Name the War

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » March 18, 2003, 7:39 pm

Last one was Operation: Desert Storm

What will this one be?

Fallanthas · Post by **Fallanthas** » March 18, 2003, 7:40 pm

Operation Dustbuster.

Spangaloid_PE · Post by **Spangaloid_PE** » March 18, 2003, 7:40 pm

it already has a name

Operation Enduring Freedom

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » March 18, 2003, 7:47 pm

Operation Liberty Shield

<grin>

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 18, 2003, 7:54 pm

Operation: Get Behind the Darkies!

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » March 18, 2003, 7:57 pm

Desert Wars: Saddam Strikes Back

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » March 18, 2003, 8:02 pm

Operation: 10W30

Operation: Fuck France

Operation: j00 mess with my daddy, j00 messin' with my whole family!

Ajran · Post by **Ajran** » March 18, 2003, 8:39 pm

Operation: SoL

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 18, 2003, 8:42 pm

Operation Oil Grab.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » March 18, 2003, 8:58 pm

Bush?
Operation : Victoration

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 18, 2003, 9:05 pm

"Operation: Iraqi Freedom" is the name that is being used at the moment.

Something about that name bugs me.

Skunki · Post by **Skunki** » March 18, 2003, 11:23 pm

Operation:LvL65Rangers LFG for Sand Giant Killin!

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 18, 2003, 11:42 pm

Operation: Learning How to Pronounce "Nuclear" Correctly

It's expected that Bush will be studying 'round the clock with a team of highly trained specialists in order to accomplish this mission.

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » March 19, 2003, 12:15 am

<A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2862897.stm">Some journalists are asking: What chance has the US got of removing Saddam Hussein from power when it cannot get an angry farmer out of a pond? </A>

Fuck the US government for cutting tobacco subsidies!!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » March 19, 2003, 3:14 am

Operation Sand Niggers

If anyone got offended by that, my apologies, I'm not calling them that, I'm mocking the poor, simple-minded, slingblade wanna-be people that do.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 19, 2003, 4:03 am

Operation When I Take Action I'm Not Going To Fire a $2 Million Missile At a $2 Empty Tent And Hit a Camel In The Butt. It's Going To Be Decisive.

Xyun · Post by **Xyun** » March 19, 2003, 5:08 am

The war already has a name, which I think is fucking hilarious.

Operation: Iraqi Freedom

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 19, 2003, 5:13 am

I love the picture of the stars and stripes in the foreground of a battalion of tanks. how apropos. welcome to bush's america!

Gzette · Post by **Gzette** » March 19, 2003, 6:18 am

Operation: Skill Game Where You're the Doctor

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » March 19, 2003, 7:09 am

Operation: Make Saddam an offer he can't refuse.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 19, 2003, 7:24 am

Operation Lets Roll

Jugata · Post by **Jugata** » March 19, 2003, 9:12 am

You are all wrong.....

It's Operation Oily Bush

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » March 19, 2003, 9:49 am

World War Junior

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 19, 2003, 10:33 am

Operation: Might Makes Right

or

Operation: Do As We Say, Not As We Do

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » March 19, 2003, 10:49 am

Operation: Colon Powah

miir · Post by **miir** » March 19, 2003, 11:33 am

Nookyooler!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 19, 2003, 12:44 pm

Maybe someday all of y'all who make fun of Dubya's pronunciation of nuclear will crack a dictionary! Then again, maybe not!

http://www.m-w.com

miir · Post by **miir** » March 19, 2003, 12:52 pm

Yeah, that was added to the Miriam Webster dictionary to divert embarrasment from Bush.

Would it be considered correct to pronounce nucleus : Nook-Yoo-Lus?

The pronunciation (nook-yoo-ler), which is generally considered incorrect, is an example of how a familiar phonological pattern can influence an unfamiliar one.

Particular, circular, spectacular, molecular, ocular, and vascular.
Nuclear/Nucleus are pretty much the only 2 words in the english language with that letter combination.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » March 19, 2003, 12:56 pm

Millie wrote:Operation: Learning How to Pronounce "Nuclear" Correctly

It's expected that Bush will be studying 'round the clock with a team of highly trained specialists in order to accomplish this mission.

