tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post3749864405043320687..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: What a surpriseKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-14902184387105246492010-09-27T14:30:54.595+09:302010-09-27T14:30:54.595+09:30"wonderment at the way the Libs mock Julia..."wonderment at the way the Libs mock Julia's Australian accent when Abbott's own is so very twangy and nasal itself"<br /><b>YES exactly.</b><br /><br />Has anybody seen a photo of Mr.Rabbit's Personal ASSISTANT ?<br />She appears to be the antithesis of what Mrs.Abbott appears to be.<br /><br />Just sniffin th'wind for the story.iODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-74725325167733842162010-09-27T13:52:47.416+09:302010-09-27T13:52:47.416+09:30Today's SMH is full of the jeans and jacket JG...Today's SMH is full of the jeans and jacket JG wore while hand-in-hand with Mr Tim in the gardens of the Lodge. Bloody 'ell.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I use <i>thee</i> and <i>ay</i> before nouns beginning with a vowel, and <i>thə</i> and <i>ə</i> before consonants, though sometimes when it's a noun beginning with a vowel, I just elide, as in "th'elephant in thə room". Anything else sounds like a bogus affectation of formality.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-30636577218817337782010-09-25T09:17:54.322+09:302010-09-25T09:17:54.322+09:30'Abbott said yesterday that the document he si...'Abbott said yesterday that the document he signed for Parliamentary reform was only a "gentlemen's agreement."<br />And presumably since Abbott is NOT a gentleman, that is all the excuse he needs.'<br /><br />This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder about his basic level of intelligence. Is he really incapable of thinking even as far ahead as the logical conclusion of his own remarks?<br /><br />Or does he think the rest of us are so stupid that we won't notice?<br /><br />Or was it just another stupid sexist joke (along the lines of 'When Julia says No') -- gentleman's agreement, but Julia's a lady hur hur.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-70668620206420427992010-09-25T05:50:00.158+09:302010-09-25T05:50:00.158+09:30Abbott said yesterday that the document he signed ...Abbott said yesterday that the document he signed for Parliamentary reform was only a "gentlemen's agreement." <br />And presumably since Abbott is NOT a gentleman, that is all the excuse he needs.<br />It looks as though we will have a viable Parliament though, with Somlyay saying that he will not block supply, and Katter already having said the same thing. The question is, whenever the next election comes, will Australians continue to vote for a lying scoundrel?Chris Grealynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-61486550128060675492010-09-24T11:44:01.515+09:302010-09-24T11:44:01.515+09:30On the slightly off-topic subject of word choice, ...On the slightly off-topic subject of word choice, I was surprised that the recent rain in the southern states produced very little flooding, but a great deal of inundation.PeterSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-71154078375986703102010-09-24T01:02:29.392+09:302010-09-24T01:02:29.392+09:30I am just glad the papers have moved on from talki...I am just glad the papers have moved on from talking about her absent handbag.<br /> http://infense.blogspot.com/2010/09/bagging-pm.htmlInfensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462845862171386123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-33410207911580380652010-09-23T21:29:45.501+09:302010-09-23T21:29:45.501+09:30But what difference would that make?But what difference would that make?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-44596633996651041402010-09-23T21:21:36.762+09:302010-09-23T21:21:36.762+09:30I think the 'ay' thing comes from reading ...I think the 'ay' thing comes from reading writcten speeches etc.epinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-71512932148129760952010-09-23T21:18:32.798+09:302010-09-23T21:18:32.798+09:30Helen, it often occurs to me that Gillard's la...Helen, it often occurs to me that Gillard's language choices come from her legal background -- she often talks very much as though she's in court and weighing the significance of every word, even when it's only to obfuscate. I also reckon it's the same sort of sub-cultural dialect you find in cop-speak -- 'The male person is deceased' instead of 'Fark, he's dead.'<br /><br />Hearing the indefinite article pronounced 'ay' instead of 'uh' which is how your normal Australian pronounces it drives me up the wall too. I think I blogged about it back in the mists of time when the Beazer was Labor leader and used to do it constantly. And he didn't just say ay for uh, he also said thee for thuh, as in 'There is ay dirty great hole in thee Constitution that you could drive ay truck through.'<br /><br />I think even <i>Keating</i> used to do it occasionally. <br /><br />Heard Mr Rabbit on the radio this afternoon and shook my head in wonderment at the way the Libs mock Julia's Australian accent when Abbott's own is so very twangy and nasal itself. He said 'guvmint' through his nose five times in two minutes.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-18514677000399174592010-09-23T20:57:07.815+09:302010-09-23T20:57:07.815+09:30Thanks for highlighting her rage. I thought that&#...Thanks for highlighting her rage. I thought that's what it was too. In fact, for once the 'a' as 'ay' pronunciation didn't seem out of place to me, nor the 'indicated', each of those ticks seemed to be weighted with deep enmity. And she definitely said Mister Rabbit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-59898491473306485332010-09-23T19:57:55.710+09:302010-09-23T19:57:55.710+09:30BTW, that's a totally bipartisan failing.
I&#...BTW, that's a totally bipartisan failing.<br /><br />I'd be all for the dynamic and changing English, if it didn't tend so much towards a kind of cardigan-wearing, biros-in-top-pocket, comb-over old-school feel.<br /><br />W/V: achheadr, probably how "ahead" will be pronounced in 2014, the way things are going.Helen`http://castironbalcony.media2.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-6765961626253609832010-09-23T19:55:35.806+09:302010-09-23T19:55:35.806+09:30I suppose it's too much to ask that we can go ...I suppose it's too much to ask that we can go back to using "told" or "said" instead of "indicated" (used at least twice in this clip)? And it's definitely too much, isn't it, to ask that people not pronounce "a" as "ay"? Yes, thought so.Helenhttp://castironbalcony.media2.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-90768060035331364832010-09-23T19:13:30.246+09:302010-09-23T19:13:30.246+09:30oh, that's right. we have a PM, and a woman a...oh, that's right. we have a PM, and a woman as a PM, too...how quickly one forgets!<br /><br />(any typos due to yelling at tortoiseshell)Elsewhere007https://www.blogger.com/profile/11123268008264450222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-49049795360326326662010-09-23T16:52:44.453+09:302010-09-23T16:52:44.453+09:30Surprise, surprise!Surprise, surprise!Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-22488097295422660402010-09-23T16:09:40.400+09:302010-09-23T16:09:40.400+09:30Abbot as Malfoy. Brilliant, PC.Abbot as Malfoy. Brilliant, PC.librarygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417889399020548301noreply@blogger.com