White Folks Ride on Obama for Not Using Proper English in Speeches
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Today’s NY Times Op-Ed discussed bloggers giving Obama a hard time for saying ‘Michelle and I’ vs ‘Michelle and Me’ in his speeches:
WHEN President Obama speaks before Congress and the nation tonight, he will be facing some of his toughest critics.Since his election, the president has been roundly criticized by bloggers for using “I” instead of “me” in phrases like “a very personal decision for Michelle and I” or “the main disagreement with John and I” or “graciously invited Michelle and I.”
The rule here, according to conventional wisdom, is that we use “I” as a subject and “me” as an object, whether the pronoun appears by itself or in a twosome. Thus every “I” in those quotes ought to be a “me.”
So should the president go stand in a corner of the Oval Office (if he can find one) and contemplate the error of his ways? Not so fast.
For centuries, it was perfectly acceptable to use either “I” or “me” as the object of a verb or preposition, especially after “and.” Literature is full of examples. Here’s Shakespeare, in “The Merchant of Venice”: “All debts are cleared between you and I.” And here’s Lord Byron, complaining to his half-sister about the English town of Southwell, “which, between you and I, I wish was swallowed up by an earthquake, provided my eloquent mother was not in it.” It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that language mavens began kvetching about “I” and “me.” The first kvetch cited in Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage came from a commencement address in 1846. In 1869, Richard Meade Bache included it in his book “Vulgarisms and Other Errors of Speech.”
Why did these 19th-century wordies insist “I” is “I” and “me” is “me”? They were probably influenced by Latin, with its rigid treatment of subject and object pronouns. For whatever reason, their approach stuck — at least in the rule books. Then, why do so many scofflaws keep using “I” instead of “me”? Perhaps it’s because they were scolded as children for saying things like “Me want candy” instead of “I want candy,” so they began to think “I” was somehow more socially acceptable. Or maybe it’s because they were admonished against “it’s me.” Anybody who’s had “it is I” drummed into his head is likely to avoid “me” on principle, even when it’s right. The term for this linguistic phenomenon is “hypercorrection.”
A related crime that Mr. Obama stands accused of is using “myself” to dodge the “I”-versus-“me” issue, as when he spoke last November of “a substantive conversation between myself and the president.” The standard practice here is to use “myself” for emphasis or to refer to the speaker (“I’ll do it myself”), not merely as a substitute for “me.” But some language authorities accept a looser usage, and point out that “myself” has been regularly used in place of “me” since Anglo-Saxon days.
Our 44th president isn’t the first occupant of the White House to suffer from pronounitis. Nos. 43 and 42 were similarly afflicted. The symptoms: “for Laura and I,” “invited Hillary and I,” and so on. (For the record, Nos. 41 and 40 had no problem with the objective case, regularly using “Barbara and me” or “Nancy and me” when appropriate.) But an educated speaker is expected to keep his pronouns in line. Here, then, is a tip, Mr. President. Nobody chooses the wrong pronoun when it’s standing on its own. If you’re tempted to say “for Michelle and I” in tonight’s speech, just mentally omit Michelle (sorry, Mrs. Obama), and you’ll get it right. And no one will get on your case.
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Man i swear ppl pick at the most insignificant stuff!
Mandah boo! lol
suck his d***, he’s still the president.
ok so “me and michelle” gets 3 smgdh’s but sarah palin claiming to have read every news article/ magazine ever is ok? thats america for ya, oh excuse me America for you. lame!
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lol i was tryna catch you in the other post wattup pimpin! lol
Werent these same people calling him an elistist? Isnt he allowed to be folksy like Palin was folksy? These people need to quit.
It may not be proper English, but at least it is English…I’m STILL unsure what Bush’s first language was. I don’t know where he was pulling his words from, then again maybe I do. I am thinking it was somewhere that saw little to no sunshine!
Our 44th president isn’t the first occupant of the White House to suffer from *****ounitis. Nos. 43 and 42 were similarly afflicted
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nnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggggaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh please!
gw was afflicted, not barack…. niiiggaaaahhh!
@Bran Bran
HA!
STFU!
Out of all the turmoil and craziness in this world we have time to dissect his dialogue??
I mean, I think we Americans can all agree that he is definitely a few steps up from Bush’s rocket science speeches. And I’m sure he knows how to spell potato. Not potatoe.
The New York Times Bloggers can suck a *****
Wow…Then if he’s not the first to make such a minor infraction why blogg about it. Thye need to get a life!!!
Or was it the other way around?
*confused*
This is the dumbest ***** ever!
p.s. Easy rule – in your mind take the other person out of the sentence and you will have the correct grammar.
Example: Jax and I went to the store. VS. Jax and me went to the store.
take Jax out and which one makes sense? “I went to the store.”
Same thing for ‘me’, as well.
@ Kigali (Birth control until marriage)
Werent these same people calling him an elistist? Isnt he allowed to be folksy like Palin was folksy? These people need to quit.
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COSIGN….
You are making toooooo much sense!
Isn’t the NY TImes looking for bailout money too? Well Me and Joes sayz hell to the naw.
have they ever heard bush speak?
It perplexes me that it was a JOKE when Bush butchered the English language every time he opened his mouth but it is a PROBLEM when Obama uses phrases that have been and will continue to be widely acceptable. People are such HATERS!
I don’t know what they’re teaching in schools now or in other parts of the country, but I went to school in Chicago and we were always taught to use I when referring to one’s self and another being. I have never heard this crap about I as “subject” versus me as “object. Are there any English professionals that have some insight on this oh so taboo subject?Oh wow!
You can always tell who the mentally ill patients of the world are. Especially if YOU and ME continue to live in it.
It is the mind that makes the body. –S. Truth
I guess they forgot about Bush.
Arrest him now.
Get the Grammar Police.
IMPEACHMENT for crimes against *****ouns.
Poor Obama is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t being the President of the U.S.A. No one WANTED TO care when that country Alaskan bunkin Sarah Palin couldn’t speak proper English. They thought we were making too much out of something as little as that couldn’t use proper English. But now I guess the tides have turned – AS USUAL. That’s why I say Obama is damned if he does or damned if he don’t. I’ve never felt more sorry for an individual in my life. I credit him for Jump-starting the black race to wake up and smell the coffee, get politically motivated, and take the reigns – not uplifting us. That is up to us now that we’ve been jump started – but so many people expect him to carry us all the way to freedom on HIS BACK. Well wake up folks- we already had freedom – we just decided to remain p*****ive and let anything happen to us. But now that Obama came about – now people want to get politically motivated and I think that’s what’s so GREAT about Obama. And as far our Caucasian people – well the above speaks for it’s self. They are going to pin everything WRONG in this country on that poor man. Any wrong BUSH did is extinct now.
How about “***** Yall” or is yall considered improper speech?
Dont feed into this dumb ***** propaganda people…
LOL @jb_1030……hahahahaha!!!
shar
Arrest him now.
Get the Grammar Police.
IMPEACHMENT for crimes against *****ouns.
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DEAD!!! LMAO!!
The “United States of America” is done….
People write this ***** to gain sympathy for the man, just like with that bull***** pic in the New York Times last week…
They are playing yall like a violin…
It’s always something with these *****s. I bet Obama is more educated than half of the naysayers who are complaining! These people just have to find something asinine to complain about…or better yet, they are dying to find any and every little reason to “knock him down a notch.”
I have even heard members of the media address him as “Mr. Obama” instead of the traditional “Mr. President” during interviews and press conferences. WTF??? Let been have been Clinton, Bush Sr. or W!! That ish wouldn’t fly for one second. Bottom line is that some of these White folks can’t stand that we have a Black president and for them, it’s going to be a long four/eight years. They will look for and highlight any small idiosyncrasy in order to avoid giving Obama the respect that he is rightfully due as president.
Some people really need to get a life…or go play in traffic.
thats some stupid comments aboutBaraka .so what if he is speaking like that?as long as he is addressing the situation or a speech thats all.the guy didnt go uni to study literature he went for politics so where was all the critics all the time ….or is it just because he is black now u trying to pinalizzed him for not speaking proper Oxford English?…y;all insane
“Michelle and me” in improper. it is supposed to be “Michelle and I” what the ***** do they know anyway their bloggers not journalists, Michelle and me does not even sound right grammatically
them bloggers can go eat a d!ck >:(
O.M.G….blank stare…. Has the NYT at any time created an Op-ed for Dubya over the past 8 gatdamn years about his “english”. This is definitely a hositdownstfu moment. Moving on…
Double standards will not cease.