People have accents. Try being more understanding of different people's cultures. The man is a mental midget when it comes to public speaking, but you can't fault him for a cultural pronunciation.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 19, 2003, 1:03 pm

jimmy carter got made fun of for pronouncing Nuclear as "nucular" as well.

now it is Dubya's turn. Jimmy had the excuse that he was from a poor family in rural Georgia.

but there is no way around the fact that there is no vowel between the c and the l, therefore you simply cant rationalize the pronunciation as correct.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 19, 2003, 1:05 pm

Then tell me how we get "Farve" from the name Favre.

And don't gimme that cop-out that it's a name and those are diff'rent.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 19, 2003, 1:05 pm

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote: People have accents. Try being more understanding of different people's cultures. The man is a mental midget when it comes to public speaking, but you can't fault him for a cultural pronunciation.

Give me a break, it's not an accent.
George W Bush has no discernable accent.
He speaks proper American.

It's a mispronunciation based on ignorance.

I haven't heard anyone else (texan or otherwise) consistently mispronounce that particular word.

By the way, Texan is not a culture.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 19, 2003, 1:09 pm

Southern is most definitely a culture. I know a lot of people, myself included, that pronounce it the way Dubya does. My HS physics teacher (who was from Mississippi) pronounced it that way, and that's where I got it from.

You sound like those pissy Brits who get mad because we call it "a-lu-mi-num" instead of (the technically correct) "a-lu-mi-ni-um"

miir · Post by **miir** » March 19, 2003, 1:09 pm

masteen wrote:Then tell me how we get "Farve" from the name Favre.

And don't gimme that cop-out that it's a name and those are diff'rent.

Because 'Favre' is a French name and Americans have problems pronouncing a lot French words....

Burke · Post by **Burke** » March 19, 2003, 1:12 pm

it already has a name

Operation Enduring Freedom

Does that mean it was originally called Operation Enduring French?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 19, 2003, 1:13 pm

So you're saying that language and pronunciations change with time and location?!? SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » March 19, 2003, 1:15 pm

I thought we didn't give a flying fuck about the French.

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 19, 2003, 1:19 pm

Miir wrote:By the way, Texan is not a culture.

Having grown up in Texas, I'd have to disagree. There's a lot of cultural things in Texas that originated there. Ever been? It's a neat place, especially the Austin area.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » March 19, 2003, 1:20 pm

I haven't heard anyone else (texan or otherwise) consistently mispronounce that particular word

I've known several "new-kew-lars". It seems a pretty common problem. I guess it's something that sticks if it catches you at an early age.
That was nowhere near as annoying as the guy I used to work with who would pronounce "syndrome" as "syndrone" ><

There should be a special re-education centre for these types. They can learn alongside the other two great sinners of the English speaking world: Apostrophe Abusers and Those Who Pronounce The Letter 'H' as 'Haytch'!!!!1111

miir · Post by **miir** » March 19, 2003, 1:21 pm

You sound like those pissy Brits who get mad because we call it "a-lu-mi-num" instead of (the technically correct) "a-lu-mi-ni-um

The North American spelling is aluminum.
The British spelling is aluminium.

Each pronuncuation is correct for the spelling.

There are many spelling descrepancies between American English and English in the rest of the world. Even between Canada and the states there are several common differences.
Color - Colour
Gray - Grey

Pronouncing nuclear, nook-yoo-ler is simply wrong.
There is no combination of letters in the word that could provide a 'yoo' or even a 'yuh' sound.

Syllable by syllable:

Nuc - nook or nuk
Le - lee
ar - arr

Another common pronunciation is :

Nuc - nook or nuk
Lear - leer

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 19, 2003, 1:35 pm

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Millie wrote:Operation: Learning How to Pronounce "Nuclear" Correctly

It's expected that Bush will be studying 'round the clock with a team of highly trained specialists in order to accomplish this mission.
People have accents. Try being more understanding of different people's cultures. The man is a mental midget when it comes to public speaking, but you can't fault him for a cultural pronunciation.

