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Not That Furmaliar

February 11th, 2008 @ 6:43 am PST

To the political analyst who discussed Obama’s campaign this morning on NPR: I’m sorry to say that you lost whatever shred of credibility you had the moment you said that something was furmaliar. Nothing is furmaliar. Lots and lots of things are familiar. There is no r in the middle of that word. It’s not an accent. It’s not “the way we say it here”. It’s not anything other than wrong. You disagree. I know you do. So, Mr. Political Analyst, imagine this: If you and I were engaged in a conversation about Obama and I pronounced his name Orbama, would you correct me? I think you would. If I said, “Oh, that’s just the way I say it,” what would you think? Good day, sir.

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One Response to “Not That Furmaliar”

  1. February 13th, 2008 @ 8:40 am
    mikey

    I know where that extra ‘r’ in furmiliar comes from!

    It’s the ‘r’ that got lost/separated from ‘fustrated.’ Some scientific rule about “conservation of consonants” or something like that.

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