October 02, 2010
— Open Blogger This kid is great. (Content warning: language.)
A couple of Halloweens back, I was a pirate. While practicing my cockney-based piratese, my accent kept dropping out--and into Australian, Irish, and Scottish. This would have helped then. Link via BoingBoing.
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Posted by: Gaff at October 02, 2010 03:56 PM (mTB38)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 02, 2010 03:57 PM (wd0Iq)
Posted by: RickZ at October 02, 2010 04:01 PM (vGy3W)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2010 04:04 PM (No0N3)
Ha! Ha! The dude has to do a disclaimer to make sure he hasn't offended anyone. Yeesh! (God forbid he gets charged with some kind of with some kind of hate crime).
He was pretty good, though--so much diversity in one white man--heh!
Posted by: Ninny Pelousy at October 02, 2010 04:06 PM (8GYOu)
Posted by: EC at October 02, 2010 04:07 PM (f4TZ2)
Posted by: Frank G at October 02, 2010 04:08 PM (4X0aT)
Posted by: gebrauchshund at October 02, 2010 04:09 PM (ADeN1)
Posted by: nine coconuts at October 02, 2010 04:10 PM (DHNp4)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2010 08:06 PM (No0N3)
Geez, all these asshats that want to turn America into a socialist country, why don't they just get the heck out and go to one that's already in existence? See how much protesting they get to do in their purported Meccas like Venezuela and Cuba.
Posted by: runningrn at October 02, 2010 04:10 PM (8GYOu)
Posted by: what the? at October 02, 2010 04:10 PM (6SGWt)
he didn't do Southern Californian, where we speak it correctly...what?
I liked Kevin Costner's treatment when he played Robin of Malibu in Robin Hood.
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 04:10 PM (c+cTV)
Posted by: EC at October 02, 2010 04:13 PM (f4TZ2)
Posted by: nine coconuts at October 02, 2010 04:14 PM (DHNp4)
I'm not suprised about the American ones. He's unlikely to have heard many Americans speak beyond what Hollywood produces.
Hell, a Minnosota accent still throws me for a loop when I hear it.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 04:15 PM (K9+WM)
Posted by: ac at October 02, 2010 04:16 PM (A51gv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 02, 2010 04:16 PM (Ly+aE)
I had a gf from near Birmingham, but she was going to Oxford. I could tell when she called home since it took her a couple hours to lose the brummie mumble (thiink ozzy) she would pick up talking to her mom.
I went to College for a year in WV. Whenever I called home, my mother would point out that I was picking up an accent. I didn't find it funny, but she thought it was hilarious.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 04:17 PM (K9+WM)
Bwhahahaha! Cribbed from Hotair, Eleanor Clift:
Obama’s background as a community organizer may be hampering him as president. While his supporters still like him, they’re not so sure he has what it takes to bring about the hope and change he promised and excited the base. A community organizer empowers people to do things for themselves, and in government, you have to lead and order and direct, and that’s not Obama’s style, even though Republicans call him autocratic and Rush Limbaugh calls him “Ayatollah Obama.” Obama has had a lot of success in politics and academia, and on the mean streets of Chicago, by reaching consensus, and he expected to apply that life lesson now that he’s at the pinnacle of power, and it didn’t work.
I’m loath to admit it, but I think there’s been a failure of leadership in this White House. Why else would a party on the verge of extinction less than two years ago be poised to take over one or perhaps both chambers of Congress? Hillary Clinton would have been tougher than Obama as president, but Republicans would have found her vulnerability and exploited it. I don’t think Obama’s supporters have buyer’s remorse, but they’re struggling to understand where Obama lost the magic and became the piñata for all the country’s ills. Republicans and the business community have been so successful in blaming Obama that if the next two years are like the last two years, he won’t get reelected.
Suck it, sister!
Posted by: runningrn at October 02, 2010 04:17 PM (8GYOu)
Posted by: ed at October 02, 2010 04:18 PM (Zsqn4)
Worst part about that, nurse who runs, is that I heard Eleanor Clift's screeching voice while reading it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 04:19 PM (2NNz2)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2010 08:06 PM (No0N3)
Holy shit. The Obama-endorsed, Democrat-stamp-of-approval rally.
THAT SHOULD BE MADE INTO A THREAD.
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at October 02, 2010 04:19 PM (5YgO+)
Obama has had a lot of success in politics and academia,
Obama was born placed on third base and thought he hit a triple.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 04:21 PM (se4E3)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 02, 2010 04:21 PM (wd0Iq)
What successes on the mean streets of Chicago?
Name one person Obama helped with his community organizing.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 04:22 PM (2NNz2)
Rush Limbaugh calls him “Ayatollah Obama.”
