I wasn't an English major, but

[Laura PourMeADrink]

What kind of english is this?

"I don't know, because I remember the discussion about Africa, my concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance to me with that issue, as we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that were kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, the relevance was Alaska's investment in Darfur with some of our permanent fund dollars, I wanted to make sure that that didn't happen anymore."

[tblue]

1. Palinglish?

[Doityourself]

21. LMAO!!!!!!!!! That's exactly what it is! n/t

[Wickerman]

2. She is the GOP's wet dream

She can never be pinned down on an issue as no one will ever know what the fuck she meant to say.

[musicblind]

27. You made me laugh out loud

and then get real scared... cuz this isn't a sitcom... this is reality :(

[CitizenLeft]

3. Oh my God.

I don't know. Alaskanese? Sheesh.

And I was an English major!

[ErinBerin84]

4. wow, I'm going to have nightmares about that one.

Seriously...she thinks that she sounds fantastic, doesn't she?

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. She gives me a headache.

[TheKentuckian]

6. Palin apparently exists to make the shrub appear to be

thoughtful, wise, compassionate, well read, and articulate.

Fuck if I know what she is trying to say.

[Captain Hilts]

13. Exactly!

[TexasObserver]

7. "Some U-S Americans ...."

THAT kind of English.

She sounds exactly like a student who vaguely remembers being told something in class, and is trying to fake her way past the question asked.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. It's similar to something else we heard just a year ago

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some ... people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, ah, education like such as in South Africa, and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for."

:rofl:

[kid a]

9. bad 7th-grade writing...pathetic

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Hi As Seen on TV. where'd you go to 7th grade?

[nxylas]

10. Beauty Queenese?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[Sarah Ibarruri]

11. Is there a word stronger than DUMBASS? lol This woman makes Bush seem a genius! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. but it's so much crazier and scarier than he its. Wow, this woman is some

some kind of lunatic, nutcase. (not that there's anything wrong with that :))

[Sarah Ibarruri]

26. She's not the brightest armadillo in the desert but she's also psycho! Two qualities....

the RNC truly appreciates! LOL

[Captain Hilts]

12. THIS is one of two primary reasons it's not an insult to call Obama "articulate." English woman!!!!

[DRoseDARs]

15. Verbal diarrhea. "Gawd, it just keeps dribbling out!"

eom

[Jane Austin]

17. Also . . . .

Also.

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. I was an English major. AND an English teacher.

Let's see if I can take this apart:

I don't know, because I remember the discussion about Africa, (so far this is ok)
my concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance to me with that issue, (she's already muddied the waters--that first piece should have been a finished sentence and this piece a new one)
as we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that were kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, who is the "we" here?
the relevance was Alaska's investment in Darfur with some of our permanent fund dollars, I wanted to make sure that that didn't happen anymore.

Ok if you read this about 18 times and take the pieces apart, you start to see what she's TRYING to say. It's still weird and not a very good point. But you can start to see where she's going. Something about Alaska's permanent fund dollars being used in Darfur. That's all it's about. But I assume the question was about her saying Africa was a country. So why the hell did she even say the rest of this? And does Alaska's permanent fund really put money into Darfur?

Honestly, I think she clutters:

Like stuttering, cluttering is a fluency disorder, but the two disorders are not the same. Cluttering involves excessive breaks in the normal flow of speech that seem to result from disorganized speech planning, talking too fast or in spurts, or simply being unsure of what one wants to say. By contrast, the person who stutters typically knows exactly what he or she wants to say but is temporarily unable to say it. To make matters even more confusing, since cluttering is not well known, many who clutter are described by themselves or others as "stuttering." Also, and equally confusing, cluttering often occurs along with stuttering.

The definition of cluttering adopted by the fluency disorders division of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is: Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate, excessive disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors and attention deficits. To identify cluttering, you must listen to nonstuttered speech of the speaker. Evidence for a fluency disorder (one that is not stuttering) and excessive disfluencies, would be present in a speaker who meets all of the following:

Does not sound "fluent," that is, does not seem to be clear about what he or she wants to say or how to say it.
Has excessive levels of "normal disfluencies," such as interjections and revisions.
Has little or no apparent physical struggle in speaking.
Has few if any accessory (secondary) behaviors.

Accordingly, the clinical picture of a typical cluttering problem would be enhanced if the person in question had any of the following:

Confusing, disorganized language or conversational skills.
Limited awareness of his or her fluency and rate problems.
Temporary improvement when asked to "slow down" or "pay attention" to speech (or when being tape recorded).
Mispronunciation or slurrring of speech sounds or deleting non-stressed syllables in longer words (e.g., "ferchly" for "fortunately").
Speech that is difficult to understand.
Several blood relatives who stutter or clutter.
Social or vocational problems resulting from cluttering symptoms.
Learning disability not related to reduced intelligence.
Sloppy handwriting.
Distractibility, hyperactivity, or a limited attention span.
Auditory perceptual difficulties.

[virgdem]

25. I had an easier time reading and deciphering Finnegans Wake...

by Joyce than I've had trying to understand dear old Sarah. My head hurts every time I try to make sense out of her nonsense.

[Lisa0825]

19. GAWD please put diagramming sentences back into grammar school!

I enjoyed it. I compare it to a crossword puzzle or word find as an exercise, and feel that it gave me a better understanding of proper grammar (and why I was right or wrong with some sentences). If kids were made to diagram Palin's sentences, there is no way those who would be eligible would vote for her in 4 or 8 years!

[JimWis]

20. Well, whatever Palin was trying to say there, it made my brain hurt.

[BurtWorm]

22. Is Darfur the capital of Africa?

[Hutzpa]

23. Its the beauty pagent speak... such as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww




:rofl:

[Speck Tater]

24. Palin decoded:

The problem is she uses the sort of "stream of consciousness" conversational style common in casual cocktail party conversation, but wholly unsuited to serious public discussions of issues. The same information, expressed in a more organized manner, with some clauses relocated to a more acceptable place within the sentence, translates to:

I don't know. (In casual conversation, roughly equivalent to "Hmmm. Let me think about that for a second.")

Because I remember the discussion about Africa, my concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance (of that issue) to me.

As we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, the relevance was Alaska's investment (of some of our permanent fund dollars) in Darfur.

I wanted to make sure that (that) didn't happen anymore.

This makes a reasonable amount of sense, but the last sentence leaves ambiguous which "that" was not to be allowed to happen again:: 1) people succumbing to dictators, or 2) Alaska investing in those kind of countries.

[Bucky]

28. Alaskabonics?

I apologize to the 600,000 Alaskans who can form complete sentences.