Ha ha white america, yall’ are stupid! You betcha!
With all the problems we have in this country, someone is worried about the wording in his speeches? Someone needs to get a life!
@ Thai….i couldn’t agree more….
so he is still understood. We know what he is saying
Tony Redds “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity”
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heeeeeeeeeyyyy you
So were in the middle of one of the worst economic times in our history and these *****F**in idiots are worried about “I and me”, maaaaaaannnn go sit the F*** down!!!
That aint *****ody but some white people mad cause they voted for McCain. Get over it people, HES THE PRESIDENT, and he’s a HELL of a lot more articualte and well versed that George Bush’s half illiterate A**….
Thanks…lol
‘They’ need to shut the he** up!
That’s stupid nit-picking, that form of English is correct and was correct long before America became an independent nation. Also, it is still being used in England as correct speech.
The “Michelle and I” might sound strange to the American ear but not so to those who speak the Queens English.
The term “John and me” sounds like forced *****ization of the English language.
If they are the subject of the sentence, then using “Michelle and I” is correct. We listened to a blubbering idiot for 8 years, so whatever…..
Were these same critics outraged when the 43rd President spoke?
OMG! Where’s Michelle? Why would she allow my future abusive ex to embarr***** himself like this. I wish Barack would come to his senses and realize that he needs me more than ever. I would so be a better First Lady. Michelle is so inept.
they are on crack! the cheap kind mixed with rat poisen cuz after bush, we all should be thankful that more people haven’t dropped out of third grade [his said intellectual grade] .. anyway, as long as obama is NOT part of my gumbo gutter mouth club then he’s alright
GUMBO GUTTER MOUTH MEMMBERS
george bush
beyonce
common
solange
corky
palin
trig [well, he's gonna be once he starts speaking]
for oyall retarded ignorant americans (and as we know many of FAUX news) – the english language originated from ENGLAND (you’d be surprised i have met many many who dont know ENGLISH is spoken in ENGLAND – you tell them you from England – am american will ask you “so what language do you speak in england – french??) so as i was saying to the IGNORANT americans, the correct english language is MICHELLE & I – NOT MICHELLE AND ME, so President Obama is CORRECT (obviously he is a harvardian so he will get it correctly) but obviously many are to dumb to realise that, now this is going to be a debate on FAUX news. Such RETARDS.
LOL he is # at his HARVARD LAW SCHOOL and he is the first BLK president….they can think what they want as far as I am concerned he is not in cl***** he can say it however but the correct term is Michelle and I when speaking maybe they need to go back to school
@ Everbody…
Here’s a good laugh, they must have forgotten who/whom the president was before Mr. Obama…selective amnesia.
These are about 15…I could go on. This man was/is mildly retarded.
Bush Quotes:
1. ‘I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.’
2. ‘They misunderestimated me.’
3. ‘Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?’
4. So I *****yzed that and decided I didn’t want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression.”
5. You know, I’m the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President.”
6. I’ve been in the Bible every day since I’ve been the president.”
7. Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted,
8. The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It’s not as good as we’d like, but — and to the extent that we find weakness, we’ll move.”
9. “Amigo! Amigo!” –George W. Bush, calling out to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Spanish at the G-8 Summit, Rusutsu, Japan
10. Your eminence, you’re looking good.” –George W. Bush to Pope Benedict XVI, using the title for Catholic cardinals, rather than addressing him as “your holiness,” Rome
11. And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there’s jobs at the machine-making place.”
13. I thank the diplomatic corps, who is here as well.”
14. Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.”
15. I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
I was thinking the other day,Obama should keep the stimulus checks give blacks reparations and we will show you how to stimulate the economy.
Like up above….HAVE THEY HEARD BUSH GIVE A SPEECH? Obama can speak anyway he desires! This is some back burner racist bull*****, Just because of his skin color! Republicans better wake the ***** up, because It is our time to some of the pie also!
Yes, I said everbody…I picked that up from somebody who says “People be all the time trippin.”
I think she’s related to Bush.
What school did the NY Bloggers graduate from?! I were taught to use “I” when referring to ones self, Isn’t “I” known to be “First person singular”?! not to be hypercritical, but when Bush say, “The People of this country”, not everyone is from this country, nor is every one a legal citizen of this country.” So who suctinized his (Bush) grammer. I pray that the Lord keep watch over him and his family, in Jesus name.
We can’t make everything racial. They picked on Bush mercilessly about his english and they don’t come any whiter than him.
Bush was a mess…I mean are these critics serious?
“I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be — hold hands.” –George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008
Are there bigger issues facing America?
@ YSR…
Other than being Black?
Yes there are, but you know they’re not going to let one of us make it or slip through the cracks.
He needs a rant like Kanye “Why can’t ya’ll just let me be great!!!!”
They need to be concerned about more pressing issues.
[...] It was only a matter of time before they jumped down his throat. [...]
WELL THEN OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD REMIND THE PEOPLE CRITISIZING HIS GRAMMER THAT HE LIKE THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WAS EDUCATED IN THIS COUNTRIES PUBLIC SCHOOLS! NOW HOW BOUT THAT ….
Three things are certain in life….DEATH, TAXES AND HATERS.
Carry on Obama.
You know you’re the baddest brotha around when folks start picking at dumb things instead of the issues at hand. This is one of the most desperate attempts to try and find an imperfection in the president that I’ve ever heard of. Bush couldn’t speak an intelligent sentence to save his life unless it was already on a cue card. And now, the president’s language is being dissected simply because of his use “I’s” and the word “me”? Are you kidding?
Considering the sad state of affairs this country is in right now, its highly unlikely that anything this stupid would ever be a serious topic of interest for someone’s who’s in charge of running the country…
I’d like to say to those that thought it was important enough to mention…Y’all Stupid…
WOW..big companies are closing, banks are closing, and people are losing their homes and jobs. People dont have health care..and the NY times is worried about THIS?! i think its better things to write about…and if they are trying to make him look dumb they might as well forget it b/c this is a samrt man.
For all of the UNEDUCATED idiots who read and buy into that crap that the NY Times is pushing-Mr. President Obama is using correct english. This is something you learned in grade school. No wonder other countries think we are stupid.
…and speaking as an English teacher, he is CORRECT. are they serious? HE WENT TO HARVARD!
The first place that pseudo intellectuals go when they want to snipe at someone is grammar.What is this this…*****in’ high school debate club!?!
@niketheory
I guess they forgot about Bush.
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He couldn’t properly *****unciate or speak proper English, at all…Never heard *****ody riding him..A few eeks back, they were complaining because Obama had on a white shirt without a jacket in the white house and the meda went crazy, trying to say Obama was bringing down the respect pf the White house, by not having his sit jacket on. They even went as far as to say, that Bush never was seen without his jacket on in the oval office..Then low and behold, 2 days later, pictures everywhere of Bush, without the jacket…..
SOUNDS LIKE AND IS JEALOUSY AND HATRED OF A BLACK MAN….
I agree with you…Always keep it 100.
*weeks
Who gives a *****? I dont.
white folks STFU… they should have fed on all that drunk azz talk Bush was during while he was in office.. most of the time he was drunk!!! talk aboput that!
This is a pathetic attempt by envious people who would like to be in his position so they try to find a flaw that will undermine his credibility. Obama gives eloquent speeches and this is their way of trying to belittle him.
yeah i saw that jucket shte too… white folks always trying to find bad with black folks but never mention they shyt…white women would be all over obama at the drop of a hat butg he loves Michelle .. Thank God!! they dont give a damn how bad white folks talk about blacks those white women aint taking no prisoners when it comes to screwing black men! the can have 7 babys mamas and just got out of jail and you will see a white owman on them.. they take the rich ones on down to the crackheads!!
Michelle and I is proper english, NOT Michelle and me, the bloggers are oviously idiots
Am I using “WHATEVER!” properly here?
Oh man, this is making me so angry! I try my best to treat all people equal, especially being a Christian but some people just make it so much harder for those who don’t deserve harsh treatment.