I've heard Rush call him Imam Obama but not Ayatollah Obama. Maybe the scrunt should get her shit straight.
Posted by: Ronster at October 02, 2010 04:23 PM (9q4PA)
Posted by: nine coconuts at October 02, 2010 04:24 PM (DHNp4)
Posted by: Drinky Crow at October 02, 2010 04:24 PM (5+Fvb)
Suck it, sister!
Posted by: runningrn at October 02, 2010 08:17 PM (8GYOu)
That flip, non-sexual comment, when made re: Eleanor Clift, nonetheless made me an instant gelding. <<<Shudder>>>
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:25 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 02, 2010 04:25 PM (Ly+aE)
Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2010 04:25 PM (Gx1to)
Tough fucking shit. Suck it Obama. This lefty whining about the punches this asshole takes for everything is still not even 1/1000th the crap Bush endured, who was blamed for everything from the weather to gas cramps.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2010 04:25 PM (M6enm)
Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2010 04:27 PM (Gx1to)
Posted by: nine coconuts at October 02, 2010 04:27 PM (DHNp4)
Posted by: TEE866 at October 02, 2010 04:28 PM (nO7Mi)
Suck it, sister!
Yeah, choke on it. Eleanor Clift is one of the worst.
When you've lost Cronkite, you've lost Middle America. When you've lost Eleanor Clift, you've lost that leftard remnant of NY Times readers and MSNBC viewers.
Posted by: Drinky Crow at October 02, 2010 04:30 PM (5+Fvb)
You know how you can avoid the italics staying on like that?
Here's what you do: type you response first, then paste the italicized quote above your response in the comment box.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 04:30 PM (se4E3)
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:31 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: curious at October 02, 2010 04:33 PM (p302b)
Posted by: lorien1973 at October 02, 2010 04:34 PM (ZXnUe)
42 I haven't watched any news all day.What kind of turnout did that left wing asshole fest get?
Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2010 08:25 PM (Gx1to)
About 5% - 10% of Beck's. And the 10% is being generous.Posted by: Ed Anger at October 02, 2010 04:35 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: alexthedude at October 02, 2010 04:36 PM (rkCMG)
I've been much more concerned about a Beslan or Mumbai-type attack here in the US than another 9/11. In a free society you can't protect every elementary school and mall. The local 6-man police force, God bless 'em, aint the NYPD. And you know THEY know that. That gives me chills.
You wouldn't even need that. One day, three different parts of the country, and three different school buses filled with kids going boom. The fallout would be fucking ugly.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 04:37 PM (K9+WM)
Germans still have some limited gun ownership rights (was a big topic on the morning news one day last week when I was there; my friend there works for a company that makes guns...) but it's probably save to assume most American tourists who carry in the U.S. would leave their piece at home.
Scheiße.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 02, 2010 04:38 PM (Vz9lf)
50
You know how you can avoid the italics staying on like that?
Here's what you do: type you response first, then paste the italicized quote above your response in the comment box.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 08:30 PM (se4E3)
Or just highlight the italiac words and hit the i button again. It'll make the italican letters go away.Posted by: Ed Anger at October 02, 2010 04:38 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Zimriel at October 02, 2010 04:39 PM (AlREO)
Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 08:31 PM
A Beslan style massacre here would inflame the population more than 9/11.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 02, 2010 04:39 PM (yQWNf)
You wouldn't even need that. One day, three different parts of the country, and three different school buses filled with kids going boom. The fallout would be fucking ugly.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 08:37 PM (K9+WM)
Absolutely right. For those who have forgotten about Beslan, and the kind of fucking animals we're dealing with, check out:
http://tinyurl.com/2fq5b8u
Terrifying. And if they wanted to do it here, we couldn't stop it.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:43 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 08:22 PM (2NNz2)
Michelle.
Posted by: TexasJew at October 02, 2010 04:44 PM (AkSLF)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 02, 2010 08:39 PM (yQWNf)
I used to think so, too. Now I'm not so sure. I hope I'm wrong
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:47 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 02, 2010 08:22 PM
Obama
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 02, 2010 04:49 PM (yQWNf)
I used to think so, too. Now I'm not so sure. I hope I'm wrong
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 08:47 PM
I think and hope you are. Even moonbats love their children.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 02, 2010 04:51 PM (yQWNf)
Posted by: journolist at October 02, 2010 04:52 PM (O/NP5)
I'm sure the crowds were a lot more dense. They are leftists, aren't they?
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2010 04:52 PM (No0N3)
I know everyone here has watched at least one of his shows.
Posted by: Lone Marauder at October 02, 2010 04:53 PM (po5rq)
I know everyone here has watched at least one of his shows.
