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nik_knack0828 · Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 109 Location: Chengde, PRC

Grammar and Vocabulary.
Excuse me while I giggle uncontrollably (is that a word? I can't find it in my dictionary. Maybe I'm pulling a Bush?).

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm
Man, I love my American nieghbours. Always good for a smile. Very Happy

~Thanks for the spelling correction.

khmerhit · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject:

Do not mis-underestimate the canniness of George W. He is trying to be an ordinary man of the people, like Ronald Reagan. It doesn't do to appear too smart to the American voter. Bill Clinton was quite successful at appearing slow and folksy. It's a big act for Bush too. (I think). Or maybe not?
Geostrategically yrs
kh Very Happy

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

Deborah · Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 19

Have you considered the scarier scenario - WHAT IF
he's not faking!!!
WHAT IF his family connections bought him into the universities.........and
out of Vietnam.... Does this kind of stuff happen in the real world?

In any case, my advanced students were wildly amused by the Bushisms (or pretended politely to be, at least)

Mark-O · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:56 am Post subject:

Remember that time when Bush went on national TV and referred to Pakistanis as "Pakis"! The guy is either education sub-normal or playing a game that we are unaware of. Surely the president of the most important country in the world can't be that stupid ... can he?

waxwing · Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 719 Location: China

Klamm · Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 121

Bush is an easy target. I'm an American and the kind that loves his stars and stripes. I know there are folks out there who can't appreciate that, but I sure do. Bush is a down home boy. Apple pie, ice cream, and a couple a Pakis to hang with; is there a problem? No. It's just Bush. A return to some sense instead of the ole' livberal jibe!

K.

anonymous_alaska · Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 35

I'm an American too. But Bush is one of the most corrupt presidents in the history of the U.S. Look at Haiti. Bush sends Aristide to a tiny little country in Africa where no one can question him about the events. Luckily some persistent journalists pulled Aristide and the truth is out. Little by little the domination of special interests over our fine little democracy is seeping out. The internet is producing too many independent journalists to keep the lid on things. It seems like the paint chips falling from the White House ceiling are starting to get bigger and bigger, and I mean for both parties, thanks to the new foundingfathers, the developers of the internet. As for Bush, continue to lay it on thick, boys. Twisted Evil

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I printed out the grammar mistakes page of Bushisms and gave it to my students(Level 3-Pre-Intermediate) THEY found all the errors. The idea of any of them as president of the US is really frightening