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Originally posted by thewriteranon View PostI had a professor who talked about how her Iranian parents didn't have the greatest grasp on English metaphors, e.g. "If you have a bird in the hand, you will throw it into a bush." (iirc)
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postmany foreign people have problems with English sayings. If you have studied another language I am sure you will have noticed that they have some pretty odd ones themselves. One that comes to mind is that "He has a bird" is a saying in Germany meaning "He is crazy"
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There's an easy fix:
"I apologize for using the word "monkey" in a way that could be perceived as racially insensitive. I hope you can take my word for it, that I didn't mean it in that way, but I still recognize that I ought to have been more careful, and I promise that I will do my best in the future. I hope that we can all elevate the level of political discourse in this country.""Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostThere's an easy fix:
"I apologize for using the word "monkey" in a way that could be perceived as racially insensitive. I hope you can take my word for it, that I didn't mean it in that way, but I still recognize that I ought to have been more careful, and I promise that I will do my best in the future. I hope that we can all elevate the level of political discourse in this country."I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.
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Originally posted by Zymologist View PostHow about: "I apologize for my carelessness in my word choice. I intend to exercise more care in my speech, and to stop monkeying about."
"I apologize that your feelings were hurt about my use of the word "monkey" in relation to the general election. In the future, I will be less retarded.""Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostMmm... not wordy enough for a real apology. How about:
"I apologize that your feelings were hurt about my use of the word "monkey" in relation to the general election. In the future, I will be less retarded."Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostHow about, I'm sorry that all you idiots had to pour a racial meaning into a completely innocent turn of a phrase...Originally posted by sparky"I'm sorry my opponents will take any excuse to twist what I say into something I obviously did not mean just to score points in the election"
The joke was about using the word "retarded" in a non-pc way in an apology about using the word "monkey" in a non-pc way. You ruin the joke if I have to explain it."Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
Hear my cry, hear my shout,
Save me, save me"
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Originally posted by guacamole View PostThere's an easy fix:
"I apologize for using the word "monkey" in a way that could be perceived as racially insensitive. I hope you can take my word for it, that I didn't mean it in that way, but I still recognize that I ought to have been more careful, and I promise that I will do my best in the future. I hope that we can all elevate the level of political discourse in this country."
“The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting this state. That is not going to work. It’s not going to be good for Florida.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ernor-electionLast edited by Charles; 08-29-2018, 03:42 PM."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostYeah it was, there's not much doubting it.
I think you're being intentionally obtuse, if you're trying to use that as a defence.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postmany foreign people have problems with English sayings. If you have studied another language I am sure you will have noticed that they have some pretty odd ones themselves. One that comes to mind is that "He has a bird" is a saying in Germany meaning "He is crazy"Last edited by Mountain Man; 08-29-2018, 04:40 PM.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostI'm just not a racist liberal who automatically equates the word "monkey" with black people, nor do I think DeSantis is guilty of even inadvertant racism in this case.
I hope he doesn't apologize because that will just lend credibility to this specious accusation. Instead he should tell people to get a life and stop looking for excuses to be perpetually offended.Last edited by Leonhard; 08-29-2018, 04:45 PM.
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