Chi Trib editorialists flunk Spanish

3 comments February 29th, 2008

 

The top EDITORIAL  in today’s Chicago Tribune is headlined: “Mano a mano with Cuba”; and the body of the piece includes this: “Obama was ripped by his opponents this week after he said he would meet with Raul Castro, mano a mano, if Castro agreed to discuss human rights, press freedom and the release of political prisoners.”

In both instances, the Trib seems to have used “mano a mano” to mean either “one to one” or “man to man.”  Either way, it’s wrong.

“Mano a mano” means “hand to hand.”

Granted, Obama likely would shake hands with Raul Castro if they met, but I don’t think that’s what the Tribune meant.

UPDATE: I find that I’m perhaps not entirely correct about this matter.  (See comments section for rare Applesauce apology.)

Rush Limbaugh probably thinks this guy is a ‘phony soldier’

3 comments February 29th, 2008

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Well, just so the person answering the phone doesn’t say ‘My friends’ 50 times

1 comment February 29th, 2008

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George will nails John McCain

9 comments February 29th, 2008

It’s one thing for John McCain to incur the wrath of loony right-wingers like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, but it’s quite another for him to receive DEVASTATINGLY SHARP CRITICISM from George Will, a relatively respectable conservative who actually walks upright.

UPDATE: As if Will’s cruel jabs weren’t enough, now McCain has to suffer TAUNTING from Steve Benen over the fact that his grammar ain’t no good, neither.