13.1.14 Say What You See

Well, that's amusing!  It seems that Alan Pardew called Manuel Pellegrini a "fucking old cunt" during the altercation that followed the disallowed goal yesterday.  Say what you see, Alan!  The asterisks in use in the national press and online don't in any way hide the exact wording, of course.  He apologised to his Man City counterpart later, and apparently will not be facing any action by the Football Association.  A manager moaning at a referee's decision and calling into question his slant on things usually leads to a fine, but as long as there's an apology, "fucking old cunt" is not a problem!  NB: Pardew was irate about the goal being disallowed, but he did not have much to say about his player Yanga-Mbiwa kicking the fuck out of Nasri and nearly breaking his leg - and escaping a red card!

Elsewhere in the news, the US Vice President, Joe Biden, had immense difficulty in pronouncing a name in the way that the rest of the world seemed okay with.  Ariel Sharon has been remembered today.  The funeral was attended by world leaders, and the US representative managed, on the radio interview clip I heard, to say 'Sharon' as in the style of the 1979 hit by The Knack - 'My Sharona'.  The 'on' is as you'd expect, and pronounced like the opposite of 'off'.  Still, that American tampering is in synch with Y-o-ghurt and C-o-lin Powell.  Say what you see, Joe, assuming you can read.

I heard on the news as well about some cunt or other paying 'homage', except that the newsreader decided upon the pathetic and pretentious 'omarj' sound. We do NOT need smart-arse cunts mispronouncing things.  The same newsreader decided that 'Total' is in need of tampering with when talking about the French company.  Sorry, but no one in the UK says 'Pareee' (for Paris) nor do we opt for 'FolksVagen' in normal life.  Get a grip, you nobs on the BBC. Still, it might be best to get the fuckers to try and learn how to say English words first.  Apparently 'honoury' is now a word, replacing 'honourary' and saving a syllable.  I suspect that the script had the word spelled correctly.  Say what you see, news readers!

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