Obama stumbles in mortgage relief speech.

[bleever]

He said "wrecking havoc", when in fact the correct expression is "wreaking havoc".

However, he did this while demonstrating towering leadership and captaining a course out of a worldwide economic catastrophe.

Also, he did it while NOT torturing people without discerning their guilt or innocence, starting an illegal war, shredding the Constitution, or skewing national policy to circumvent all of the safeguards that keep the wealthy and powerful from profiting at the expense of the rest of us.


So I'm giving him a pass on this one.

:)

[truebrit71]

1. I'll take that as opposed to ANYTHING that Lt AWOL mumbled over the last eight years...

...

[skiddlybop]

2. Um, you stumbled in posting.

The proper pronunciation is in fact "rek-ing" havoc.

I bet you also "could care less" about things you couldn't care less about, like nuclular proliferation.

[damonm]

5. Actually,

there are 2 pronunciations, per Merriam-Webster - "rek-ing" AND "reek-ing" are both correct.
Surprised me - I'd thought only the 2nd was correct.

[billyoc]

8. I could care less.

Sarcasm, look into it.

[damonm]

3. No pass necessary

Merriam-Webster online gives that as an acceptable pronunciation.

[leftyclimber]

4. Actually, according to Mirriam-Webster, "wreck"

is the correct pronunciation of "wreak."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?wreak002.wav=wreak

Curiosity got the best of me; I didn't know either. :)

[Cha]

7. So Obama wins..

:fistbump:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

46. Hurrah!

:toast:

[bleever]

10. They are in the minority. Rhyming it with "wreck" is a colloquially accepted

pronunciation because it is so often confused with "wreck".

But anyone who actually read the few sentences in the OP (as you did) knows what I was really getting at.

[last_texas_dem]

18. Yeah

>>>Usage Note: Wreak is sometimes confused with wreck, perhaps because the wreaking of damage may leave a wreck: The storm wreaked (not wrecked ) havoc along the coast. The past tense and past participle of wreak is wreaked, not wrought, which is an alternative past tense and past participle of work.>>>

And the American Heritage doesn't even give "wreck" as an acceptable pronunciation for "wreak."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wreaking

[vaberella]

25. Oh Good you posted this. When I first read "wreak" I thought it was pronounced "wreck".

I just always pronounced it that way. I guess I was right. Meh.

[Bicoastal]

6. LOL, did you think it was "REEKING havoc?"

Think about it.

[Barack_America]

22. Everyone knows it's pronounced "RAKING havoc"!

;)

[bleever]

23. He's "baracking" havoc on the GOP.

They don't even know what's hitting them yet.

[vaberella]

26. KORNY!!! But I loved it. ^_^

[asphalt.jungle]

9. that's the way he pronounces it and it's also correct

he pronounced it that way in Indiana as well.

[bleever]

12. You're right; it is now an accepted pronunciation.

Damn, even when the guy makes a mistake, he's still right!

[Democrats_win]

11. You can stumble in a marathon. Obama will be running 200,000 Marathons to fix America.

[global1]

13. The World Is Crumbling All Around Us And Here We Focus On One Word In A Speech......

After 8 years of a chimp that couldn't put two words together - we got people that are focusing on just one word in a very important speech with a very complicated message. I'm sorry - that's just stupid. Come on people - get a life!!!!!

[bleever]

19. The whole point of the post

was to make fun of the notion that one word is really of any importance. Sorry if the humor was a little too dry to be apparent.

[Doremus]

14. Stupid post. In fact, one of the more idiotic posts I've seen here in some time.

And that's saying quite a lot.

[bleever]

16. Thank you.

[Life Long Dem]

15. Why so bitter?

:shrug:

Help for home owners who are on the verge of losing their house will be able to save it. Timing is everything on this, but I would think this is one reason today was chosen. Perhaps it's just a certain time frame that needs this help for ones who are about to fall through the cracks into the life of an apartment dweller again.

As far as being bitter is concerned, I was just messing w/you:bounce:

[bleever]

17. Okay, you had me going there.

It's funny how many people can't get through even a very brief post before popping off an opinion. :bounce:

[Lex]

20. FIAL.

:rofl:

[bleever]

21. "L'enfer, c'est les autres qui ne lisent pas."

But it was worth a shot.

[Teaser]

24. ANOTHER OBAMA HATER.

.

[bleever]

27. You can tell by my avatar. nt

[Teaser]

44. I know all about your avatar thank you very much.

The red white and blue "zero" that so many Obama haters use around here is particularly galling.

He has been president for less than a month, but even before he was elected, the Obama haters were putting this "zero" everywhere.

Well in 3 weeks, he's done a lot more than zero, hasn't he?

FACIAL!

[bleever]

45. I can't tell if you're serious or not.

All kidding aside, is there really a red, white, and blue "zero" symbol?

And you're absolutely correct: he's set a record for early presidential achievement, and may well be on track to be one of the best presidents ever.

[Teaser]

47. Look at my handle

I am very rarely serious about anything.

Except this post...

hmmm....BOOBIES!!

there, that does it.

[bleever]

48. (smacking my forehead)

D'oh! You got me.

[Jackeens]

28. Err, are people not being a touch hard on bleever....

....it struck me as a lighthearted post :shrug:

[bleever]

29. Nah, people are just used to being on a hair trigger.

You take risks with irony and subtlety, because not everyone is going to get it.

But thank you, Jackeens, mistress of photo magic.

[Jackeens]

31. Reminds me of the old Jack Nicholson (??) quote

“My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch”

:rofl:

[damonm]

43. Where did you get that line? I GOTTA remember that...

[treestar]

33. I had the same thought

Some reactions look like they didn't read very far before jumping.

[last_texas_dem]

30. OMG! You sounded like you might have been insulting Barack

so I didn't read the entire post and now I am going to insult you and call you names (even if your post was actually being sarcastic at the beginning and goes on to say a lot of good things about him)!

Still, you sounded like at the beginning that maybe you didn't like Barack and b/c of that you are so dead to me, bleever!!!!!!! Ur a FReeper troll and a h8r- u suck!!!1!

[treestar]

32. Is our President learning? The question must be asked.

We have yet to learn whether he can co-exist peacefully with fish.

[Jackeens]

35. Yes he can!

:yoiks:

[bleever]

36. I believe he can make the pie higher.

Mmm...pie. :)

[lumberjack_jeff]

39. He was probably worrying about how he was going to put food on his family. n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

34. Is this Obama's "(insert: Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, or Joe Biden)" moment?

I'm just waiting for the headline.:eyes:

[4lbs]

37. Well, I got it. I think the President was just throwing a bone to the late night guys, so they

would have something to talk about.

:D

[rvablue]

38. Uh...I wouldn't certainly hope you would give him a pass. He's probably working 12-14 hour

days, flying around the country giving speeches, taking questions from the press, dealing with the Republicants and thinking about how he is going to clean up the Bush mess 24/7.

If he malapprops a word (instead of just outright inventing them)....like I think I just did (ha, ha!), I think that it's more than understandable.

[EFerrari]

40. Interesting. I just heard someone else on the teevee pronounce the word

the same way. Maybe on Amy's show yesterday. Okay, who's messing with our vowels? :)

[bleever]

41. Only one man can be to blame:

HUGO CHAVEZ!!!!


:hi:

[EFerrari]

42. LOL! The Chenis strikes again!

:hi: