Stephen Gilbert talks to Lib Dem Voice about "career suicide"
I belong to a generation that struggles with 21st century text-speak acronyms, so I'm keen to learn how today's politicians try to get their message across. Newquay & St Austell MP Stephen Gilbert recently used three letters in place of three words while addressing a group of school pupils, sparking a Twitterstorm. quotes headteacher David Parker thus:
"Perhaps if he had thought about it before he said it he wouldn't have used that phrase but maybe it was a slip of the tongue. If he had asked me before whether that was an appropriate term to use I would have said probably not."Stephen Gilbert is almost certainly correct to dismiss his comment as a "storm in a teacup" but I'd welcome comments drawing my attention to similar acronyms used by other Cornish politicians.
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At 7th Apr 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 7th Apr 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Well, Mr Smith, a little mystery presents itself. How exactly might one say WTF without saying the actual words?
'DoubleU-Tee-Eff' ?
Or more simply and more directly, being an aspirant politician 'getting down on da street wid da kids', by uttering the words represented by that acronym in full?
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At 7th Apr 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Well, Mr Smith, a little mystery presents itself. How exactly might one convey 'WTF' without saying the actual words?
'DoubleU-Tee-Eff' ?
Unlikely.
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At 7th Apr 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:'I'd welcome comments drawing my attention to similar acronyms used by other Cornish politicians.'
GSIAT ?
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At 7th Apr 2011, Dave the rave wrote:Surely the career suicide for the Cornish Lib Dems was making speeches against the SITA proposal in Cornwall, at the Lib Dems conference, which was sponsored in part by......SITA....
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At 8th Apr 2011, AccurateChronometer wrote:Haven't you left out an 'H' there, Dave the rave?
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