Who gives a peanut butter sandwich if he uses improper English every now and then when he speaks. Who cares man???!! Can we get to what’s important? Like why I paid $9.49 when I went to the store yesterday and purchased a box of Golden Grahams and a jug of 2% milk? Or why is gas slowly rising again? Why is cheese so high???? Why is it harder to get money for financial aid for college? Why are so many people being laid off their jobs and forced to relocate to find work?
FOCUS on what really matters. Barack Obama is speaking no differently now then what he did when they saw him debate McCain three times and when he gave his acceptance speech. GET REAL!!!!!
People always gotta find something to trip on…
Is good English a prerequiste of leadership. Did ALexander the Great speak any English word or Bismack. Dont pick On a broda
They seemed to have NO problem when that *****, Sarah ‘dingdong’ Palin, was saying ‘You betcha’ & ‘doggone it’. She sounded borderline retarded at one point.
WOW…We are in a recession, 11 year old children are shooting and killing pregnant women, Chimpanzee’s are running wild tearing people’s faces off, Children are starving, People with 6 kids already are having more, billionaires are STEALING from the poor, but PEOPLE are focused on the use of “I” VERSUS “WE” C’mon now?!?!!?!?!?!
BUT THEY ARE STILL OVER LOOKING THE FACT THAT THEIR FELLOW “WHITE COUNTER-PART” PUT OUR COUNTRY IN A TRILLION DOLLAR SLUMP. I’D RATHER HEAR POOR ENGLISH THAN HAVE MY MONEY *****ED – ANY DAMN – DAY!
HATERS!!!
nick picking huh?
LOL@ Loch Ness Monster!
So true!
How about this go back through the tapes of the previous presidential speeches ranging from 2000-2008, then make statements about Obama if you can!
F**k the Op Ed pieces…its coming from the far right anyway! Ya’ll time is up, let it go!
Any language is transitional what was grammatically wrong 200 yrs ago might be right today. I mean who says whence, thou, ist although they were quite appropriate back then
Anyway you slice it, Obama is light years ahead of George Bush. Folks need to stop sniping and count their blessings. The POTUS is well spoken. End of this story.
I HATE it when people don’t know how to use Me and I. You did a great job of breaking it down to the readers Bossip but guess what? I don’t care what Obama says, he can do no wrong to me!
This is nothing but WHITE AMERICA trying to DUMB-US-DOWN!
Our President IS using correct English when he says “Michelle and I”. THERE IS NO: “Me and Michelle” OR “Michelle and me”. THAT IS NOT CORRECT ENGLISH.
And somebody said up top “Me and Michelle”.. THAT’S HELLA WRONG – because you’re not supposed to mention ‘yourself’ first. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN: “Michelle, Michael and I” OR “Michelle, Michael and myself, have decided to…”
Next thing you know, the’ll be telling us that it’s okay to say “CAN I have a piece of cake”, when we all know that our MOTHERS AND GRANDMAMMA’S TAUGHT US THAT IT’S:
“MAY I have a piece of cake.”
Like ICE-CUBE always said: DON’T LET THE WHITE MAN “DUMB-YOU-DOWN.”
Oh Pleeeeeeeease, give me a break.
Poor English? Compared to the oaf he took office from?
When people don’t have anything negative to say, they nitpick. Who cares??? People can be so petty.
they are on crack! the cheap kind mixed with rat poisen cuz after bush, we all should be thankful that more people haven’t dropped out of third grade [his said intellectual grade] .. anyway, as long as obama is NOT part of my gumbo gutter mouth club then he’s alright
GUMBO GUTTER MOUTH MEMMBERS
george bush
beyonce
common
solange
corky
palin
trig [well, he's gonna be once he starts speaking]
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Now that ***** is funny!!!!! Especially about Trig. I know but I can’t help myself. Solange too.
All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend.
He’s black what do you expect?They are going to try and make him look bad any chance they get. the conservative media is trying to teach their people a lesson.. “See what happens when you vote a black man in office, he can’t even speak proper english”. LOL. I bet Rush Limbaugh the drug addict is behind this! It doesn’t matter if you’re the president or not…. to them, he still ain’t nothing but a N****.
Even I can’t stand for this one. Have nicca’s forgot that Bush said ‘Nukular” for fu#kin’ eight years? NO ONE EVER CALLED HIM ON IT. Every time I heard it I would yell at the TV, ‘The word is NUCLEAR! Ya dumb ***** Fu#ka!’
@jb-1030
LMAO!
Besides the fact that his grammar should be the least of your worries at this point, “Michelle and I” is actually correct.
In England, where the English language originated from we use ‘I’ therefore Obama is correct. How petty can people get, it’s a far cry from ‘misunderestimated’…lol
How many times have you said “CAN I” and got popped in the mouth for it?
My grandmother always said, “Baby, it’s “MAY I”.
Then again, there’s so many of us (I’m so sorry to say) who have always thought we were trying to “sound white” if we used proper English.
So, unfortunately, some of us wouldn’t know proper English from bad anyway, hence the “me and Michelle” that some of you think is proper English as well.
Giime a break…
Bush virtually butchered the english language, Palin’s Podunk, Alaska babble was called “folksy”, and they want 2 savage the President 4 saying “I”?
Ahem…
BARACK OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!
GET OVER IT!!!
gotdamn, already…..
@ lulu
Thank you. I was always taught to use “I” – in school and at home, so I don’t know what the hell the NEW YORK TIMES is talking about.
As long as he is not saying “Me and my boo Michelle”, I don’t care how he puts it. God, we really have issues in this country. I guess they can’t really find anything else wrong with him so they picked that out of their *****es.
Bran Bran
It may not be proper English, but at least it is English…I’m STILL unsure what Bush’s first language was. I don’t know where he was pulling his words from, then again maybe I do. I am thinking it was somewhere that saw little to no sunshine!
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Priceless…
@ frank lucas
LMFAO – I hope that fool goes down as “THE DUMBEST PRESIDENT – EVER! in the History Books!
Everything isn’t about simply Black and White. This is about the media trying to find something to write about. Obama is the president and the most popular man on the planet. Therefore, criticisms are includeda in the job descriptions. The media made fun of the way Bush *****ounced “nuclear” and the way Dan Quayle spelled “potato.” This is just the media firing shots at the guy on top. Obama wanted to be president, so he need to develop tougher skin and take the good with the bad. He can’t expect a honeymoon period for the next 4 or 8 years. “Racism” isn’t the answer to everything.
excuse the typos
Wouldn’t “a difficult decision for Michelle and me” make sense when broken into two parts
(1) It was a difficult decision for Michelle
(2) It was a difficult decision for me.
Thus it was a difficult decision (both) for Michelle and (for) me.
I graduated with an honours degree in English and I see no reason to bust the man’s ***** over this. Grammatically, he makes sense.
Proper English
For all of the UNEDUCATED idiots who read and buy into that crap that the NY Times is pushing-Mr. President Obama is using correct english. This is something you learned in grade school. No wonder other countries think we are stupid.
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I think U are stupid and whenever I was in another country they “loved” me so U can go and do what I offered those bloggers earlier to do…EAT A *****
George W. Bush abused the entire English language, and they want to critique a small error that many Americans make? Come on.
This should be in the ‘Ho sit down’ section.
They want to find any and every litte thing to nic pick about because the President is BLACK. GTFOH..
If this is all that they can find to criticize him about, he is doing one hell of a job. Some people are going to have to get over the fact that an intelligent brother is running things.
for those out there saying that bush suffered from getting teased so why is it a big deal it Obama is, get right. Bush was only teased after everyone realized that he was a quintessential dumb ***** and it came much later in his presidency Obama hasn’t even been in office for 2 months and they are starting
Is it just me or are there more important things to be focusing on in the white house? This fine Black man is making big moves real fast, so they really need to cut that shyt out 4real
WTF? DOES ANYONE REALLY WANT TO MAKE PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEECH AN ISSUE AFTER LISTENING TO BUSH DUMBA** FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS? DIDN’T..OOPS I GUESS I BETTER WRITE “DID NOT” THINK SO. (LMFAO)
After 8 years of George Bush now all of a sudden the press notices mistakes when someone speaks. Dear God.
@ One horny woman
That’s just it – PRESIDENT OBAMA *** DIDN’T MAKE A MISTAKE *** in saying, “Michelle and I”.
