Thoughts on the Niger Condolences Debacle?

[230RN]

Around here, Louisville, CO is pronounced with the "s."

[zxcvbob]

Huntsville, AL and Huntsville, TX are pronounced differently but it's subtle.  In Alabama, the emphasis is on the first syllable and the second is cut really short.  In Texas, both syllables are have the same same slight emphasis like it's two words "Hunts Ville"

[Ben]

Somebody ask Rocketman how they pronounce "Lebanon" in Oregon. 

People in Moscow, ID seem to prefer to use "Moscoe".

[just Warren]

The left is despicable. From the Federalist:

We have option A: President Trump called a grieving widow, when there was no requirement to do so, with the sole intention of insulting her. He purposefully said hurtful words out of cruelty. The left was right all along, and our President is utterly despicable.

And we have option B: President Trump elected to call a grieving widow because he empathized with her and he wished to convey his deep appreciation for her husband’s sacrifice. His comments were well intended, but possibly came out wrong. He’s a human being who might not always say the right thing to a person who has every reason to be inconsolable.

And then there’s General Kelly. Again, we have option A: Trump forced Kelly to speak out against Congresswoman Wilson. His emotional moments were faked for the cameras. He knowingly dishonored the memory of his dead son in order to keep a job that by all accounts isn’t in jeopardy.

And option B: John Kelly, a Gold Star parent whose son was killed in combat, was upset and insulted by a Congresswoman’s politicization of a fallen American soldier. The emotion on his face was brutally real, because the loss of a child leaves a wound that never truly heals. Kelly would have refused to propagate a message he didn’t believe in, as any decent parent would, if propagation meant cheapening his son’s sacrifice.

Even if the lefties don't believe option A they'll still say it.

[DittoHead]

The left is despicable. From the Federalist:

The Occam’s Razor setup is cute but what he really seems to be demonstrating is how to setup a false dichotomy.

[Hawkmoon]

Somebody ask Rocketman how they pronounce "Lebanon" in Oregon.  

Oh, heck -- ask him how they pronounce "Oregon" in Oregon.

Around here, we pronounce it "OR'-ah-gon". Some years ago I worked with a husband and wife pair who were from there. They pronounced it something like "or-EE'-gun..

[Ben]

Oh, heck -- ask him how they pronounce "Oregon" in Oregon.

Around here, we pronounce it "OR'-ah-gon". Some years ago I worked with a husband and wife pair who were from there. They pronounced it something like "or-EE'-gun..

Most people I know out this way (and me) say it more like oaruhgun.

[RocketMan]

Leb-a-nun, Orygun.

[wmenorr67]

Don't ever pronounce Arkansas City, Kansas, as AR-kan-saw, as you would Arkansas.  It is pronounced AR-Kansas.