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yorkster

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5. Right. I "oubliayed" it..

Reply to Zorro (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 01:16 PM

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Trump delivers a piece de resistance in defense of the English language. Bravo! [View all] Zorro Mar 10 OP

I am so glad he took such a strong position. (sarcasm. The guy is an idiot) OLDMDDEM Mar 10 #1

I don't think you read the whole thing. BComplex Mar 10 #14

Gee, I thought he nicely impaled Trump (from the medieval latin impalare). rsdsharp Mar 10 #15

See below yorkster Mar 10 #2

Accents are a DU subject line limitation Zorro Mar 10 #3

Right. I "oubliayed" it.. yorkster Mar 10 #5

Very late, I know, but there is a workaround muriel_volestrangler Mar 17 #36

Hi muriel Mosby Mar 18 #37

There are some tips here: muriel_volestrangler Mar 18 #38

Thanks! Mosby Mar 18 #39

Yes, that was them - 'Make7'. Only one post since November. muriel_volestrangler Mar 18 #40

The "English Only" movement is older than America itself. sop Mar 10 #4

I agreed with the person. Trump is the idiot. OLDMDDEM Mar 10 #35

Does this include numerals? Beastly Boy Mar 10 #6

Stephen Miller will outlaw Muslim Numerals and tRump will take us back to Imperial Roman Numerals. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 10 #7

Perfecto mundo! NNadir Mar 10 #8

Melaniaaaah speaks how many languages? twodogsbarking Mar 10 #9

Yeah. Fuck me. Don't get me started. Spaghetti? They're noodles. 3Hotdogs Mar 10 #10

I don't think they actually speak English in the US. NotANeocon Mar 10 #11

Every time I hear about 'speak English' crap, I hear Rex Harrison singing from My Fair Lady Attilatheblond Mar 10 #28

Yes indeed- NotANeocon Mar 10 #34

English is our lingua franca... eggplant Mar 10 #12

Fuckin' A. (nt) Paladin Mar 18 #41

A shame none of these words were included .... eppur_se_muova Mar 10 #13

I find it most amusing DENVERPOPS Mar 10 #16

However, he should have ordered word English changed to Americanese. Sneederbunk Mar 10 #17

Couldnt tell if it was satire or not. Amaryllis Mar 10 #18

It's not Trump's bona fide lunacy, per se, but his de facto ignorance that wreaks ad nauseam. defacto7 Mar 10 #19

Hasta la vista, foreign languages! nt Xipe Totec Mar 10 #20

Your user name wryter2000 Mar 10 #21

You can call me the flayed lord. Xipe Totec Mar 10 #22

The trump family spoke German on arrival and his mother's family spoke Scottish. appleannie1 Mar 10 #23

May I suggest ..... For fun in the checkout line. Hotler Mar 10 #24

So many of our words... oldsoldierfadingfast Mar 10 #25

Trump English only has 85 words. Easy. rickyhall Mar 10 #26

I'm really afraid that one of these days Hope22 Mar 10 #27

Porker Brothers is right on it... yorkster Mar 10 #31

Love it! Nt Hope22 Mar 10 #33

Eng-uh-lish? What's Eng-uh-lish? Sounds furren! AmericaUnderSiege Mar 10 #29

Va t' faire fut. Va Fan Coulo, Chinga Te, Cabron. usonian Mar 10 #30

It would mean a lot more if he was conversant with the language. (nt) Paladin Mar 10 #32