HE IS RIGHT – it’s their DUMB *****ES (THE NEW YORK TIMES) who just haven’t been used to HEARING PROPER ENGLISH spoken in so long that they, themselves, have forgotten the proper use of “I” and “Me”.
Don’t be fooled – President Obama IS using the term correctly.
@Jade Hummingbird….I agree totally. I too have a Master’s Degree and making an issue about something so insignificant is ridiculous!!! The last 8 yrs of Bush being in office were so bad in terms of him being able to use simple complete sentences, so why the big fuss??…Oh I forgot, it’s the racist NY Post who has a problem with the President…..
Common Sense Please…..
Everything isn’t about simply Black and White. This is about the media trying to find something to write about. Obama is the president and the most popular man on the planet. Therefore, criticisms are includeda in the job descriptions. The media made fun of the way Bush *****ounced “nuclear” and the way Dan Quayle spelled “potato.” This is just the media firing shots at the guy on top. Obama wanted to be president, so he need to develop tougher skin and take the good with the bad. He can’t expect a honeymoon period for the next 4 or 8 years. “Racism” isn’t the answer to everything.
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Until we get about 10-12 black presidents Racism is a live and well baby and don’t U ever forget that…as long as U live in the Untied States of Amerikkka
so wait…WTF! thats how the hell we’re taught in school to say ‘I’…those dumb*****es are just trying to get on Obama for anything…whatever though because he’s making it rain on those hoes presidential style!
@ WESTCOASTLOVE
And what’s your point? Because while I was taught at New York Public Schools – I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT TO USE “I”.
Just what the hell were YOU listening to?
@Mock Rock Star…..
*cosign*
I hear national newspeople using incorrect english all the time on each of the major news stations, this is much ado about nothing. I don’t think that george bush knew the difference between a subject and an object yet they didn’t make much of a fuss. Sarah Palin buthered the english language up terribly, yet they did not make much of a fuss. We all know where these negative issues come from; a republican party and its supporters who have spent more than their 15 minutes in the spotlight! Please go away, or try to help this country move forward.
U know what…while I’m on my “Soap Box” why haven’t we received our reparations and why are U “yellow belly negros” cool with that *****. It’s funny how the Jews received financial benefits for the Holocaust that happen after slavery and was much *****ing shorter than slavery…I swear U crackers are a ***** and a half!!! No ill feeling toward Jews (unless they are the reason we never received out 40 acres and a mule)…why is it that we were promised that and no-one ever paid up and we’ve been told it’s ok..turn the other cheek…I *****ing hate this rotten ***** country!!!
Still laughing at Trip
WTF r they talking about?? After Bush and his illiterate behind, Obama can stand there and say boo boo yah yah and it’s better than what we had. Come on people, we got more important things to worry about…sheez!
@Common Sense…It’s always about racism; just look at the news… How many times must I see the same white girl missing with no representation of other races being missing???? How many times will coporate exe’s (crooks) positions be held by lily white?? How many times will you see police brutality?? Comon Sense you are very naive….
ALL THE “FUMBLED” WORDS AND MIS*****OUNCED WORDS….ALL THE “***** UPS” G.W.BUSH MADE..THEY SHOULD BE ON THEIR KNEES THANKING GOD WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN HE SPEAKS!
When did Obama decide to be black? He was raised by a white women with a Degree in Socialogy. What black people should be asking is why is he dumbing down his speech so he will sound like a black man
Well I can think of a man who claimed to have been educated at Yale yet he couldn’t *****ounce NUCLEAR. Let us not begin to bring up the inadeqate vocabulary of our last Commander in Chief. I swear people get a good thing and don’t know how to react. We had a very inept man for the last 8 yrs at the helms of this great nation then we elect an intelligent one and people are still up in arms! Oh America how I love thee!
Omg….. so they can’t find anything to bash about Obama..I mean seriously ‘I’ instead of ‘me’????
WTF thats hilarious…White people cease to amaze me at the ***** they keep saying….LMBAO
Why these people tripping?
This is stupid. Can’t people find something else to complain about. Actually, Michelle and I sounds better anyway.
Oh and I could have sworn I was taught to say “she and I’ or “my motheer and I” maybe it was my inadequate public schooling!
“Anyway, I’m so thankful, and so gracious – I’m gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.” -George W. Bush, June 4, 2001
“It’s important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots.” -George W. Bush, in remarks to the University of Nebraska women’s volleyball team, the 2001 national champions, May 31, 2001
“So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.” -George W. Bush, in remarks to the University of Nebraska women’s volleyball team, the 2001 national champions, May 31, 2001
“If a person doesn’t have the capacity that we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all.” -George W. Bush, May 22, 2001
“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable. And we’re going to do something about it.” -George W. Bush, May 14
“There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.” -George W. Bush, May 11, 2001
“But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it’s important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.” -George W. Bush, May 1, 2001
“First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.” -George W. Bush, on the Kyoto accord, April 24, 2001
“It’s very important for folks to understand that when there’s more trade, there’s more commerce.” -George W. Bush, at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, April 21, 2001
“Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican.” -George W. Bush, declining to take reporters’ questions during a photo op with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, April 21, 2001
“It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.” -George W. Bush, on “parental empowerment in education,” April 12, 2001
“I think we’re making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lays in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lays in the willingness for people to work hard. But as importantly, it lays in the fact that we’ve got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody’s life just a little bit better.” -George W. Bush, April 11, 2001
“This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We’re making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.” -George W. Bush, April 10, 2001
“It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). I think it’s a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is.” -George W. Bush, at a White House Press conference, March 29, 2001
“I’ve coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically.” -George W. Bush, speaking at the Radio & Television Correspondents dinner, March 29, 2001
“A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses – Hispanically owned or otherwise – pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.” -George W. Bush, speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 19, 2001
“But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the-that don’t let people in to take a look and see what they’re up to. They’re very kind of authoritarian regimes. The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we’ll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.” -George W. Bush, in a media roundtable discussion, March 13, 2001
“I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That’s an important part of building morale in the military.” -George W. Bush, speaking at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, March 12, 2001
“I suspect that had my dad not been president, he’d be asking the same questions: How’d your meeting go with so-and-so? … How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it.” -George W. Bush, in an interview with the Washington Post, March 9, 2001
“Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets must be open.” -George W. Bush, at the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, March 2, 2001
“My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.” -George W. Bush, in his budget address to Congress, Feb. 27, 2001
“I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese – that meant that they weren’t very effective.” -George W. Bush, during a White House press conference, Feb. 22, 2001
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to p***** a literacy test.” -George W. Bush, Feb. 21, 2001
“It’s good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it’s appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people’s lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national – really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it.”-George W. Bush, Feb. 8, 2001
“We’re concerned about AIDS inside our White House – make no mistake about it.” -George W. Bush, Feb. 7, 2001
“There’s no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I’ll never see it.” -George W. Bush, speaking to Catholic leaders at the White House, Jan. 31, 2001
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They need to drink a nice steamy cup of “shut the ***** up,haters”.
And on behalf of President Obama..I will say what he is thinking in repsonse to their bogus claims…
HOES SIT DOWN!!!
They need to drink a nice steamy cup of “shut the ***** up,haters”.
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LMAOOO hot and bubbling!
Actually it is “Michelle and I” thats what I learned growing up in my country, and we followed the British system…
Is this SERIOUSLY up for debate?
We had every English teachers NIGHTMARE in office for 8 years! Bush is SUPPOSED to be a Yale graduate yet he seems to have either flunked or skipped Public Speaking which is BASIC core curriculum in college! Yet someone has the audacity to nitpick about Obama’s subject/verb usage? What happened to the “Joe-Six Pac Common Man” bull s**t the right was shoveling during the entire campaign! Thought he was an elitist!
I swear! These *****’s are a PIECE OF WORK!
@ S.M
I feel you, and, please note that MOST of use do know that the proper way is “Michelle and I”.
But what I wanted to point out to YOU is; while you spell “realise” with an “S” US Americans spell “realize” with a “Z”.
So, when you come visit us on OUR sites – we’d appreciate you spelling words OUR way.
Thank you and goodbye!
When did Obama decide to be black? He was raised by a white women with a Degree in Socialogy. What black people should be asking is why is he dumbing down his speech so he will sound like a black man
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of course now that the man is running the country he was now raised by a white woman and is biracial once again. If he was standing next to Brad Pitt and someone say “smack the n*gger” who do you think would get hit?
