Most Notable Quotations of 2008

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:58 AM -0600 12/11/08, Barbara Need wrote:
>Well, around these parts, it's pronounced "blahGOYyevich."
>
>Barbara
>

With stress on the "GOY".  (Corrupt Jewish politicians like to think
of themselves as not quite so dumb.)

LH

>On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  I agree with Gerald. I knew that Illinois had a governor, but I didn't
>>  know his name. Professional newsreaders don't even know how to
>>  pronounce his name, apparently. They've been calling him "blah
>>  GOYyevich." The FBI calls him "blag@ YAYvich." Even when I lived in
>>  Saint Louis and partied in East Saint Louis, I never knew the name of
>>  any governor of Illinois other than Adlai Stevenson. OTOH, I've always
>>  known who the ruling lord mayor of Chicago and baron of Cook County
>>  was.
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>>  -Wilson
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>>  All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
>>  come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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>>  -Mark Twain
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>>  On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
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>>  > Grant is an expert, so he needs to proceed cautiously.  I'm under no =
>>  > such constraint.
>>  > =20
>>  > Prediction:  It does not have legs.  It will be frequently quoted, but =
>>  > the expletives prevent it's being quoted in full, and that will hamper =
>>  > its longevity.   Besides, I don't think Blagojevich is all that =
>>  > important.  Yes, I know he's the governor, but still, he's just not that
>>  =
>>  > important.
>>  > =20
>>  > G.=20
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>>  > Original message from Grant Barrett,  Wed 12/10/2008 7:18 AM:
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>>  > On Dec 10, 2008, at 07:53, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>>  >> I need a quick read on whether this one is likely to have legs.  Any
>>  >> opinions?  Grant, what is your judgment as an authority on political
>>  >> languae?
>>  >
>>  > I long since stopped trying to make serious prognostications about
>>  > language. I'm the guy who thought "podcast" was a loser.
>>  >
>>  > What I do know is that "of the year" lists tend to be over-colored by
>>  > things happening at the end of the year, so it's best to look at late-
>>  > occurring entries with more skepticism than entries from, say, February.
>>  >
>>  > I say wait ten years and let's see.
>>  >
>>  > Grant Barrett
>>  > gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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