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Greenland word war: "The US president-elect's son said he was going as a tourist on a "very long, personal, day-trip"

Is it just me, or is the glaring oxymoron in this declaration just unacceptable hyperbole?

I regard the individual concerned as a 47-year-old child, an ambulatory echo chamber for his father if you will, but surely to diety, SOMEONE on his staff has rudimentary English and can strip out the give-aways to his mental level?
The purported press release goes on to say D.T.Jnr will tour the sights and speak to locals....to quote the wonderful iconoclast Germaine Greer: "Christ on a bike!!".
 
I'm not defending the mental pygmies that permeate that staff, but perhaps they define "day" as the period between two consecutive sunrises. I think northern Greenland is now in its winter night and won't see another sunrise until the middle of February. That could qualify as a "very long, personal, day-trip" to some.
 
SamQ aka Ah! Q! said:
surely to diety
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At the risk of being branded a pedant (who? me? never!), perhaps complaining about someone's English would come across better if you used the word "deity" instead of implying that someone is good for a diet. ;)

(It genuinely took me a minute to work out what you were trying to say)
 
Let's not let this go any further please . Sailing very close to the political wind here.
No matter what we may think he father was democratically elected.
 
AndyP said:
Let's not let this go any further please . Sailing very close to the political wind here.
No matter what we may think he father was democratically elected.
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Agreed Andy. What I was trying to draw attention to was the appalling use of his native language and hint at the wider apparent acceptance of this verbiage as conversational fodder. Lowest Common Denominator - 'speak'? (Apologies to Aldous Huxley).

Coming from where I did, I have developed political antibodies of the most energetic sort.
 
Dr.Al said:
At the risk of being branded a pedant (who? me? never!), perhaps complaining about someone's English would come across better if you used the word "deity" instead of implying that someone is good for a diet. ;)

(It genuinely took me a minute to work out what you were trying to say)
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Gawd...absolutely right Al. I am more frequently transposing letters as I get older and this is just such a blooper. Editing now. Thank you.
 
Woodbloke said:

Gota be done Sam :ROFLMAO: - Rob
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Rob, the absolute irony of this is, I must have written thousands of subject reports, Housemaster reports, U.C.A.S. confidential reports, all of which my rigorous Headmaster demanded precision and spot-on grammar for. Quite rightly. Why I have now (apparently) lost my discrimination and synthesis capabilities a matter of some frustration. Rusty I suppose. I'm just grateful Dr.Al pulled me on this one.
 
AndyP said:
Spoonerisms anyone.
We had a cat called Trex….;)
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Our Common Room had a small bar - public school! Anyway, the sign up book for it was entitled "The Boar's Head" (to reflect an element of the school crest)...until, that is, a wag, rumoured to be the Head of English, added the subriquet: " much frequented by Dr.Spooner". 🫢
 
You can't beat the man himself, from the pulpit:

"The Lord is truly a shoving leopard."

Although, I'll admit the Common Room bar comes close, it doesn’t engender quite such crazy imagery.

I also love his loyal toast, given on one of Victoria's jubilees (but the veracity of this one is questioned, apparently):

"Gentlemen! Please be upstanding! Let us glaze our arses to the Queer Old Dean..."
 
My mate's mum, Conney, was driving along a remote byway in Wales and came to a halt caused by a sheep lying on the road enjoying the warmth of the sun. Another car drew up behind and after a time the driver got impatient and started sounding his horn. Conney walked back to him and explained 'there's a seep shitting on the road'.
Brian
 
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