, tear down this wall!"
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> Unfortunately, this time, the audience reception of this historical
> speech was less than enthusiastic.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/world/europe/0123456
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> On her visit to Hamburg, Germany, President Palin proved her ability
> to fill JFK's shoes by interpolating his famous "I am a Berliner!"
> speech. In front of an audience of 100,000-strong, she declared: "I am
> a Hamburger!" Next on her agenda: similar speeches in Frankfurt and
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maybe she should make a trip to dildo, canada

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