July 14, 2003
SAY IT LIKE YOU SEE IT
Sydney ABC radio host Angela Catterns pronounces Waylon Jennings’ first name Way-lon. Reminds me of how Melbourne ABC guy Peter Couchman always used to say Arkan-sass.
Posted by Tim Blair at July 14, 2003 11:47 AMClearly Angela doesn't watch The Simpsons. If she did, she would have heard the way Waylon Smnithers says his name.
See, popular culture does have its uses.
Posted by: The Mongrel at July 14, 2003 at 12:21 PMOpps, that should be Waylon Smithers.
Dyslexic fingers. Does that qualify me as disabled?
Posted by: The Mongrel at July 14, 2003 at 12:22 PMShe's an ignorant hick. What do you expect from the ABC: Queens English?
Posted by: Rob at July 14, 2003 at 12:33 PMWell, does it rhyme with wailin' or van halen? It cant be both. Or does everything get reduced to a schwa? You righteous anti-PC crowd sound as bad as any neurotic school teacher I ve ever come across! Come on Tim lets see your superior Scot college education-what exactly did your parents pay for?
Posted by: Vin at July 14, 2003 at 01:13 PMWailin' rhymes with Halen. Unless you pronounce Van Halen all Kraut-style: Van Haaaalen.
Posted by: tim at July 14, 2003 at 01:54 PMI take it 'cunt' is a term of endearment? Thankyou- I can just imagine the current leader of HM loyal opposition teaching young Timmy the various declensions of the word cunt!
Posted by: vin at July 14, 2003 at 01:56 PMWell-they certainly taught you the coping mechanism of anti-intellectualism!
Posted by: vin at July 14, 2003 at 02:17 PMThe guy who can't figure out a simple rhyme accuses me of anti-intellectualism.
Posted by: tim at July 14, 2003 at 02:52 PMGee Tim,
Are you OK? You sound distraught - "Mummy, why am I slower than everyone else? Why don't people like me?"
Sorry, Vin, but accusing Tim Blair of being anti-intellectual is like accusing Hitler of anti-democratic. You can't take away what you never had.
Posted by: Jack O'Farrell at July 14, 2003 at 03:27 PMMore wisdom from Jack the Wondertard. Accusing Hitler of anti-democratic what, Jack?
Did someone take away those language and comprehension skills you never had?
Posted by: tim at July 14, 2003 at 03:49 PMPhew!
Thanks, Tim. I'll work on my typing. Now you go and work on your insecurity that people may look down on you, your non-existent sense of justice, your narcissism, your authoritarianism, your bloated ego, your thinking and reasoning skills, your slavish devotion to an ideology that you don't fully understand. And when you've done that, can you please spellcheck this post for me.
That's if you have time between working out whether your waistline is expanding faster than your hairline is receding.
Posted by: Jack O'Farrell at July 14, 2003 at 04:09 PMHow did Scotch College come in to it? They never taught me how to say Waylon. Now i know though, thanks and sorry for starting the fistfight.
I suppose asking what "declensions" are, even when spelt correctly would be counter-productive at this juncture.
Good grief, Blair. I see 17 comments I figure good back and forth. Instead we get O'Farrell and this Vim fellow. No idea where you were schooled, no idea what you look like, but too stupid to stop themselves from making their way-off-target personal attacks on you.
I'm with Bryan.
"Declensions" are what you get when you decline -- i.e. state the case-forms of -- a noun or its accompanying adjective. There are no declensions of the word "cunt", as its form remains invariable whether it's the subject, the object, or the indirect object of the sentence. Same for all the English words I can think of, although I might be forgetting something. Really, Vin, you want Latin or German, etc., for declension providentium.
Hope this helps!
Posted by: Mark at July 14, 2003 at 04:31 PMYes that's right unless you include the pural (cunts) or the pronouns I, we, me, us, my (adj.) mine (pron.) our (adj.)ours (pron.)
So when Vin says "the various declensions of the word cunt" all he is doing is showing his own ignorance.
