Posted on 08/01/2010 10:56:39 AM PDT by geraldmcg
It might be like Chuck Colson’s experience. He said that so many people erroneously accused him of saying he’d step on his grandmother if necessary to help Nixon, that eventually he broke down and said it. So, even if Sarah didn’t say it, after all this publicity, she likely will say it.
OK, good to know. She said it!
Probably in English she would have said guts.”
IMO, guts, spineless, etc. are overused and have lost their impact! She chose the one word that totally fits the person, occasion and situation and there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind as to the point she was making.
Cajones? I don’t even think Barry has a winkie, let alone cojones.
Folks, putting all this arguing aside, did you read this?
http://blendzpolitik.blogspot.com/2010/07/white-house-ramps-up-damage-control.html
While I am not surprised, it makes my hair stand on end.
Oh she said it. You should watch Fox News Sunday, she said it, it was the first few minutes..it was awesome..
No biggie....
Seeing folks using the word for boxes instead of the one for the “t” word alway made chuckle.
Non the less, please read my post #85 and read that article if you haven’t read it yet.
Maybe you should stick to what you know, since you are absolutely wrong about this.
Cajones is a euphemism (altho Mexican) but everyone knows what it means.
Do you think she should have said ‘balls?’
That would’ve sounded cheap and trashy. She got the point across in a lady-like manner by using cajones.
I didn’t know that was the meaning of bollocks! I just thought it was an expression of disgust, like saying, ‘oh, rats.’
Well, I got it wrong also. I won’t again.
Jose Cuervo, you are a friend of mine.
Actually, John Wayne always said “cojones” instead of “balls.” Enough said. Go Sarah!!!!!
Hear! Hear!
“Maybe you should stick to what you know, since you are absolutely wrong about this.”
“Cajones is a euphemism (altho Mexican) but everyone knows what it means.”
LOL!!!
You really make me laugh!!!
I know what cajones means. It is you that does not know what cajones means.
That photo would make a good add promotion for douches or any feminine hygiene product.
He appears giddy and way too at home.
The Lady was just speaking in the vernacular. It was an excellent call!
:-)
should coulda said ‘crypt orchids’! LOL
“In public speaking it sounds better than balls and testicles.”
Okay, okay...putting that way I agree with you.
Yeck!!!
But the point was, as a fellow freeper corrected me, it was to draw in the Latin community as well as that crooked gutless cheeky Kenyan bastard and his crooked gutless group.
spineless; limp-wristed; no guts; lacking intestinal fortitude; has no seed; “he ain’t no swingin’ (well)”; hasn’t the wherewithal; hasn’t the strength to command himself, let alone others; can’t deliver the goods; hasn’t any fire in the loins; and so on, and so on.
Yes, and for that matter, I remember when the word "gender" referred to grammatical properties of words, specifically in languages that attributed masculine or feminine classifications to inanimate objects. The reason the word "spineless" is gender-neutral in English is because pretty much every word except "he," "his," "she," and "her" is gender neutral in English. The corresponsing word for "spineless" in Spanish would not be gender-neutral -- it would be modified to agree with the gender of the subject, including the gender of inanimate objects.
"El Arbol" (masc.) is a tree, "Las Parabrisas" (fem.) is a windshield, "una persona" (fem.) is a person, male or female. The word "gender" refers to the appointment the language gives of feminine "gender" to the word tree, of female gender to a windshield (more literally, the breeze or wind, "brisa," "para" meaning to stop), and female gender to the word "person" even if the person referred to is a man. Un señor es una persona. You don't say, "Un señor es un persono."
According to my dictionary, the word "gender" used as a replacement for the word "sex," as in "a person's gender" as opposed to "a person's sex," is a colloquialism. I would argue that the Spanish word "cojones" has also become an American colloquialism. A colloquialism is informal, conversational useage of a word -- it is NOT substandard or illiterate, but it is informal.
I LIKE that Palin feels comfortable using language the same way most Americans do. It's refreshing and courageous. Meanwhile, I personally refrain from using the word "gender" as a substitute for the word "sex," with the full understanding that it's just me being a hard-ass in objecting to the right and real nature of language, which is dynamic and ever-changing. I have a hard time accepting it sometimes!!!
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