[Linganth] Fwd: Re: nouns/verbs

[Kathryn Woolard]

This comes courtesy of my socio-cultural anthro. friends, but I
haven't yet seen it from ling. types, so here it is - KW



>>
>>><http://www.borowitzreport.com>The Andy Borowitz Report
>>>Breaking News
>>>BUSH CANCELS AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOUN AND VERBS
>>>
>>>'I Has a Mandate, and I Intends to Use it,' Says President
>>>
>>>
>>>President George W. Bush announced the first major initiative of
>>>his second term in office today, canceling the agreement between
>>>nouns and verbs.
>>>
>>>The president, who had been widely expected to announce a series
>>>of faith-based initiatives, surprised Washington insiders by
>>>kicking off his second term with a grammar-based one.
>>>
>>>Mr. Bush left little doubt that he intended to consign the
>>>agreement between nouns and verbs to the dustbin of history,
>>>telling reporters, "I has a mandate, and I intends to use it."
>>>
>>>In world capitals, heads of state responded with a mixture of
>>>shock and dismay to the president's decision to back out of the
>>>noun-verb agreement, long considered a cornerstone of human
>>>communication.
>>>
>>>"It was one thing to back out of the Kyoto Protocol and the Geneva
>>>Conventions, but if Mr. Bush intends to break the agreement
>>>between nouns and verbs he is going it alone," said French
>>>president Jacques Chirac.
>>>
>>>But President Bush was quick to correct Mr. Chirac, responding, "I
>>>think what my good friend Jacques Chirac means is, I 'are' going
>>>it alone."
>>>
>>>The president noted that his proposal had received a vote of
>>>confidence from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who earlier in
>>>the day said, "He have my full support."
>>>
>>>Mr. Bush went on to announce a series of other bold initiatives,
>>>such as imposing a moratorium on complete sentences and
>>>eliminating the letter "g" from the end of most words.
>>>Elsewhere, the Pentagon announced that U.S. fighter jets missed a
>>>target in southern Iraq today, strafing a middle school in New
>>>Jersey.
>>>
>>>
>>>

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