Celebrity Gaffes

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How many celebrity gaffes have you heard and what are they? You know, for eg, Ron Atkinson (UK Soccer manager) on a game: "Either side could win. Or it could be a draw" :rolleyes: My favourite is Bush saying " I want to help voters put food on their famalies" :lol:

Post yours....
 
Originally posted by Mopar Muscle
i think bush has a 3rd grader write his speaches.
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Bad grammar irony is getting old - that should be "I think [President] Bush has a third-grader write his speeches."

President Bush isn't a good public speaker, just like you aren't a good typist.
 
Originally posted by M5Power
Bad grammar irony is getting old - that should be "I think [President] Bush has a third-grader write his speeches."

President Bush isn't a good public speaker, just like you aren't a good typist.
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I believe that bolth ways are correct. What other Bushes (besides his father, who was not the original subject) could i have been talking about? The whole "[president]" thing is unneccisary. And if i don't type correctly it is probably because i am short on time. Alot of times i am on a laptop in science class, when i should be doing research about stuid chit.
 
Originally posted by Mopar Muscle
I believe that bolth ways are correct.
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So you believe '3rd,' the non-hyphenated '3rd grader,' and 'speaches' are correct?

Alot of times i am on a laptop in science class, when i should be doing research about stuid chit.
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So then do the ****ing research and don't use that as an excuse to make posts full of poor grammar, especially when trying to correct somebody else's. Duh?
 
To break out the English cannon, in English (rather than US English) you'd both be wrong, as you have a disagreement of participles. It ought to be

"I think Bush has a Third-grader writing his speeches"

There's even a possible argument for adding "that" before "Bush". 3rd is acceptable (although the "rd" should be superscript). But I stress this is all in English, not US English where some syntax and grammar rules are different - we never "write" people, we "write to" them, for example.

Anyway... Turned out nice again, I see :D
 
Originally posted by Famine


we never "write" people, we "write to" them, for example.
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Similarly, we "graduate from" college, whereas you Brits have managed to discover the way to simply "graduate" college. :p

By the way - I've never heard anybody say anything other than "write to" in any general capacity (I've maybe heard "write" alone three or four times).
 
Actually, we don't graduate college. College is a place for 16-18 year olds. We graduate from university...

"America and Britain - two countries divided by a common language" :D
 
Originally posted by Famine
Actually, we don't graduate college. College is a place for 16-18 year olds. We graduate from university...

"America and Britain - two countries divided by a common language" :D
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:lol:

Just like "cookies" in the US are "biscuits" in other lands....
 
Originally posted by M5Power


So you believe '3rd,' the non-hyphenated '3rd grader,' and 'speaches' are correct?



So then do the ****ing research and don't use that as an excuse to make posts full of poor grammar, especially when trying to correct somebody else's. Duh? [/B]
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i never said that "3rd grader" was correct.:odd: and i was not trying to correct somebody else's either. that comment was pointless.
 
Getting back to the topic....
Some great quotes from Murray Walker (a famous British F1 commentator). He said all of these whilst commentating on F1 races:
"Excuse me while I interrupt myself,"
"With half the race gone, there's still half the race to go,"
"There's nothing wrong with the car except it's on fire!" and
"Damon Hill is coming into the pit lane, yes it's Damon Hill coming into the Williams pit, adn Damon Hill is in the pit - no, it's Schumacher,".
"I'd imagine the conditions in those cars are totally uninmaginable," (<=== spelling)
"Do my eyes decieve me or does Senna's car sound a bit rough,"
"...the lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact it's just under 7 seconds"
"Tambay's hopes , which were nil before, are absolutely zero now."
"You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one."
"Nigel Mansell - the man of the race - the man of the day - the man from the Isle of Man"
"The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump"
"And that piece of water on the right is not the St. Lawrence Seaway, it is the olympic rowing strip which I have walked down."
You just can't beat Murray. God bless 'em!
There are tones more as well.
Maybe more to come....:)
 
Got to love Murray Walker...

In the UK such "gaffes" are known as "Colemanballs", after sports commentator David Coleman. But Murray has filled a few tomes in his time...

"The car in the lead is absolutely unique - except for the car behind it, which is identical"

Class.
 
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