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MultiQuote#82 chemdup
Posted 08 June 2003 - 7:21 PM
ask G Dubya,he's the shock and awe man...........why do americans always need stupid names for things,are they that stupid they cant remember something without a stupid name??(NO offence whirleygirl,you seem very intelligent,which is a first for a yank!) ;-)
-Shock and awe
-opperation iraqi freedom*
-opperation enduring freedom*
-destert storm
-war on terror*
*i mean come on,wheres the thought behind these!!!!! they're boring! put some thought into it donald!
i have a deck of those playing card they gave the GI's,they are well funny,
i want a comicaL ALi doll
-Shock and awe
-opperation iraqi freedom*
-opperation enduring freedom*
-destert storm
-war on terror*
*i mean come on,wheres the thought behind these!!!!! they're boring! put some thought into it donald!
i have a deck of those playing card they gave the GI's,they are well funny,
i want a comicaL ALi doll
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Posted 08 June 2003 - 8:20 PM
chemd'up Escribi�:
ask G Dubya,he's the shock and awe man...........why do americans always need stupid names for things,are they that stupid they cant remember something without a stupid name??(NO offence whirleygirl,you seem very intelligent,which is a first for a yank!) ;-)
-Shock and awe
-opperation iraqi freedom*
-opperation enduring freedom*
-destert storm
-war on terror*
*i mean come on,wheres the thought behind these!!!!! they're boring! put some thought into it donald!
i have a deck of those playing card they gave the GI's,they are well funny,
i want a comicaL ALi doll
lol! No offense taken! ;)
Yes, it's true. Americans must have nicknames for everything. I was just talking about this with my husband. Names are concocted like Mrs. Anthrax and Dr. Germ and Chemical Ali: like they are evil villians from a superhero comic book. But we don't have a comic book for this yet, so we've got playing cards instead. And to go along with those supervillian characters, we've got snazzy operation/war names like the ones you mentioned, and oxymorons like "friendly fire" and "collateral damage" to excuse wartime mishaps. As for Shock and Awe, I think it was on BBC news while it was happening when a reporter slipped and called it Blitzkreig.
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Posted 08 June 2003 - 8:32 PM
I'd refer to it as euphemisms and conditioning...
He put on a turn-down collar, a black bow, and wore his Sunday tail-coat. As such, he looked spruce, and what his clothes would not do, his instinct for making the most of his good looks would.
