Comments on: Defense of Marriage, 1959 Edition

By: IanJ

IanJ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:37:07 +0000

I also speak German, because I decided in a bit of sibling rivalry at a young age that it was “my” language (imagine my younger brother and me defiantly clutching our respective pocket dictionaries). Spent a year there just out of HS, and still have a feel for the language, although my vocabulary is best described as “limited” at this point. But when I left, people asked where I was going back to, and I had to patiently explain that yes, I really was American. One thing I definitely get: accents and colloquialisms.

By: mellbell

mellbell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:29:16 +0000

@rptrcub: Paternal grandma is fully German, paternal grandpa is half, and maternal grandma is half; ergo, I am half German, right? It confused the hell out of the Germans when I told them that. They asked which of my parents emigrated.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:07:57 +0000

@SanFranLefty: @Benedick: Ulterior motive? It was my minor in college. And I do have a bit of the German heritage way back (names changed during WWI), but the Irish-Scottish-English outweighs it.

By: mellbell

mellbell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:15 +0000

@Benedick: Drop me a line at honeydewmellen, yahoo, etc.

By: baked

baked — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:50:20 +0000

the rat speaks fluent german because the german teacher had huge tits.
why oh why don’t i see a red flag when it waves in my face?
meaning: i am also available for all your translation needs.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:57:22 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Totally. Play of mine is playing Gomorra. You both will be my guest. We will burn in the flames of hell together. @mellbell: I do. Some translatering. Mostly highlights culled from reviews.

By: mellbell

mellbell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:41:22 +0000

@Benedick: Need help with something auf Deutsch?

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:30:32 +0000

@Benedick: On a perhaps related to your need for German speakers note - are you going to hang out with me and Ewalda when you're in SF in January? @Promnight: You're right that this is a cynical attempt to cleave the ghey-black coalition that helped elect the Unicorn. And MSM doesn't have its shit together enough to dig out the truth. Because if you dig down in the numbers, it's not about black/white support for Prop. 8. It's about the old/young levels. Young blacks (and Latinos) in CA opposed Prop. 8 at almost the same levels as young Anglo voters. Old whites voted overwhelmingly for Prop. 8, and old blacks and Latinos voted proportionately more for Prop. 8, but it wasn't within the margin of victory.

By: Promnight

Promnight — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:01:57 +0000

@Original Andrew: They run with this issue for two reasons only, and I am sure there is a Rove memo which lays this out: 1. The fundies hate teh gays, so making this a constantly visible issue energizes the mouth-breathing shithead base; and 2. they think this issue will create a schism, a cleavage line, my poli-sci friends, between teh blacks and the democrats. And if you have been listening to Fox and the right wing echo chamber the last week, you can't help but see they are reading from a script, a Rove script, that says to keep blaming the victory of prop 8 on teh blacks. Thats all it is, cynical manipulation of a percieved hot button issue that could sever the democrats from the base of black voter support. Its laughably obvious that a memo has been sent around.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:50:34 +0000

@rptrcub: You read German as well? (Thanks SFL) I have an ulterior motive in asking.