WHEREFORE ART THOU, REFUDIATE? SARAH PALIN AS SHAKESPEARE – LOS ANGELES TIMES (BLOG)
On Sunday, Sarah Palin’s Twitter feed appealed to “peaceful Muslims” to verbalise out opposite a due Muslim village core in Lower Manhattan, a couple of blocks from belligerent zero. While this competence be heavy to those who do not share her domestic perspective, what’s quite engaging is her preference of words.
In her initial tweet, Palin didn’t write “speak out”; she used an additional tenure — “refudiate.” A couple of mins later, a Tweet was rewritten with “refudiate” — that is not essentially a word — removed, transposed by “refute.” While not correct, “refute” was a step up — it can essentially be found in a dictionary.
Another day, an additional malapropism, right? Nevermind that a Language Log records an additional example of Palin regulating a word not long ago (and scholarship novella bard John Sladke regulating it in 1984). The word held someone’s attention, since a couple of hours after Palin refused to rebut “refudiate,” she tweeted that she’s only following in Shakespeare’s footsteps.
“Refudiate,” “misunderestimate,” “wee-wee’d up.” English is a vital
language. Shakespeare favourite to silver brand new difference too. Got to applaud it!
So is Sarah Palin similar to Shakespeare? According to a we Write Like tool, Palin’s 2008 speech to a Republication National Convention, in that she said, “I was only your normal hockey mom,” is similar to Dan Brown. Her keynote speech during a initial Tea Party Convention in Feb 2010 reads similar to — wait for for it — Cory Doctorow.
But those have been speeches, that of march review a small otherwise than what appears upon a page. Could Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” be created similar to Shakespeare?
Alas, alack: no. The initial multiform hundred difference of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” review similar to H.P. Lovecraft. And she didn’t discuss Cthulhu once.
– Carolyn Kellogg
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Photo: Sarah Palin in May 2010, vocalization during a Susan B. Anthony List “Celebration of Life” breakfast. Credit: Mark Wilson / Getty Images