"He changed 'will' to 'shall' - that is HUGE!"

By: Lowell
Published On: 9/12/2006 1:28:53 PM



OK, before I get into trouble, let me just get one thing out of the way here:  the Dizty Democrats kicked my butt on this one!  That's right, those crazy Ditz-heads already published a story on Stephen Colbert's hilarious Allen/Durbin routine last night.  In fact, since the Ditzes have already covered this so well, I will simply refer you to their fine blog and recommend that you watch the Colbert video.  Classic line: "He changed +óGé¼-£will+óGé¼Gäó to +óGé¼-£shall+óGé¼Gäó+óGé¼GÇ¥that is HUGE!"

Comments



Republicans WILL be defeated (kevinceckowski - 9/12/2006 1:44:00 PM)
and by a very large margin.


Ha (lwumom - 9/12/2006 1:49:18 PM)
This story was funny last week, too, Lowell.  LOL


this is great.. (drmontoya - 9/12/2006 2:13:25 PM)
great great great!

And that's the word.

lol..



Mark Plotkin on Wash Post Chat Today --- (PM - 9/12/2006 4:36:58 PM)
Mark Plotkin: The entire controversy is helping Webb, as the Mark Plotkin of Virginia says. Webb wants to stress his Reagan association and this surely spreads the word. I see nothing wrong with what he's doing and it's up to the voters to take Nancy Reagan's concerns and make up their own minds.

[I know this doesn't match the topic, but I've used up my diary postings today]



Heh (The Ditzy Democrats - 9/12/2006 6:42:58 PM)
Yeah, because you remember what happened last time you plagarized a Ditzy Democrat, Lowell. :)

Thaaaaaaaaannnnkkkk you for  the linkage.



As a resident (libra - 9/12/2006 8:14:01 PM)
foreign speaker of the English language...

I'd like to pick two nits in the Ditzy Dems text.
1)The shall/will mix-up is *much* later than Beowulf. Beowulf was written in an entirely different language (try reading 8-9thc English, and you'll see ). Even Chaucerian English was wobbly on the subject. The difference in usage got calcified around Sam Johnson's time and didn't get relaxed again until the last 50 yrs or so.
2) Even though the difference between "shall" and "will has, essentially, disappeared in modern usage, the difference between "loathe" and "loath" has not. So it's:
I *loathe* Bush and Cheney and Rummy and Rove, and...
as opposed to:
I *am loath* to say a good word about any of them.

Colbert was good, though :)