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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:04 PM
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Fox & Friends tells its viewers which words are hard to spell


Only on Fox & Friends. This morning they did a segment on the English language and that there are a lot of words that many people find difficult to spell correctly. I stopped on monkey. I’m including video to complement the comedic irony.

Steve Doocy says that another word many find difficult to spell is the word soldier, because the “i” throws people off. The former beauty queen then pipes up and says — “Well, the D. There’s no D in it.” She follows that up by asking if they even make “hardcore” dictionaries anymore. Be sure to hang on (if you can make it) for the finale as Doocy decries:

“So many people are trying to dumb down America and the world! Just leave it the way it is! Study your books, people!”

Teh stupid…it hurts…. This is just screaming for a “Write Your Own Caption”

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

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Sundoggy Donating Member (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:06 PM
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1. As Atrios says...
The stupid! It BUUURRRRRNNNNSSSS!!!!!
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:07 PM
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2. Why do these people exist?
Subquestion...When they look in the mirror in the morning, do they see a happy person? Or a sad person trying to look happy?
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:16 PM
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3. From that picture alone
it's apparent that nothing worth hearing is going to be forthcoming.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:20 PM
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6. 'I stopped on monkey'
:rofl:

from the article

MONKEY
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:17 PM
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4. Look at the word they are using as an example...
Yeah, just a coincidence, I bet. There are no other words "too hard to spell" in the English language.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:20 PM
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5. "people having been using English for thousands of years"....
I know Julius Caesar(another hard word) had trouble with English as a second language(another hard word).
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:23 PM
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7. They forgot Potato(e)!!!
And Poleland two.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:24 PM
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8. Spell correctly? These people can't even speak well.
So, the beauty queen has been spelling "soldier" as "soljer"?
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:29 PM
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9. why am I not surprised that FOX news consumers can't spell
"Monkey"?!? Really?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:47 PM
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10. I want to laugh and cry at the same time.
Thanks for making me a little crazier today, underpants. :P
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:50 PM
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11. remember
Remember when the Barbie doll came out that said, "Math is hard?"

I have a feeling I don't need to draw the connection for this readership.



Cher
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 12:55 PM
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12. Yeah and btw how is THE IRAQ doing these days?
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 01:58 PM
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13. But to be fair
she could probably spend an hour talking about moisturizers and hair sprays and foundations and such like.
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freesqueeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 04:07 PM
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14. is it partisan ...
or does FOX seem to collect the mentally challenged talking heads?


Brit "thick as a brick" Hume
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