Posted by: Simon Roberts at July 14, 2003 at 04:43 PMPROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY - SIGNED BY RUMSFELD, PERLE, WOLFOWITZ, JEB BUSH AND OTHERS, IT'S SOMETHING TIM BLAIR DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT!
INCLUDED IN PNAC IS A LIST OF COUNTRIES THEY PLAN TO ROLL OVER IE SYRIA, SUDAN, LIBYA, IRAN, N.KOREA, AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS OF GENOTYPE SPECIFIC CHEM/BIOL WEAPONS PROGRAMS! SOUND LIKE ANYONE, MAYBE ON CHANNEL 7 LAST NIGHT?
FUNNY HOW TIM DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS - AFTER ALL, WE DO LIVE IN A SUPPOSEDLY 'FREE' SOCIETY WHERE NEO-CONS LOVE TO SPOUT ON ABOUT DEMOCRACY, FREE SPEECH AND HOW WER'E SO DIFFERENT.
FUNNY, THAT.
Whoever this freak jon is, he's using an IP -- 203.59.58.122 -- out of Perth. (Info found using APNIC's whois database.)
Posted by: Andrea Harris at July 14, 2003 at 06:03 PMINCLUDED IN PNAC IS A LIST OF COUNTRIES THEY PLAN TO ROLL OVER IE SYRIA, SUDAN, LIBYA, IRAN, N.KOREA, AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS OF GENOTYPE SPECIFIC CHEM/BIOL WEAPONS PROGRAMS!
You say this as if it is a bad thing. Can't say I'd disagree with rolling over any of them.
Posted by: pezza at July 14, 2003 at 06:07 PMjon, that "genotype specific" weapons program you mentioned? That started out as an anti-semitic slur. And since there are no significant genetic differences between the races, it is impossible. So are you a racist, an anti-semite, or just plain stupid?
Posted by: scott h. at July 14, 2003 at 06:16 PMWoo-hoo, watta shitfight. Blair's well ahead on points. And Jon "IT'S SOMETHING TIM BLAIR DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT!" Oh jeez, how can I sleep tonight, Tim's keeping secrets from us. Take your pills now, Jonno, there's a good boy, they'll ease the paranoia. It's the capitals Jon, they're a dead giveaway every time.
Is there anything about the pronunciation of Merle Haggard that I need to know about?
Posted by: James Hamilton at July 14, 2003 at 06:54 PMOK. You've worn me down. I'll tell you all about the PNAC:
It all began with a secret meeting between Henry Luce and Clara Bo... aaaaak! Let go of me! HELP!
Posted by: tim at July 14, 2003 at 07:31 PMSo, is Missouri pronounced Missour-ie or Missour-uh?
Posted by: Tongue Boy at July 14, 2003 at 11:59 PM"TIM DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS"
He knows, Tim. Shall I get the guys together and bring the black SUV?
Posted by: Ernie G at July 15, 2003 at 12:15 AMErnie: use standard alien abduction scenario 523-L. I've got a slot at the Langley reprogramming center reserved.
Hail Hydra!
Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2003 at 01:01 AMBruce, wait 'til you see the new SUV. It's the biggest Suburban they make, all black, no chrome, mini headlights, and heavy tint on the windows. She's a helluva sight as she rolls out of the underground garage. And how about these new outfits? More damn black canvas, velcro, zips, and snaps than I've ever seen. To die for. God, I love this work.
Posted by: Ernie G at July 15, 2003 at 02:10 AMTim, we cabbage eaters pronounce 'V' as an 'F' so it would be Fan Haaalen...your welcome.
Jon, you weird person, why is it that I have only heard about this PNAC idea through you? Mixing up the blue with the green again? If it's true, show us some proof...and I wont accept a tin foil hat.
Is it just me or does Jack reeally have a problem with how Tim pronounces Waylon, I wouldn't call it an ideology though.
Posted by: Jake D at July 15, 2003 at 09:43 AMTongue Boy -- as a resident for 5 years, let me assure you it is pronounced, Misery.
Tim -- crackin' fun. Best sunlight attack on trolls I've seen for quite some time.
Posted by: charles austin at July 15, 2003 at 09:59 AM