That man sounds and looks black so swallow your bull***** and tuck your tail in then get the ***** over it
Get the ***** outta here with that! As dumb as George W. Bush was this is nothing compared to that! Leave Obama alone damn!
“Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican.” -George W. Bush, declining to take reporters’ questions during a photo op with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, April 21, 2001
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
“Ride the Mavrick” WTF was that supposed to mean who the hell owns one .I and Me they got it and we got it.If he wants to say my wife and me or I ,I can give a rats *****.he’s doing his damn job and it hasn’t even been a damn year.Judge him on the War and Debt.
@We “Blacks” Are The Real Hebrew Israelites
Thank you so much for that post! HAHAHAHAH!
This just goes to prove that NY Times are ran by some racist MF’s even more.
First the Monkey now this.
LOL wow just wow.. They are whining over grammar? Seriously grammar? lol
At the end of the day…
1. He won
2. He’s the President
-I hope they don’t spend the next 4 years trying to point out all petty, insignificant things about this man while he’s trying to do his job.
Bush did to the entire United States what he did to New Orleans a few years ago – destroyed it.
Let that man do his job….
Why is everyone upset? This clearly shows that President Obama has done such a great job thus far, that people have to dissect things like his usage of I. MOST people use “I” instead of me because we were always told that saying, “me” sounds barbaric.
Thank You Conservative bloggers for showing me how great my president is.
theprogressiveblackwoman.c/o/m
FROM THE NY POST:
Why did these 19th-century wordies insist “I” is “I” and “me” is “me”? They were probably influenced by Latin, with its rigid treatment of subject and object *****ouns. For whatever reason, their approach stuck — at least in the rule books. Then, why do so many scofflaws keep using “I” instead of “me”? Perhaps it’s because they were scolded as children for saying things like “Me want candy” instead of “I want candy,” so they began to think “I” was somehow more socially acceptable. Or maybe it’s because they were admonished against “it’s me.” Anybody who’s had “it is I” drummed into his head is likely to avoid “me” on principle, even when it’s right. The term for this linguistic phenomenon is “hypercorrection.”
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Okay can somebody tell me wtf is a wordie???? What kind of English is that??
At least he knows how to give a speech.BUSH can’t read to save his life.
lol @ agree lmao. Tha is so true. That fool even tried to walk through a closed door one time. hahahahaha
that’s colloquial we don’t speak queen english it need not be grammatically correct.
George bush couldn’t even spell presidential I dunno what they’re complaining about, here is an educated man and they’re splitting hairs..
crazy americans
Its slang. English is an evolving language.
just like Mitzvah, kibosh, chutzpah are jewish words but acceptable in English language
If NWT want poor grammar let it come to Bossip. Its a place anything goes
I is about to go back to work…
I’m fendin’ to get some work done shawty…
WTF?? We’re in a recession and all these motherf**kers could do is nic picking about shyt!!!
I really don’t care about the use of I or me just as long as he takes care of business!!
If people are blogging about the President Obama’s grammar, I wonder what they were blogging about when President Bush was in office?? Bush didn’t even know the English language! Now I don’t want to talk about the Vice President that spelled potatoe!
Well, I’m an English teacher and, grammatically speaking, I’m not sure if I should tell his critics to “kiss my *****” or “kiss my black *****”. Somebody help me out on this one.
NY Gal..now u know good and dayum well aint no E on the end of potato!
I cant open a computer- Al gore
I sniff but didnt inhale – Bill Clinton
Numerous people are discussing him on ____MillionaireLoving. C O M____. So interesting! Join us. Add your peculiar comments.
Eesk (Ask) (JFK)
No body is perfect
lmao @ him really the V.P. putting toe in potato.
NYT need to get a 5 inch chromed stilleto heel FOOT in the you know what!
Question: Who was Mary Todd Lincoln’s close friend and confidant for most of her life? Answer: Her modiste or seamstress, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly. Keckly was born a slave in Virginia in 1818 and was moved around and loaned out to different members of her master’s family. She was eventually moved to St. Louis, Mo., where she bought her freedom in November of 1855. Throughout her time as a slave, Keckly worked as a seamstress. Once she was eman*****ted she moved to Baltimore with dreams of making dresses for upper-cl***** women and opening a school for young African-American women.
Her Baltimore plans were unsuccessful. She then moved to the capital to try and find work. But, destitute as she was, Keckly didn’t have enough money for a license to remain in the city for more than 30 days. With the help of some of her patrons who knew the mayor of the city, Keckly found a place to stay and was eventually granted a license.
Eventually she ended up making a dress for Robert E. Lee’s wife, sparking the rapid growth of her business. After working tirelessly to finish a dress for one of her patrons, Keckly got a call from the White House. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was requesting an interview.
Mrs. Lincoln hired Keckly to be her seamstress on inauguration day, March 4, 1861. Keckly became involved with the Lincoln family. She comforted Mrs. Lincoln when her sons p*****ed away, and when dealing with the day-to-day difficulties of being a president’s wife. Mrs. Lincoln leaned on Kecklyeven more after the death of her husband. When Mrs. Lincoln fell on hard times after President Lincoln’s death, Keckly had an idea to write a book to help her friend financially and to clear her good name.
With her book, “Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House,” Keckly intended to show the world that Mary Todd Lincoln was misunderstood. But advertisers labeled it as a ‘literary thunderbolt’ and a tell-all book by a black woman who had no business talking about the former first lady. Lincoln felt betrayed, and Keckly’s sewing business suffered. She continued to work as a seamstress and teach young African-American women the trade. Keckly later accepting a faculty position at Wilberforce University and organized a dress exhibit for the Chicago World’s Fair.
Keckly’s gowns are displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Hahahahha! Slow news day,but what the hell. I’ll respond!
Expect whites,(and a lot of blacks)to jump on this negative bandwagon.
He’s doing the great job he’d said he would do.
think
after 8 years of dumb ***** Bush
Despite Tiger Woods iconic status, it’s safe to say the Professional Golf *****ociation hasn’t always been in love with African-Americans.
One of the first African-Americans to play in the PGA was Dewey Brown. He became a member of the PGA in 1928. Brown learned the game as a caddie and became a renowned club designer and teacher during the 1920s and 30s. He even crafted a set of clubs for President Warren G. Harding. In 1934, the PGA terminated Brown’s membership because they found out he was African-American. During the six years he was a member, everyone *****umed he was white because of his light skin color.
Brown was not the only black American in the golf world in the early part of last century. George Grant, a dentist from Boston, designed the first golf tee registered by the United States Patent Office in 1899. John Shippen was the first black American to play in the United States Open, in 1896, even though some competitors threatened to withdraw. And Joseph Bartholomew, a noted architect, designed and built more than a half-dozen golf courses in the New Orleans area. But because he was black, Bartholomew was not allowed to play on the courses he built.
Are you freaking kidding me? Why is this news worthy of the times BLOGGING about it? Did they RIDE George W. for being an overall dumb-*****? I tel you. Crackers will SAY and do anything.
I cant believe some idiot said when did obama get to be black, he was raised by a white woman.. wtf? His seed was planted by a black man and he just cAME THRU THAT WHITE SHOOT! wHAT THE HELL COLOR DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM YOU DAMN SURE DONT SEE A WHITE MAN! DAMN Damn damn!
that fool that threw that shoe should have popped his white azz up side that big wop-sided head of his.. with his drunk azz! (Geo Bush ( that is!!
This is the best these fools got. Attacking him on his grammar. It is going to be a fun 8 years.
Lincoln was 1/4 black
Negrodamus Believes white people are still bitter we sold them into slavery.
PLEASE! they don’t know bad grammar and speech until they come and do my job…
If I hear one more ghetto girl start her sentence with:
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMM…What had happened was…
OR
I don’t be knowing wer my medicaid card is
OR
I had had my baby
I could go on and on and on
lol
lala
“A women”
seriously? didn’t we just have the dumbest motha*****a leading this country for the last 8 years? and now this? let the man do his job
Stupidity at it’s best. We had the most idiotic person in office for 8 years and they have the nerve to come down on Obama? Wow. I have never seen someone be scrutinized and picked apart before in my life.
These are the same fools that wanted short arm and ditzy blah blah in the office. Yeah ok…..LOL! NAN NANNA BOO BOO!! hahahahahahahaha
GO BAMA!!!!