Posted by: Lone Marauder at October 02, 2010 08:53 PM (po5rq)
I remember the paper flying out of the typewriter at the end of his shows
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:54 PM (c1oyg)
I shit you not...my mom went to a wedding today where a Mexican-American guy was marrying my stepsister's daughter, an Anglo-American, and this is what she had to say about it:
"Gator, it was so sweet when they had their first dance; the song was 'I'll Stand by You' and the band sang half of it in Mexican and half in American."
Deep South, indeed. I would've gone (it is my stepsister's kid), but their will be plenty more where this one came from.
Posted by: gator at October 02, 2010 04:55 PM (aOKEC)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 02, 2010 04:56 PM (Ly+aE)
I know everyone here has watched at least one of his shows.
Posted by: Lone Marauder at October 02, 2010 08:53 PM (po5rq)
Shit, age 69. There was a time when 69 sounded absolutely ancient....now, not so much.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 04:58 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at October 02, 2010 04:59 PM (YxBuk)
Where I live everyone speaks Mexican. Do you think the president knows how to speak Mexican even though he doesn't speak Austrian?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at October 02, 2010 04:59 PM (YxBuk)
76 you want to end the whole muzzie problem?
make them think that blowing up a budwieser plant is the way to go
there will be a redneck crusade.......
damn it jed, i reckon we going have to get our shotguns and ##spit### (ting) and teach these here muzzies some southern fried justice, yes sirrie bob
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 02, 2010 05:00 PM (gg4j2)
Where I live everyone speaks Mexican. Do you think the president knows how to speak Mexican even though he doesn't speak Austrian?
Arnold in CA IS starting to sound an awful lot like him....
Posted by: gator at October 02, 2010 05:02 PM (aOKEC)
FIFY. All true southerners are riflemen.
Posted by: akornzombie at October 02, 2010 05:03 PM (Tx17g)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at October 02, 2010 05:03 PM (xMKKV)
83 i'm not sure about that, the wife is from tennesse and she is more the "razor blades and bleach" type
or maybe she just saves that for me....
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 02, 2010 05:07 PM (gg4j2)
87 and for the record before the moronettes start,
I AM THE KING OF THIS CASTLE!!!
woman knows her place, in fact, if she wasn't on another island, she would be getting my beer about now
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 02, 2010 05:09 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: akornzombie at October 02, 2010 09:03 PM (Tx17g)
That's why the Civil War (aka the War of Northern Aggression) lasted much longer than it had a right to.
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 05:10 PM (c1oyg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2010 05:10 PM (M6enm)
Posted by: lorien1973 at October 02, 2010 05:11 PM (ZXnUe)
89 That's why the Civil War (aka the War of Northern Aggression Southerns Being Taught Not To Act The Fool) lasted much longer than it had a right to.
fify
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 02, 2010 05:12 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:13 PM (CluUg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2010 09:10 PM (M6enm)
You mean we nasty, racist, environmental-Nazi Right Wingers left the place spotless after the Beck rally, yet these hairy-legged, menstrual-cup using enviros left their shit all over? Why am I NOT surprised?
Posted by: Ombudsman at October 02, 2010 05:13 PM (c1oyg)
Looks like I'm free tonight.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 09:14 PM (K9+WM)
Hey, me too...now about our clubhouse....
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:15 PM (CluUg)
F5
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2010 05:15 PM (No0N3)
Posted by: The Q at October 02, 2010 05:16 PM (pfStM)
Posted by: Gripweed at October 02, 2010 05:16 PM (lXf8m)
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 05:17 PM (c+cTV)
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 09:17 PM (c+cTV)
Well, damn someone could've told me that! Hey, rd, you know that vid you posted in the sidebar "forget you" was originally recorded as "fuck you"?
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:18 PM (CluUg)
Yeah, RSD, LauraW posted "Fuck You" a while back. That's why I thought the clean version was kind of funny.
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 05:23 PM (c+cTV)
Hey, me too...now about our clubhouse....
But I'd have no way to get it too you, and unfortunately around here there are only cowgirls.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 05:24 PM (K9+WM)
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 05:26 PM (c+cTV)
But I'd have no way to get it too you, and unfortunately around here there are only cowgirls.
Posted by: Alex at October 02, 2010 09:24 PM (K9+WM)
That's no problem, my moma's from Texas and cowgirls come in all varieties too you know...but okay I'll build my own clubhouse. since you dont have one anymore...
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:27 PM (CluUg)
Posted by: MWR at October 02, 2010 05:30 PM (CA2NO)
Pretty good.
o/t:
Whatever you do, DO NOT call these people SOCIALISTS.
That would be crazy. Oh wait...
