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2015-06-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

NBCUniversal cuts ties with Donald Trump

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Posted by Fred 2015-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11123 views ] Top

#1 OK gringos, listen up.

N - The letter eñe is used with words such as "piñata," "jalapeño" and "piña colada".
B - Spanish "b" closely resembles the "b" in the word "boy," except that the lips are held tense.
C - Spanish "c" closely resembles the English "k" sound.

Your next leftist liberal language lesson will be in Arabic أمريكي.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-06-30 00:30|| 2015-06-30 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 "At NBC, respect and dignity for all mugs who buy the crap we advertise are cornerstones of our values,"

Fixed it

Posted by phil_b 2015-06-30 01:51|| 2015-06-30 01:51|| Front Page Top

"At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,"

Posted by Besoeker 2015-06-30 02:22|| 2015-06-30 02:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it bad to hope that Trump buys NBC and fires them all?

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-06-30 04:40|| 2015-06-30 04:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Trump tends to avoid bad investments like NBC.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-06-30 08:02|| 2015-06-30 08:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Ok, Frigos listen to me instead.

C is pronounced K only in front of A, U, O or a consonant. In front of E and I it is prounced S but with the tongue between the teeth. You need to be able to make it sound different since there is a second S-like sound (this one like the English S) and some words change meaning depending on what S sound you use.

Posted by JFM 2015-06-30 08:23|| 2015-06-30 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 In front of E and I it is prounced S but with the tongue between the teeth. You need to be able to make it sound different since there is a second S-like sound (this one like the English S) and some words change meaning depending on what S sound you use.

That pronunciation guide is only valid for Old World Spanish (Spain), dear JFM. In the New World former colonies, the soft C sounds exactly like an S, the lisped S being considered a mark of the effete former rulers. On the other hand, New Worlders are equal opportunity mockers, taking on the overly enunciated Mexicans and the ts of Chile with similar glee... or so my university Spanish instructors informed us.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-06-30 08:43|| 2015-06-30 08:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Depends, TW. A few days ago I had the occasion to speak with a woman and I only guessed she was not Spanish when she used a word no longer used in Spain. In fact she was Argentinian but from Cordoba. Unlike in Buenos Aires population comes mostly not from Spain but from Italy and speaks with some italian-like sounds, in Cordoba people are from Spanish stock and use Spanish sounds without the long tonic syllabs of central Americans, and with diferentiated S and Z.

As an example "Voy a caZar esos dos tortolitos" (I am goint to hunt these two doves). "Voy a caSar esos dos tortolitos" (I am going to celebrate a marriage between those two young lovers)

Posted by JFM 2015-06-30 09:26|| 2015-06-30 09:26|| Front Page Top

#9 It won't be hard to boycott NBC. I never watch it anyway.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-06-30 11:29|| 2015-06-30 11:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, I remember the time Trump started mouthing off in a bar I was in about Mexicans and I had to kick his ass and teach him a lesson. In fact, I think I did it twice. Or was it three times?

Posted by Brian Williams 2015-06-30 12:34|| 2015-06-30 12:34|| Front Page Top

#11 It won't be hard to boycott NBC. I never watch it anyway.

I'll have to start watching it so I can boycott it.

Posted by gorb 2015-06-30 13:25|| 2015-06-30 13:25|| Front Page Top

#12 As an example "Voy a caZar esos dos tortolitos" (I am goint to hunt these two doves). "Voy a caSar esos dos tortolitos" (I am going to celebrate a marriage between those two young lovers)

Now I know something about Argentina that I did not before. Thank you, JFM.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-06-30 15:08|| 2015-06-30 15:08|| Front Page Top

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