LOl. Do these people realize they are critiquing a former president of the Harvard law review who has sold over 15 million books worldwide?
LMAO.
This hoopla definitely has a racist subtext. You could have a field day with Bush’s grammar so I don’t want to hear it.
Further more it’s funny how Obama was BLACK the entire presidential race. But now that he’s OUR president he Mixed, Bi-Racial, 1/3 Black. Acceptance and coming to terms with it is a *****! These fools are hilarious to me!
What they cease to realize when it comes to Obama is the one thing he has behind him, beside him, and protecting him, can’t be stopped! GOD.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAY A PRAY FOR OBAMA, HIS FAMILY, ADMINISTRATION, AND SUPPORTERS…AND OPPOSERS!!!
I love how ppl want to jump down President Obama’s throat about using “I” verses “me” but I’m PRETTY SURE they weren’t servin it to former President Bush. He can’t even speak English, let alone form proper sentences WHILE sounding like he’s from a back road town in TEXAS!
Sounds like a bunch of poppy***** cheer-cheer-cherrio. I’s gettin tu’s it yall. Uckin naw ooh bay itchabay. I prefer speaking pig latin meself. i HEAR everyone speak of the glorious institutions they were taught in. I bet they didn’t teach any of you conformist if you can’t count don’t steal. I make my own language cause I can’t understand what the Rich Poe folk be saysin.
Any black person that still purchase the New York times is a damn fool..
I’m sorry but American English is too funny. Take a page from the actual Brits, after all it is ENGland and we speak ENGlish. Michelle and I is actually correct.
These bloggers are acting like e-thugs. You know the ones that pick on your spelling and punctuation and what not when they can’t present or debate a point.
Two words: George Bush
Yeah, it is called SEARCHING for imperfections in the most intelligent president in over 50 years.
LMAO @ LA LA….
“I had had my baby” SMH… And they should had had took that baby from your ghetto *****!
lil nigglets just thought this was the perfect post to get that word out my system..been wanting to say it all day
F__K THE WHITE MAN AND HIS PROPER SPEAKING AZZ!!!
Are you serious? Bush didn’t even use complete sentences.
over the use of “me” and “I”
how trivial.
They are just trying to find something to gripe about. I gurantee half the people griping do NOT speak as well as President Obama. Keep shining Mr. President, they can’t touch you!
who care if he uses I instead of me, are you for real. this is some bull
Oh somebody wants to judge President Obama, and the whole time Bush was president people acted like they were scared to say something he never made sense let alone used proper english…
This is so freakinG Ridiculous. After Bush was making up words when speaking they want to harp on Obama about this little *****. Spend your time harping on something IMPORTANT!!
they are stooping below and beyond to try and find errors in our new Mr. President….they need to just give up already….he’s in the oval office DAMMIT! WHAT A BUNCH OF NUT CASES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But he IS using proper English.
Bush mumbled and jubbled over words and phrases for 8 years…NOT A NAN cracker had something to say then!
When I was coming up…I was taught “Michelle and I”, not Michelle and me.
Obama is a lot smarter then 99% of the nation…so step off!
FIRST OF ALL… who cares about what BLOGGERS say…
SECOND… let’s talk about George W. Bush, Jr. and his MISUSE of the English language.
NUFF SAID
Oh, I see I am late on that. LOL *sidestepping out of thread*
Who cares???!!! White folks need to go somewhere i’m tired of them nitpicking with this man…when they should of been nitpicking they weren’t when an absolute idiot was running this country. Seem as if they were very tightlipped…NEW FLASH TO THE OBJECTIVE HONKEYS…GET OVER IT!! ME, MYSELF AND I!!!
OH ***** WHAT THE NY TIMES OR ANY WRITER THAT WRITES FOR IT SAYS! AFTER THEY PUBLISHED THAT ***** WITH THE CHIMP GETTING SHOT DOWN DEAD, AND ABOUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS, WHY ARE YA’LL EVEN POSTING ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE PAPER IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE ARE SOME RACISTS AMONG THEM FOR SURE. AND I DON’T EVEN CARE IF PEOPLE RESIDE IN THE NYC AREA! WHY AREN’T YA’LL BOYCOTTING THIS NEWSPAPER? NOW THEY WANNA START CRAP BECAUSE OBAMA ISN’T A PERFECT (HOUSE SPEAKIN NEGRO!) WHATEVER!! IM GETTIN IRRITATED, ALL THE WAY FROM WINDSOR CANADA!
i never say anything bad about bossip or negative on the web but this ***** is goiing to far ***** if he is (ain’t using correct grammar) so got damn what he is a very smart man give him his props bush is ignorant he can’t speak he is stupid and that ***** live in my area im just mad overall about that bull***** but a mother*****er mad cause he said i instead of me bush was a drunk and was voted in twice but this man said i and you white *****es have fit ***** ya
BULL*****!!!!!! THEY ARE CLEARLY STILL BITTER!!! Why is this making headline news but its political incorrect to pick on George Bush in the media. this man was the president of the harvard review and moreover, most americans do not speak “correct english”. but when sarah palin did she was appealing to the “common joe” right? *********BULL***********
I love it! President Obama got em’ sweatin…its hilarious. All the racist bigots of the Republican Party know that their time is UP, “They’re of a dying breed.” When someone is being hated on so tough – You know they’re doing something right! The Obamam Administration will be the most successful in United States history.
Tell that DUMB AZZ TRICK, to write about how #43 benting us over and screwin’ the living F-Out of “US”.
If the worst thing he can say is he uses me or I incorrectly, then I guess Obama is doing a great job.
@ reggie ball – Exactly!!!!
Clearly they have no damn sense because they are acting all kinds of stupid. They’re of a dying breed and they’re trying to hold on with air. It’s over…I wouldn’t even get mad at this foolishness..start laughing at these nerds. Trust me, all this hating is a cry for help. They’re crying out for help.
I GUESS OLD HILLBILLIE ***** BUSH SOUNDS BETTER.WITH HIS DRUNKING SLUR!
HE’S BEEN TALKING FROM STATE TO STATE. NOW THEY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HE SPEAKS! TO LATE:)
Get the ***** out of here please.. I guess Busha and Palin’s hillbilly *****es used proper english all the time.. Please stop racist folks he’s president..please stop worrying about OBAMA who’s digging the Country out of this bull***** that your brilliant former president bush has put us into and go help Palin who can see Russia from Alaska.. thats who you need to worry about.
“White Folks Ride on Obama for Not Using Proper English in Speeches”
^^^ Would that be the “white folks” that own & operate Bossip, or some other group of crackers??
Where the hell were these same bloggers when Bush was MURDERING the english language? How about Palin’s country fried vernacular? I guess since they were both ‘country’ and ‘folksy’ they got p*****es. Let’s be real, the bloggers have to dig a lot deeper to find problems with President Obama’s grammar than with Bush’s and Palin’s grammar. Since they were so silent when they were speaking, we can only *****ume that they wanted “that one” to lose.
Spoken like a true cracker. Either way, I with him on that “___ and I” *****. Been gettin me since 3rd grade english. The problem is that linguistics keep going back and forth with this *****. “‘Me’ is correct”; “No ‘I’ is.” “You don’t need an Oxford comma near the end of a series” vs “Like hell.”
@WTF
You’re totally right, no one said anything about Palin and Bush. They need to get over it, at least he’s fixing what Bush caused and what Palin wasn’t equipped enough to fix.
WHITE FOLKS CAN GO TO HELL WITH THIER ENGLISH..THIS IS THE NEW PRESIDENT, NEW FACE AND HE BRINGS NEW THINGS LIKE SAVING YOUR *****..BUSH IS A ***** SUCKER.
I mean, really, who gives a f***? Excuse the language, but aren’t there more pressing things to worry about? Maybe the paper should be worried about declining advertisements and circulation or they’ll be out of publication within a year or two.
Look @ U Bossip…whoring yourself with that ad “Do You regret voting for Obama” ***** please…I guess U would rather had that Republican Mummy instead…Bossip Eat A *****!!!
It is interesting that they have a concern with this, when George Bush could not form complete sentences to save his life! Its just haters on their job and watered down racism.
Em, does the fact that he uses ‘I’ instead of ‘me’ affect the way he runs the country?
No…
there’s poverty,unnecessary wars, children dying over silly things and they make a big deal over grammer smh.
