Comments on: E.U. Voters’ Guide: Frequently Asked Questions http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/ America's favorite blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Molly Richardson http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5253 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5253 Adam, do you to maybe want make "he" turn into "the" in the necessary spots? As, for example, "(also known as he Council of Ministers)" --> (also known as the Council of Ministers)" and "an important part of he fiscal and social progress" --> "an important part of the fiscal and social progress"? Help us read intelligently, here. Not translated badly from the something-other-than-English. Otherwise, you're terribly clever. Is there maybe something up with your "t" key? Adam, do you to maybe want make “he” turn into “the” in the necessary spots? As, for example, “(also known as he Council of Ministers)” –> (also known as the Council of Ministers)” and “an important part of he fiscal and social progress” –> “an important part of the fiscal and social progress”?
Help us read intelligently, here. Not translated badly from the something-other-than-English. Otherwise, you’re terribly clever.
Is there maybe something up with your “t” key?

]]> by: An Adam not nearly so clever as our author http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5254 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5254 Molly, Real Eurenglish contains suprising numbers of typos, oddities of grammar, and other things which would make you think it wasn't written by native speakers. Molly,

Real Eurenglish contains suprising numbers of typos, oddities of grammar, and other things which would make you think it wasn’t written by native speakers.

]]> by: Dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5255 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5255 Well, shoot. It's not like there haven't been other elections when folks didn't have a clue who or what they were voting on. "It's morning in the EU!" Well, shoot. It’s not like there haven’t been other elections when folks didn’t have a clue who or what they were voting on.

“It’s morning in the EU!”

]]> by: adam http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5256 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5256 Molly - thanks - I shall employ the three hour rule and fix it. We big Hollywood types rarely have time for proofreading. Molly -

thanks - I shall employ the three hour rule and fix it. We big Hollywood types rarely have time for proofreading.

]]> by: Jerry http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5257 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5257 Dear Big Hollywood Type, Glad you haven't let the recent success go to your head. Sheesh...after the McClellen/Torture/French/Translation brouhaha, I'm surprised at you. Just wait 'til THIS hits the Eurblogs! Hee hee. Dear Big Hollywood Type,
Glad you haven’t let the recent success go to your head.

Sheesh…after the McClellen/Torture/French/Translation brouhaha, I’m surprised at you. Just wait ’til THIS hits the Eurblogs! Hee hee.

]]> by: Linkmeister http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5258 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5258 For my sins I subscribe to a <a href="http://www.eubusiness.com">newsletter</a> from the EU; Adam's spot on. For my sins I subscribe to a newsletter from the EU; Adam’s spot on.

]]> by: A European http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5259 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5259 The problem isn't that we don't know what we are voting on. We sort of do. What we don't know is what the people elected to the parliament will actually try to accomplish once they're in place. In any case, the Euro 2004 is underway, and that is so much more interesting. The problem isn’t that we don’t know what we are voting on. We sort of do. What we don’t know is what the people elected to the parliament will actually try to accomplish once they’re in place. In any case, the Euro 2004 is underway, and that is so much more interesting.

]]> by: Sam Le Dily http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5260 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5260 Are you refering to socc--er--sorry, football, when you say the Euro 2004? because that isn't clear to us Americans. Your sports bore us. Are you refering to socc–er–sorry, football, when you say the Euro 2004? because that isn’t clear to us Americans. Your sports bore us.

]]> by: A European http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5261 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5261 Dear Sam, I know they do. That's what makes you unique. Of course I was referring to foot-er-sorry, soccer. Dear Sam, I know they do. That’s what makes you unique. Of course I was referring to foot-er-sorry, soccer.

]]> by: tim http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5262 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/11/eu-voters-guide-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-5262 Given some of the alternative forms of government served up by Europeans over the years, "Ineffectual Stifling Bureaucracy" seems pretty darn attractive. Given some of the alternative forms of government served up by Europeans over the years, “Ineffectual Stifling Bureaucracy” seems pretty darn attractive.

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