Comments on: Tomato, Tomahto, let’s call the whole thing off http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/ More oddly. Less riveting. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:57:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Hi there http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-16531 Hi there Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:25:20 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-16531 <strong>Are you there?</strong> Beautiful Are you there?

Beautiful

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-408 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:23:11 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-408 Oh, and, unless you pronounce 'yadda' as rhyming with 'enchilada', the first syllable of 'yadda' usually rhymes with the first syllable of "gamble". Or "Halliburton". Oh, and, unless you pronounce ‘yadda’ as rhyming with ‘enchilada’, the first syllable of ‘yadda’ usually rhymes with the first syllable of “gamble”. Or “Halliburton”.

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-2407 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:23:11 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-2407 Oh, and, unless you pronounce 'yadda' as rhyming with 'enchilada', the first syllable of 'yadda' usually rhymes with the first syllable of "gamble". Or "Halliburton". Oh, and, unless you pronounce ‘yadda’ as rhyming with ‘enchilada’, the first syllable of ‘yadda’ usually rhymes with the first syllable of “gamble”. Or “Halliburton”.

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-4406 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:23:11 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-4406 Oh, and, unless you pronounce 'yadda' as rhyming with 'enchilada', the first syllable of 'yadda' usually rhymes with the first syllable of "gamble". Or "Halliburton". Oh, and, unless you pronounce ‘yadda’ as rhyming with ‘enchilada’, the first syllable of ‘yadda’ usually rhymes with the first syllable of “gamble”. Or “Halliburton”.

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-404 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:07:49 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-404 "triumphant visit"? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization. A "triumphant" visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A "triumphant" visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A "triumphant" visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A "triumphant" visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours. “triumphant visit”? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization.

A “triumphant” visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A “triumphant” visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A “triumphant” visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A “triumphant” visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-2403 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:07:49 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-2403 "triumphant visit"? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization. A "triumphant" visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A "triumphant" visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A "triumphant" visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A "triumphant" visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours. “triumphant visit”? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization.

A “triumphant” visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A “triumphant” visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A “triumphant” visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A “triumphant” visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.

]]> By: Rick Blaine http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-4402 Rick Blaine Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:07:49 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-4402 "triumphant visit"? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization. A "triumphant" visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A "triumphant" visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A "triumphant" visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A "triumphant" visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours. “triumphant visit”? Now, at the risk of falling even lower in your esteem, Kashei, allow me to quibble with your characterization.

A “triumphant” visit would have been one which did not have to be planned in utter secrecy. A “triumphant” visit would have been one in which Air Force One did not fly in radio silence with lights off and a close fighter jet escort. A “triumphant” visit would have been one during which the president felt safe enough to leave the airport. A “triumphant” visit would have lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.

]]> By: DTDT http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-407 DTDT Sat, 29 Nov 2003 02:42:04 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-407 K, I don't care... Bush, bush hes's jus stoopit. K,

I don’t care…

Bush, bush hes’s jus stoopit.

]]> By: DTDT http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-2406 DTDT Sat, 29 Nov 2003 02:42:04 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-2406 K, I don't care... Bush, bush hes's jus stoopit. K,

I don’t care…

Bush, bush hes’s jus stoopit.

]]> By: DTDT http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-4405 DTDT Sat, 29 Nov 2003 02:42:04 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-4405 K, I don't care... Bush, bush hes's jus stoopit. K,

I don’t care…

Bush, bush hes’s jus stoopit.

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-406 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:58:15 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-406 I'm not sure why it cut off but here is the rest: <i>Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which rhymes with "enchilada." We've never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with "gamble." Oh well, this was Wednesday's story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president's triumphant visit to Bagambledad.</i> I’m not sure why it cut off but here is the rest:

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which rhymes with “enchilada.” We’ve never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with “gamble.”

Oh well, this was Wednesday’s story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president’s triumphant visit to Bagambledad.

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-2405 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:58:15 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-2405 I'm not sure why it cut off but here is the rest: <i>Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which rhymes with "enchilada." We've never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with "gamble." Oh well, this was Wednesday's story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president's triumphant visit to Bagambledad.</i> I’m not sure why it cut off but here is the rest:

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which rhymes with “enchilada.” We’ve never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with “gamble.”

Oh well, this was Wednesday’s story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president’s triumphant visit to Bagambledad.

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-4404 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:58:15 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-4404 I'm not sure why it cut off but here is the rest: <i>Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which rhymes with "enchilada." We've never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with "gamble." Oh well, this was Wednesday's story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president's triumphant visit to Bagambledad.</i> I’m not sure why it cut off but here is the rest:

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which rhymes with “enchilada.” We’ve never heard of a pronunciation in which the second syllable rhymes with “gamble.”

Oh well, this was Wednesday’s story anyway, and it seems kind of petty to dwell on it now, after the president’s triumphant visit to Bagambledad.

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-405 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:57:14 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-405 From <a href="http://opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004363" target="_new">BOTW</a>: <i>Yadda Yadda Nevada "Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name," begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City: Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . . State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn't care much about the state. "They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct," she said. "You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that." Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which r</i> From BOTW:

Yadda Yadda Nevada

“Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name,” begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City:

Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . .

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn’t care much about the state.

“They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct,” she said. “You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that.”

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which r

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-2404 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:57:14 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-2404 From <a href="http://opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004363" target="_new">BOTW</a>: <i>Yadda Yadda Nevada "Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name," begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City: Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . . State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn't care much about the state. "They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct," she said. "You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that." Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which r</i> From BOTW:

Yadda Yadda Nevada

“Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name,” begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City:

Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . .

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn’t care much about the state.

“They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct,” she said. “You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that.”

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which r

]]> By: Kashei http://www.clareified.com/2003/11/27/tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/#comment-4403 Kashei Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:57:14 +0000 http://www.clareified.com/wp/?p=169#comment-4403 From <a href="http://opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004363" target="_new">BOTW</a>: <i>Yadda Yadda Nevada "Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name," begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City: Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . . State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn't care much about the state. "They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct," she said. "You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that." Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of "Nevada": one that rhymes with "yadda," and the one Bush used, which r</i> From BOTW:

Yadda Yadda Nevada

“Nevada memo to George Bush: When making a first presidential visit to a state, use the right pronounciation [sic] of its name,” begins a snarky Associated Press dispatch from Carson City:

Bush, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, repeatedly said Ne-vah-da. To properly pronounce Nevada, the middle syllable should rhyme with gamble. . . .

State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said the mispronunciation shows Bush, who won the state in the 2000 election, doesn’t care much about the state.

“They take such pains to orchestrate these trips and to make sure everything is politically correct,” she said. “You would think the name of the state would be a simple piece of that.”

Now, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are actually two accepted pronunciations of “Nevada”: one that rhymes with “yadda,” and the one Bush used, which r

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