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 02, 2010 05:31 PM (0fzsA)
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 09:26 PM (c+cTV)
Absolutley my friend, yes we do. The right man to faciliate our action and make life easier. I call them Brothers, and I have two!
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:32 PM (CluUg)
Posted by: redstatedeb at October 02, 2010 05:37 PM (CluUg)
ot and - drive-by btw -
Is giving birth to rapist's babies a big problem in the US?
I'm thinking we have bigger fish to fry.. you know, like the crazy socialists who have taken over the Democrat party. all of it.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 02, 2010 05:38 PM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Methos at October 02, 2010 05:38 PM (GzEs1)
Speaking of which -- Abilene Texas has lots of cowgirls, one may notice.
I'm busily avoiding work tonight up here.
Posted by: TexasJew at October 02, 2010 05:41 PM (AkSLF)
That makes me sick. How 'bout that little kiddie with her Socialism paper she was holding up, not even knowing what it meant or how it will strip her of any sense of freedom. She can thank her dumb fuck mother. The signs run the gamut. Socialism, Communism, Love the Muslims, RevolutionNow, Illegal Rights, Che, Tax the Rich......
I'm hoping Beck shows ALL these pictures on his show Monday. Something tells me he will. American needs to know what these people infesting this country are really about, and the danger they present.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2010 05:41 PM (M6enm)
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at October 02, 2010 05:42 PM (nzGN8)
The way NBC framed their report, it looked like a packed crowd. The framing cut off the thin areas away from the Lincoln Memorial.
And!
They did their standup after the Memorial area had been cleaned up. Clean as a whistle. Just like those rotten teabaggers.
Posted by: rdbrewer at October 02, 2010 05:44 PM (c+cTV)
Posted by: Fortunate Son at October 02, 2010 05:46 PM (Em1h7)
A few more years of practice and he may be able to make a living doing voice-overs for cartoons requiring stereotype voices.
I noticed he didn't do a Muslin accent. Must be a survival instinct.
Posted by: Aaron at October 02, 2010 05:48 PM (XUIJ5)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 02, 2010 05:50 PM (Ly+aE)
I'm thinking we have bigger fish to fry.. you know, like the crazy socialists who have taken over the Democrat party. all of it.
There was a time in my life that the progessives (dems, socialists, whatever) tried to hide their agenda cloaked under some other bullshit. Doesn't seem that way lately. They are out in the open and proud. I fear for this country.
Posted by: Ronster at October 02, 2010 05:51 PM (9q4PA)
Posted by: politicalmuse at October 02, 2010 05:58 PM (kLKnf)
Posted by: CDR M at October 02, 2010 09:59 PM (5I8G0)
Capitalist!!!!!
Posted by: C-Span at October 02, 2010 06:02 PM (YX6i/)
Sorry Florida, how do you say "suck" in a cockney accent?
Posted by: Otto West at October 02, 2010 06:18 PM (u3Zi5)
Posted by: Merc at October 02, 2010 06:22 PM (iOBVr)
Posted by: Corona at October 02, 2010 07:02 PM (h/nMz)
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at October 02, 2010 07:22 PM (B9I+f)
Posted by: Lawyer at October 02, 2010 07:31 PM (liBQN)
Posted by: Lawyer at October 02, 2010 07:34 PM (liBQN)
RE: 41 Posted by: Joanie
My daughter is thinking about going to Namibia for a University of Nebraska class to study exotic animals. How is the government there or do you know? I want to send her but have no experience in this kind of travel. Any advice?
BTW... the kid did a great job with the accents. He got them generally correct. Way better than anyone I know can do.
-- Army Mom
Posted by: Army Mom at October 02, 2010 08:34 PM (Rw3G9)
Posted by: Donna V. at October 02, 2010 08:43 PM (TraH6)
Posted by: Donna V. at October 02, 2010 08:55 PM (TraH6)
Posted by: MrCaniac, sipping iced tea on the verandah at October 02, 2010 10:22 PM (aaULJ)
Shoot, we have four or five different Texas accents. I can usually place someone to with 100 miles of their house.
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at October 03, 2010 03:35 AM (B9I+f)
I have the #12 accent. I grew up north of #13 and now reside in the middle of #14.
The guy is entertaining. #12 sound like Quentin Tarantino and #13 sounds like Brad Pitt in Inglorious Basterds, to me.
Arrivederci.
Posted by: sTevo at October 03, 2010 04:40 AM (VMcEw)
Can't find it right now but I saw one of the organizers claimed they had as many people as Beck. He said that their crowds just didn't spread out as much and were less dense.
So they covered less area and were less dense. I don't think math is this guys forte.
Posted by: Have Blue at October 03, 2010 08:07 AM (mV+es)
Posted by: bugsrus at October 03, 2010 03:38 PM (pUJ8K)
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