Saturday, May 30, 2009

You Say Po-tay-to...

Via Language Hat:  M. LeBlanc of Bitch Ph.D. dresses down an idiot conservative who is confused by a Spanish surname (hint:  Spanish is pronounced as spelled, which is more than you can say for English, and has rules about where the accent falls, which is more than you can say for English) and whose name, to use the kindest possible construction, is not Smith.

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