CTuttle @ 167

Heh, Grammar is not Shrub’s forte!!!

I bet 4 out of 5 readers of this blog would mispronounce the last word in your post. It rhymes with sport. The word which sounds like 4-Tay is spelled with an accent over the e and means “loud.” (Back me up on this ET.)

Depends on whether you side with those who believe that proper usage is that which is actually used, or those who believe that the 17th century pronumnciation should be forever held as “proper”.

This from Dictionary.com

“The word forte, coming from French fort, should properly be pronounced with one syllable, like the English word fort. Common usage, however, prefers the two-syllable pronunciation, (fôrprime.giftamacr.giflprime.gif), which has been influenced possibly by the music term forte borrowed from Italian. In a recent survey a strong majority of the Usage Panel, 74 percent, preferred the two-syllable pronunciation. The result is a delicate situation; speakers who are aware of the origin of the word may wish to continue to pronounce it as one syllable but at an increasing risk of puzzling their listeners.”

Thus even a majority of Grammarians (the Usage Panel) appears to believe that the “fort-ay” pronunciation is proper.

marymccurnin @ 131

Didn’t SMU say no liberry here tank you very much.

hehe…. they reversed themselves.

Only way to stop it now would be if the Old Men prevent shrub from raising enough money.. or if Dallas denies zoning approval.

Or if Congress declared that using the Presidential Title to raise funds and use the records and items obtained while serving was not allowable under an IMPEACHMENT CONVICTION.

Impeachment (even after he left office) would disqualify Bush from receiving any “honor, trust or profit” from his current or subsequent positions under the U.S.

He could have his “George W. Bush” library…but it would not hold anything from his term of office, and his official records would be held elsewhere…likely by some future Justice Department!

The Republicans should hold their next debate at a carnival side-show with the moderator being a bearded lady and the questions fielded by a geek, Siamese twins and a juggling dwarf.

OMG that’s hilarious. ROFLMAO
‘Course Rudy could just pull his ‘costume’ dress & wig out of the closet.

Tancredo would probably try to do an exorcism on him.

Romney would go see about buying the carnival.

The two Thompsons and McCain would just look on from the side with grumpy faces.

It would be a sideshow for the whole family values crowd.

The Republicans should hold their next debate at a carnival side-show with the moderator being a bearded lady and the questions fielded by a geek, Siamese twins and a juggling dwarf.

-GSD

That would be on Fox, Bill-O, Hannity and Colmes, and Bret Hume.

Blub- Yeah- could be.

The University claims that it started buyin the property well before it was mentioned as a library site cause it just needs more land- which is probably true. It’s in pretty tight quarters.

All I know is that a group of homeowners have announced their intention to pursue legal recourse (that’s been in the papers) and what my architect friend told me, which is that they’re keeping the plans under wraps for security reasons.. and because the shrubbies want a big bang/debut of this awe-inspiring monument to their supreme leader. There’s something vaguely caesaresque about the whole thing.

marymccurnin @ 164

Bush’s liberry will have two books.
My Pet Goat
and
1984
Fire marshalls stand at the front entrance ready to jail and burn other books that may attempt a takeover.

Don’t forget “Mein Kampf” and the Hitler doll he played with growing up.

It was anatomically correct.

The University claims that it started buyin the property well before it was mentioned as a library site cause it just needs more land- which is probably true. It’s in pretty tight quarters.