tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post7762223915264191953..comments2023-08-16T11:31:32.142-04:00Comments on The nitty gritty: American Woman, Stay Away From MeIrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898506777750053830noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-33441459389644342112008-09-06T00:10:00.000-04:002008-09-06T00:10:00.000-04:00It's disturbing!I hear politicians saying it too, ...It's disturbing!<BR/><BR/>I hear politicians saying it too, not just broadcasters. It's like a verbal plague!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112406026504662328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-274694770310956992008-09-05T20:54:00.000-04:002008-09-05T20:54:00.000-04:00They mispronounce it because being a broadcaster d...They mispronounce it because being a broadcaster does not require knowledge of the language -- or anything else.<BR/><BR/>When someone says "pundints" he or she must be assuming they are politically indepundint.<BR/><BR/>Actually, it comes from "pandit", the Sanskrit for "Hindu learned man." Mohandas Gandhi was a pandit.<BR/><BR/>As the father of a pundit, I can still say there are no real Hindu Irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898506777750053830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-39134070501825433522008-09-05T04:20:00.000-04:002008-09-05T04:20:00.000-04:00I don't mean to make little of all the stuff you p...I don't mean to make little of all the stuff you posted about Sarah's inconsistencies. I don't like Sarah or the Republican platform. I'm a Kucinich supporter who wishes Hillary had been the candidate when Dennis dropped out; thus I will be writing Hillary in.<BR/><BR/>But I have to ask you this: Why do so many people on TV mispronounce the word "pundit" as "pundiNt"? I hear this all the time Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112406026504662328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-11447786134111076712008-09-05T00:22:00.000-04:002008-09-05T00:22:00.000-04:00A true baseball fan cheers when the opponent’s roo...A true baseball fan cheers when the opponent’s rookie crushes a grand salami in to the centerfield upper deck. An ignorant ‘homer’ dismisses the feat and will try to tell you that the rookie misunderstood the balk rule when she was in Little League.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com