When “I” (lol) was in grade school my teacher informed us to use for instance “My Brother and I”… My Mom and I when speaking of someone else.. so maybe Obama was taught the same thing in school.. personally I think it sounds better than My brother and Me…
This is exactly what happen during the election, Republicans trying to distract from the real issues.
WHATEVER SICK FOLKS.THERE IS MORE TO COME AND YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND EARS IF YOU LIKE..GO SUCK A ***** AND SLEEP ON IT.
GHANA.
WTF?! what does it matter if he said a fews the wrong way? these people are still mad Obama is president, but they’re just wack and haters. he’s in office, they need to get use to it and shut up.
The majority of Americans don’t speak proper english! How do you say schedule for real???? We all say it wrong!
Won’t even give a brother a chance! gotta find ANYTHING to discredit him. It’s very sad the world we live in!
I’m white and i dont give a ***** how obama speaks
I’m British,and black..I speak the Queen’s English…I’d like to see some folks have a problem with that…The Queen says it that way..
This is a *****ing joke after 8 years of illerate ***** Bush…stupid ***** Sarah Palin and all these pilgrams robbing the country blind…I would’t even acknowledge that bull*****…yes it is a small grammatical error…he’s a *****in Harvad graduate…and by the way…most pilgrims don’t use standard English..they’re just *****in nasal…I ear hustle all the time…
Are they serious????????????????????
SERIOUSLY!!Out of all the crap that is going on in the US- people have the time to complain that he is using “I” and “me” incorrectly! As if we should really give a damn, is this all they can come up with- well both I and me think they need to just move the hell on- Let me know when they come up with something that Americans really should be concerned with.
Well well well!! Will they ever let things settle down on the racial homefront and start devoting full attention to politics!
Recently, quite a few celebrities were said to appear on the millionaire luxury club ‘Ri ch ki ss. c om’ OMG!!! Maybe they are indeed so rich that they feel boring sometimes to need new things?
This is some ***** here. Did these effers forget about “W” butchering the english language?????
wow dont American bloggers have problems!!! according to the Queens english, we in britain say ‘michelle and I’ not ‘me’ SMDH and if this is what people are concerned about during such times then i foresee a bleak future dammnit!!!
Bran Bran said: “It may not be proper English, but at least it is English…I’m STILL unsure what Bush’s first language was.”
LMAO!
sorry i couldn’t even read the whole post..half the time i couldn’t understand WTF bush was even trying to say so this shyt is ridamndiculous..stop the madness and the hate..is that u startin this shyt too mr. ny post cartoon racist?
WTF?????? HE NEEDS TO START SPEAKING “EBONICS ON THEIR DUMB AZZ’S THEN THEY WONT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NOUN OR *****OUN IS!!!! HERE’S ONE FOR THEM>>> “I” THINK YOU NEED TO KIZZ “ME” AZZ LOL…. WATCHING HIS SPEECH NOW ON TV…. SO KEEP HATING HATERS…. MR. PRESIDENT IS THE MAN}}}}}}
Eff these stupid bloggers. It’s not like he’s saying “axed” or calling Senators “bruh”. I’m sure his written work is gramatically intact.
Ugh..still mad. He’s the first black to head the Harvard Law review. Do these dumb*****es really think Obama doesn’t know proper English? Some of these critics are even on the left-leaning blogs. ***** Ya’ll!
We must understand white people will always scrutinize President Obama no matter how much positive change he implements for our wonderful land! Remember my brothers and sisters, he has made history now let’s do our part to strengthen his legacy!!!!
Did Bush ever use proper english?
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I went to Elementary School in England, and was taught to say “my sister an I” not ME. There are different versions of the English language, and this whole “Michelle and me” thing sounds wrong! …. Michelle and me were invited to dinner… wtf? Michelle is a subject and so are you, not objects so it should be I.
Ok, we need to do the same thing the President id doing…Nothing, not talking about it, not even acknowledging it. Because what Obama is really thinking is…
Those dumb ***** crackers. I am here. I aint going nowhere. No impeachment for using in correct nouns. Now while you dumb ***** is still blogging cause you can’t get a job, I am pulling in $400K a year. My current residence is paid for out of your pocket, my meals are paid out of your pocket. Call me illiterate if you want to while you are looking in from teh outside. Oh yeah, did you see my degree it says Harvard what does yours say, Univeristy of Phoenix?
I can’t believe this was made into a “white” thing. My president is the most elegant man around and I love listening to him speak. And I have always been taught to say, “So and so and I”. WTF?
THIS TOPIC HAS GOT ME SO *****ING WOUND UP……
WHITE AMERICA…AMERICA IN GENERAL: ‘MICHELLE AND I’ IS THE CORRECT WAY OF SAYING IT!!!!!!! *****ES….
IM FROM ENGLAND…EDUCATED AT OXFORD AND THAT IS HOW U SAY IT…….
Michele and I went swimming…I went swimming.
The chef cooked for michele and I..the chef cooked for I.
The chef cooked for Michele and me.
the chef cooked for me…this is what the ***** these simple as nick pickers are talking about
It’s simple and only someone without a life…oh yeah and an Obama hater would even bring it up in the mist of a recession or it a depression.
By the way…I be black and know’s my grammar…in da hood…
it should be michele and i , not and me. he is actually right based on the queens english
Truth be told,no one in America speaks correct english according to people from England who feel they speak the “correct english”…..
CHANGE HAS NOT COME TO AMERICA.Understand that while there are many who believe in change,there are many that don’t even if the President is half white.
Where’s that ***** tabby? Lord knows she thinks “yall” is proper English and she has something negative to say about Obama.
Fuc.. Those mothafuc thats the problem with white folks… We can’t keep *****’ when we are in high positions…
This is why we are suffering and paying for all this ***** that is happening…it’s time for white folks to feel the ‘wrath’ for all the ***** they have done …
I don’t feel sorry for any of them… Go Maddoff…motha*****ers.!!!!
48POWERS!!!!
Actually, “Michelle and I” is gramatically correct. “Michelle and me” would be improper grammar…and who died and made those bloggers the experts on grammar anyway? They just don’t have anyth bad to say about him, so they are slamming him for his supposedly “bad” but actually proper grammar…how pathetic.
Wow. I wish someone would point this site out to Obama to have him embarras you, with your “white people” did this nonsense.
The fact that Bossip brought this up just shows their how pathetic they are and those that are getting upset. HELLOOO, we are bloggers to and we all can be put on blast for the bull***** we come to read and talk about on this site instead of doing more ‘important’ things.
GET-the-*****-over-it!
may I please address the haters:
My daughter and I would like you to kiss me *****…
As many on here have prevoiusly mentioned, “Michelle and I” is gramatically correct.
It’s too bad any references to the 20th century were excluded, as “Michelle and I” was held to be (and still is) proper structure until around the 1970-80’s when looser standards of grammar became more widely acceptable and “me and Michelle” was deemed an acceptable substitute.
LMAO @ Leta354 !
And then they wonder why the U.S has such a HIGH rate of illiteracy in this country? Because they are teaching INCORRECT english grammar. I don’t know who called it upon themselves in this country to start switching around the rules of english grammar, but the rest of the damn world learnt that “Michelle and I” is the grammatically correct. You do not refer to yourself as “me” in that sentence. If “Michelle and I went to a store” you do not say “Me went to a store,” hence you do not use “Michelle and me.” Stop teaching our young children this crap and making them believe that this is absolutely correct.
BUSH couldn’t even string a sentence together or *****ounce words…
Well If he’s wrong then we all are because everyone has been taught in school to say I after the person’s name. Saying ”Me” doesn’t even sound right and I’ve never heard someone say Me instead of I without getting corrected by someone. Now since a black man is saying a speech they’re busting their a** off to find something wrong with his speeches. And for the record, I asked two grammar teachers and googled it and the correct way is ”I” So find something else!
white folks are extremely hypocritical; i can’t stan raw folks, anyway george (stupid, dumb*****, cowboy, sack of *****)bush is allowed to mangle the english and they (white folks)consider him to be the best thing since slice bread.
***** that ***** we have more things to worrie about than whether or not our PRESIDENT can speak proper english; Examples *****ed up economy, 2 failed wars, record high forclosures and record high layoffs.Yes sir george w. bush is a very brilliant man.
