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To: NavVet

You lost me in the first sentence when you wrote “the Donald.” If I never see that phrase again, it will be too soon.


9 posted on 02/21/2016 3:26:39 PM PST by Tax-chick (Four teenagers at once. I'm ready to lead the Forlorn Hope now.)
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To: Tax-chick

He got that name from one of his wives.
I forget which one.


72 posted on 02/21/2016 3:40:59 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Tax-chick

The Donald.

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Hoping to elicit a response.


86 posted on 02/21/2016 3:44:18 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Tax-chick
You lost me in the first sentence when you wrote [redacted]. If I never see that phrase again, it will be too soon.

Here's the history of that phrase: It started back in the 70s with his marriage to Ivana; it's a European thing. She called him that when speaking about him to news interviewers, and the media picked it up without really understanding it as a cultural difference and ran with it almost mockingly. I don't speak Czech, her native language, but I know that in Italian this is a polite way to refer to a person with whom you are familiar, but the person you are talking about them to is not (or should not be) on a first-name basis with them.

265 posted on 02/21/2016 9:01:08 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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