US Election 2024

[Leo]

He's such doofus.

 

[Clinamenic]

Cornel West announces US presidential campaign with the People’s party

The 70-year-old activist, intellectual and democratic socialist said on Twitter that he will be a candidate for the 2024 contest

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mr. Tea]

Cornel West announces US presidential campaign with the People’s party

The 70-year-old activist, intellectual and democratic socialist said on Twitter that he will be a candidate for the 2024 contest

www.theguardian.com

Well Ralph Nader and Jill Stein never did any harm, did they, so why not?

 

[Clinamenic]

Well Ralph Nader and Jill Stein never did any harm, did they, so why not?

West 2024!

 

[Clinamenic]

Cornel West v Kanye West would be interesting.

 

[Leo]

West 2024!

who are you kidding, you're a Vivek Ramaswamy stan.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Cornel West v Kanye West would be interesting.

Nothing will beat Leo's suggestion (I think it was him) that Al Franken should run with Jill Stein as his pick for VP, purely for the bumper stickers.

 

[Clinamenic]

Nothing will beat Leo's suggestion (I think it was him) that Al Franken should run with Jill Stein as his pick for VP, purely for the bumper stickers.

Jill Shteen!

 

[Mr. Tea]

Jill Shteen!

What is with you guys and an inability to pronounce even your own names properly?

 

[Clinamenic]

Did I just make a joke so bad even Tea didn't get it?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Did I just make a joke so bad even Tea didn't get it?

I dunno - do Americans pronounce the name 'St-eye-n' or 'Steen'? (I'm aware the 'St' would be pronounced 'Sht' in German - I'm just asking about the vowel sound.)

 

[Clinamenic]

I dunno - do Americans pronounce the name 'St-eye-n' or 'Steen'? (I'm aware the 'St' would be pronounced 'Sht' in German - I'm just asking about the vowel sound.)

Oh we do the former, I was just making a Young Frankenstein joke.

 

[IdleRich]

I've noticed people say Harvey Wine- steen though, why is that? How about the other similarly named sex offender, is he Epsteen or Epsteyn?

And surely not Albert Einsteen?

 

[Mr. Tea]

I've noticed people say Harvey Wine- steen though, why is that? How about the other similarly named sex offender, is he Epsteen or Epsteyn?

And surely not Albert Einsteen?

Yeah, it's a weird one. I've found Americans will tend to say 'steen' when it's Americans with Yiddish names, but it seems to be different when they're talking about native German speakers with those sorts of names, as in Einstein.

 

[Leo]

I don't think it's a matter of what "Americans tend to say", it depends on how the family pronounces is. Some families pronounce one way, others pronounce it the other. You hear both pronunciations all the time.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I don't think it's a matter of what "Americans tend to say", it depends on how the family pronounces is. Some families pronounce one way, others pronounce it the other. You hear both pronunciations all the time.

OK, I didn't know that. But in US media I've tended to hear 'Ep-steen' and 'Wine-steen'.

 

[Leo]

Right, but one of the the Democratic senators from California is Diane Feinstein ("stine"). "Steen" might be a little more common when it appears as part of a longer name, but people with the last name of only Stein usually pronounce it "stine".

 

[Clinamenic]

 

[Clinamenic]

I bet Cornel West could do more push-ups.

 

[Leo]

Biden can do more falls off his bike, though.