“Michelle and i” is the accepted use in England, land of the English. American English is almost colloquial. Obama’s use is right on the money!
all these salty crackers. need to shut up he won already get over it….The only reason they’re critizing him so bad is because he’s black no one messed with Bush’s ignorant ***** half as much and doesn’t even have half the intelligence as Obama he speaks properly 99.9 percent of the time thats more than enough. Plus I’ll bet there speech can’t even match him. Besides white people still loved Palin’s Clearly stupid ,crazy, ignorant *****. And everybody knows Bush’s daddy paid for his degree because i know he didn’t earn it unless that myth about being dropped or knocked over the head is true.So if they wanted to talk about MY BLACK PRESIDENT’S speech they should’ve started w/Bush or Pailin dumb bunny self
have yall ever noticed when obama gives a speech,he does very well.but in interviews,he studders and awww aww alot.not hating just stating.
How about they HOP OFF OBAMA’S NUTS can he do ANYTHING a normal person does without ppl ridiculing him for it. just stfu already.
N*ggers are illiterate, lazy and stupid. All the childish responses don’t surprise me. N*ggers are one of the worst things to happen to this nation. Way too much influence-bad influence. Damn shame.
Omg!!!!!! That’s not what I was taught at school either. I agree with Kibbie!!!!
If I had heard the President say “Michelle and me” I would’ve keeled over and been so embarr*****ed! If that’s conventional wisdom/conventional English, I am glad that I am out of the schooling system, but what are they going to teach my son????
SMH!!!!!
Let’s hear the white man speak Swahilli
who gives a *****?
HAHA THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD IS BLACK!
DEAL WITH IT OR KILL YOURSELF!!!
how convenient for them to forget the dingaling ramblings of the century – Dubbya Bush
now wipe it off…
hahaha thats the worst they came up with? Bush’s speachec were a joke and so full of incorrect stuff it was hard to make any sence of anything he said. But hey, he was the “Decision maker”!
ummmmmmmmm how about our last president NEVER spoke standard english and even MADE UP words like “misunderestimate” ???
if obama is so perfect that all they can find on him is a conflict of “I” vs. “Me”, then let them preoccupy themselves with that.
smh
OKAY WHAT ABOUT BUSH…..GREAT SPEAKER? LOL
SERIOUSLY? If this is what Obama is doing wrong then we are al greatful…WHO CARE….I or Me? does that really matter in the grande scheme of things? he is an amazzzzzing man!
lets focus on the three things he talked about:
-CLEAN ENERGY
-HEALTH CARE
-EDUCATION
to all those bloggers who are buggin him about his grammer….go out and do something productive instead, GO VOLUNTEER!
<3 OBAMA 09 <3
Too much *****ing time on their *****ing hands!
The people and I says, KISS HIS BLACK PRESIDENTAL *****…George Bush couldn’t put his thoughts into words. It was fine long as he shrugged and smiled like the *****whole he was.
salty crackers, white foks is hypocritical…no hypocricy in a racist site callin out racists … yes Bush was an illiterate idiot who was called out by blacks and whites for ALL of his idiocies… those salty crackers VOTED Obama in, and any use of improper english by one of the most eloquent presidents we have ever had IS newsworthy and will be called out by black and white journalists
I AGREE WITH MOST.. THE FACT THAT BOSSIP, RAN BY BLACKS, BROUGHT THIS UP IS RIDICULOUS AND IT SEEMS THEY EVEN BACK THE “WHITE RIDERS” OF OBAMA…
GET OVER IT! HELL, WHO DOESNT SAY… MICHELLE AND I, OR YOU AND I WHEN SPEAKING. IT SOUNDS PRETTY FREAKIN NORMAL TO ME
GOOD EVENING BOSSIP,
MY BLOGGERS AND I HAVE DECIDED THIS SITE AND WORTH A D*MN
OR SHOULD I HAVE SAID,
GOOD EVENING BOSSIP,
MY BLOGGERS AND ME SOUND BOUT AS STUPID AS THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS ARTICLE
*****ody said ***** to George Bush’s illiterate *****!!!
yea and george w. beautifully demonstrated the english language.
11. “And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there’s jobs at the machine-making place.”
NOW THATZ FUNNY RIGHT’DER!
Like Bush ever sounded smart while delivering his speaches! What about that, White people.
SUCKING MY TEETH AND ROLLING MY EYES AT THIS BLOG…..HOW BOUT MY ***** AND I SAY “KICK ROCKS” (HE’S STILL THE PREZ!)
IT IS DEFINITELY CORRECT ENGLISH TO SAY ‘MICHELLE AND I’ OR ‘(FILL IN THE BLANK) AND I,’ AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE!!! THAT’S PROPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR. OUR PRESIDENT IS RIGHT, AS USUAL. IF HE WERE TO SAY ‘MICHELLE AND ME,’ THAT WOULD BE IMPROPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR, PERIOD. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU LEARN IN GRADE SCHOOL. WHEN HE SAYS ‘MICHELLE AND I,’ ‘MICHELLE’ AND ‘I’ ARE BOTH SUBJECTS OF THE SENTENCE. THAT IS, THEY ARE THE NOUNS THAT ARE PERFORMING THE ACTION. YOU CAN, AND OFTEN DO, HAVE TWO SUBJECTS IN A SENTENCE. AN OBJECT IS DIFFERENT. AN OBJECT [MORE PROPERLY KNOWN AS DIRECT OBJECT, BY THE WAY, SO-CALLED GRAMMAR CRITICS] WOULD BE ‘CHILDREN’ IN THIS SENTENCE: MICHELLE AND I TOOK THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING. THE DIRECT OBJECT[S] IS WHO OR WHAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE TO. IN THIS CASE, IT IS THE CHILDREN. MICHELLE AND I ARE THE SUBJECTS TAKING THE DIRECT OBJECTS [CHILDREN] TO SCHOOL!!! THE ONLY WAY ‘ME’ WOULD BE USED IS IF PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID SOMETHING LIKE ‘MICHELLE GAVE ME’ OR ‘MICHELLE TOLD ME,’ ETC. ME HAS TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF A VERB TO BE AN OBJECT. GEEZ!!! WHO ARE THESE SO-CALLED EXPERTS WHO ARE TRYING TO SAY THIS NONSENSE? I HAVE A FEW HUNCHES. GET A LIFE, AND AN EDUCATION. YOU ARE NOT SMART, AND DON’T KNOW BASIC GRAMMAR!!!
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AMAZINGLY INTELLIGENT AND ELOQUENT. HE DOESN’T MAKE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, EVER! THIS IS PROPER LANGUAGE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SPEAKING. APPARENTLY, THE CRITICIZERS DON’T KNOW CORRECT GRAMMAR. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ‘FILL IN THE BLANK) AND ME,’ EVER!!! IT’S WRONG, GOT IT?
PS: PLEASE, THEY WILL TRY TO PULL THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. THEY DON’T HAVE A POINT, IT’S JUST THEM TRYING TO TRICK YOU INTO BELIEVING THIS GARBAGE. IT’S ALL BOLOGNA, NOT BASED ON FACT. IT’S REALLY A SHAME FOR THEM TO TRY THIS BULL ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. KNOW YOUR STUFF MY PEOPLE!!!
Again, I beg to differ….there are instance when “me” is appropriate and “I” isn’t…I don’t have any of Obama’s quotes…however, I is not always correct…third graders are taught the test of dropping the other person and seeing how it fits:
Those cookies were sent to Michele and I.
Those cookies were sent to I…doesn’t work
Those cookies were sent to Michele and me.
Those cookies were sent to me.
Again,I don’t have any of his speeches handy…but ‘Me is correct as and object…
Good Grief!!! Who cares if “I” is used as a subject and “me” as an object. George W. Bush didn’t even use subject+ verb agreement correctly. White folks are always hounding blacks for all kinds of BS! They really need to get over themselves,seriously!!!
This is just RIDCULOUZ. Bush could not speak worth a damn. He even made up words as he spoke. They cannot stand the fact that a “Black” man is so well educated and intelligent. They have to find fault about something. Our country is too messed up for them to concentrate on proper english. Let us focus on all the people that are losing their jobs and homes.
I bet they didn’t go that hard when Bush was speaking alien english. Step off white folks. You’re still mad, and It’s okay. Deal with it!