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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2008-10-04 04:25 pm
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Please tell me this person is faking it.

From a comment thread on the NYTimes website.

Sarah Palin made a deplorable showing in the debate. Not only did she get the name of the commanding general in Afghanistan wrong, at one point she pronounced the name of Kim Jong II (King Jong the Second, or even perhaps Kim Jong Two) as Kim Jong "ill") Merciful heavens, does the woman not know anything about names with Roman numerals, or thar "II" can simply mean "the second"? The woman's ignorance is boundless!


I have many issues with Gov. Palin and her inability to finish a sentence in less than 30 words, but the man's name is Kim Jong-il. She pronounced it correctly. the -il is a generational syllable; something you don't see that often anymore, but a tradition for centuries in many Asian cultures.

Really, I'm hoping this poster was trolling.

[identity profile] taschoene.livejournal.com 2008-10-06 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I've got to ask -- which comment thread?

[identity profile] taschoene.livejournal.com 2008-10-06 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Never mind. Found it.