In defense of Sarah Palin's English (A CNN liberal likes the new word -- 'Refudiate')

CNN ^ | 07/22/2010 | Roy Peter Clark

[SeekAndFind]

There's a chance that Palin, who compared her language creativity to Shakespeare's, may in fact be more in tune with Mrs. Malaprop, a famous theatrical character who appeared in Richard Sheridan's 1775 play "The Rivals."

The great lady would lend her name to the confusion of language, as when she meant to say pinnacle but referred to another character as "the very pineapple of politeness."

[cranked]

The gathering place of idiots: CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, etc.

[pnh102]

At least Gov. Palin doesn’t think that there are 57 states, that Canada has a President and she certainly doesn’t need a teleprompter to talk to a classroom full of children.

[SeekAndFind]

I’m flummoxified !!

[Jim Robinson]

Obama is the stupidest president ever. Degrees or not. Refudiate that.

[DTogo]

Navy Corpseman

[nikos1121]

What’s the difference between refudiate and refute?

[DManA]

And she doesn’t make embarrassing postings on chat sites thinking nobody will ever see them.

[hosepipe]

Its all invenereal to me...

[Gaffer]

Refute - to contest, possibly prove wrong . Refudiate - just like “Commentate” used by Obama’s constituency when the word ‘comment’ should be used. A commentator is just a bullshit word from ‘journolists’; the more appropriate form of describing a twit on TV talking about things they don’t know anything about is “News Reader” just like the do in Britain.

[ArmyTeach]

It’s quite clear. Refudiate = repudiate + refute. :-)

[cruise_missile]

I was going to have a baseball cap made with the word “Strategery” on it.

[Gaffer]

Intelligence

[Loud Mime]

Those familiar with microphones know that you have to soften your “P”’s when speaking in an amplified sound system.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Opponents of President Obama attack his use of language as elitist, professorial or passionless.

His beliefs are elitist (and statist).

Obama's use of language is pedestrian, run-of-the-mill leftwing political cliches.

The press has been aching for anything out of Obama's mouth that they can pretend is Lincolnesque.

He's given them absolutely nothing they can work with with a straight face.

[MozarkDawg]

(A CNN liberal likes the new word -- 'Refudiate')

Good, I'm glad -- is he going to give credit where credit is due then, since this word was used YEARS earlier than Gov. Palin's most recent use?

[normy]

New bumper sticker “I refudiate Obamas economic strategery”

[pingman]

Nothing; in the Austrian language.

[FewsOrange]

Refudiate is a perfectly cromulent word.

[conservativeharleyguy]

We gotta stop all this racialistic prejudism and learn to harmonate as one American peoples.