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To: BigMacGOP
What are Iraqi 'patriates'? I think they mispelled 'patriots'.
193 posted on 04/13/2004 10:03:51 AM PDT by rudypoot
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To: rudypoot
What are Iraqi 'patriates'? I think they mispelled 'patriots'.

This is actually clever wordsmanship -- a "patriate" is a resident of a country (q.v. "ex-patriate" a citizen of one country living in another). However, it is a near-homophone to "patriot", which is what most people will think.

IOW, the ad tries to call the dead-enders "patriots" while having plausible deniability. With that kind of subtle writing, how did they ever manage to include "pull the trigger".

Of course, option #2 is that the spell-checker suggested "patriate" after a butchering of "patriot" -- given the lack of linguistic skill in the rest of the ad, this may be more likely.

202 posted on 04/13/2004 10:08:36 AM PDT by kevkrom (The John Kerry Songbook: www.imakrom.com/kerrysongs)
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To: rudypoot
I think they mispelled 'patriots'.

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Does it surprise you that these people would not know how to spell "patriot"?
658 posted on 04/13/2004 1:40:33 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Never again trust Democrats with national security!)
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