Accent or no accent, it doesn't make the pronunciation correct. I don't care if they say "nucular" in Texas (I know quite a few people from Texas who do not, but let's not get into that). The word is not "nucular," and you can't hide behind an accent to get away with that.

The fact of the matter is that "nucular" is the way our brains first approximate the word when we learn it as kids. We're corrected, and we learn better. But somewhere down the line, Bush never learned better. It has nothing to do with an accent, and everything to do with ignorance. His ignorance of the word should not be excused simply because many people in his home state are ignorant of it.

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 19, 2003, 1:39 pm

masteen wrote:Then tell me how we get "Farve" from the name Favre.

And don't gimme that cop-out that it's a name and those are diff'rent.

Pronouncing Brett Favre's name as "Farve" is incorrect, as well. It's a French surname that we Americans pronounce in a way we can more easily wrap our tongues around. Ultimately, it doesn't make our pronunciation correct. The word is still "Favre."

If we wanted to more closely approximate the way his last name is supposed to be said, we should say "fahv," and not "farv."

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 19, 2003, 1:43 pm

masteen wrote:So you're saying that language and pronunciations change with time and location?!? SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!

They do in cases where an entire country adopts a certain pronunciation, and its own dictionary. In the case of the South, I would hesitate to call the place its own nation, or its own ethnicity. I would also hesitate to publish an official Southern Dictionary and try to pass off their pronunciations as correct. They're simply not.

Likening America : Britain :: South : North is *not* a valid analogy.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 19, 2003, 1:49 pm

The big-city liberals have spoken, and we must comply!

Fuck all Y'ALL and the Hummers ya rode in on!

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 19, 2003, 1:53 pm

Yes, yes, keep on turning this into a "liberal" vs. "conservative" debate. Political affiliation has jack and shit to do with correcting pronunciation mistakes, but keep thinking it does if that helps you sleep better at night.

The bottom line: we corrected his pronunciation; you got pissed off because of it. You then retreated into your Southern "identity," while we relied on logic and reason.

Excuse me. I must get into my Hummer, spend a few hours at the Armani store, drink some Hollywood fad drink, drive off to my pilates class, and then attend an anti-American Communist rally. That's so obviously what all of us "big city liberals" do, you know.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » March 19, 2003, 1:55 pm

down-home, country-style ignorance is still ignorance

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 19, 2003, 1:55 pm

Millie wrote:Yes, yes, keep on turning this into a "liberal" vs. "conservative" debate. Political affiliation has jack and shit to do with correcting pronunciation mistakes, but keep thinking it does if that helps you sleep better at night.

The bottom line: we corrected his pronunciation; you got pissed off because of it. You then retreated into your Southern "identity," while we relied on logic and reason.

Who really gives a fuck who pronounces what word a certain way. Jesus, how ghey can you get~

Millie · Post by **Millie** » March 19, 2003, 1:57 pm

Gurugurumaki wrote:
Millie wrote:Yes, yes, keep on turning this into a "liberal" vs. "conservative" debate. Political affiliation has jack and shit to do with correcting pronunciation mistakes, but keep thinking it does if that helps you sleep better at night.

The bottom line: we corrected his pronunciation; you got pissed off because of it. You then retreated into your Southern "identity," while we relied on logic and reason.
Who really gives a fuck who pronounces what word a certain way. Jesus, how ghey can you get~

It wasn't a huge issue until they turned it into one.

Copying some Japanese dude's EQ name and then posting anonymously behind it, occasionally making some overplayed and no-longer-funny jokes on Japanese spelling mistakes. How ghey can you get~

Burke · Post by **Burke** » March 19, 2003, 1:59 pm

Who really gives a fuck who pronounces what word a certain way. Jesus, how ghey can you get~

Um... when it's the leader of the free world? When someone who represents the US as a whole is speaking ignorantly repeatedly, I give a fuck.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 19, 2003, 2:00 pm

Touche!