The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg* has compiled a more thoughtful linguistic analysis of Hilary Clinton’s lie "misspeak" a couple of weeks than I did when conjugating political verbs:
"Along with its various derivatives, “misspeak” has become one of the signature verbal workhorses of this interminable political season, right up there with “narrative,” “Day One,” and “hope.” […]
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Clinton’s Misspeaking: A more serious view
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: English language · Hillary Clinton
Jonathan Powell: Flippertygibbet
March 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s (who?) former Chief of Staff, appears in an interview with the Guardian today in which he discusses, amongst other things, the possibility of negotiation with Al-Qaeda, that charitable organisation responsible for such piffling things as the 11th September 2001 attacks and the 7/7 bombings. All very interesting, but that’s not why […]
Tags: English language · Labour
Nick Clegg: I’m sorry, what?
March 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Via the BBC, words of wisdom from our dear leader, Mr Nick Clegg:
“When you have a system that is as sclerotic as this - tied up between the two parties - it is quite right for a principled party such as the Liberal Democrats, which believes in political reform from saying, from time to time, […]
Tags: English language · Liberal Democrats · Nick Clegg