Rummy's "Old Europe" is named phrase of the year

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=8&u=/nm/20031222/od_nm/phrase_dc

BERLIN (Reuters) - "Old Europe" -- a term Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld used to disparage Germany and France for resisting war in Iraq (news - web sites) -- was named phrase of the year in Germany by a panel of language experts.

The Wiesbaden-based Society for the German Language made "das alte Europe" its choice in the annual poll for the expression of the year after Rumsfeld's phrase became a popular rallying cry used proudly by opponents of the war.

"The term 'old Europe' was originally used as a provocation, but its meaning underwent a transformation and now stands for a new-found symbol for positive self-confidence among Europeans," Rudolf Hoberg, chairman of the language society, said Friday.

"It's an extremely interesting term because it took on new meanings across borders," he added.

[pink_poodle]

1. I just knew this would happen. And so they should be proud...........

of themselves to be in das alte Europe!! I wish I was!! Everything these US a-holes do, keeps backfiring on them.