Feminist Politicians and Harvey Weinstein

[RoadKingLarry]

My big wonderment about Weinstein is the pronunciation of his name.  The last 3 letters of wein and stein are spelled the same way.  Should it not be Weensteen or Winestine?    Inquiring minds wish to know.

Does the rule against nicknames apply if it isn't a political figure?

If not then I'd go with Swinestein.

[Perd Hapley]

I just stick with what I was taught in that one year of highschool Deutsch - if the i comes after the e (in a diphthong), it's "i" as in "ice." So "wine-stine."

(I apologize for using the word "thong" in a discussion of Harvey Wine-stine.)


I'm sorry if this has been posted already, but it was just too funny for me to pass up. Guess who gave the max amount to Clinton's legal defense fund, during the impeachment?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/starr082298.htm

Hollywood was quick to come to the president's aid. Among the 62 donors giving the maximum $10,000 were performers and directors such as Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Michael Douglas, Ron Howard, Norman Lear, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw-Spielberg as well as studio executives Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Harvey Weinstein and Bud Yorkin.

Not aging well.

[230RN]

"I just stick with what I was taught in that one year of highschool Deutsch - if the i comes after the e (in a diphthong), it's "i" as in "ice." So "wine-stine."

Yeah, I learned it was pronounced like the second vowel.  Thus "stein" is stine, and "stien" is steen.

"Vienna" is "veen," more or less, in German, "das Wien."

Similarly, "wienerschnitzel."

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxSIX3fmmo

[just Warren]

I wonder how many of these feminist politicians (and actresses) were part of the mockery brigade when it came out that Mike Pence won't visit with women without another person there.

[Scout26]

My big wonderment about Weinstein is the pronunciation of his name.  The last 3 letters of wein and stein are spelled the same way.  Should it not be Weensteen or Winestine?    Inquiring minds wish to know.

I've had that thought multiple times over the past week.

Come on you German speakers, explain yourselves. German isn't a language like English where things aren't supposed to make sense.

(Yes, I know he's Jewish, but that's definitely not Hebrew.)

AFAIK, it's just his family's americanization of the pronunciation. My name sounds completely different when pronounced as it should be in German. Not that we "americanized" the name - it's just how Americans pronounce it. My first name should be pronounced similarly to "Bane" as the German version of Ben (in fact, specifically Southern German pronunciation), but I am quite happy to use the American version while in America.

My mother's maiden name is 13 letter German word/name (very, very, very uncommon).  If you looked at tried to pronounce it, you'd choke.  (My one cousin was simply called "Alphabet" while in the Navy.   )   However, it has been bastardized/Americanized into something that had the Germans (with the exact same last name) scratching their heads at when they came to visit a few years back for her hometown's 175th Anniversary of it's founding.

English doesn't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

[Perd Hapley]

I wonder how many of these feminist politicians (and actresses) were part of the mockery brigade when it came out that Mike Pence won't visit with women without another person there.

Allow myself to quote, uh, myself.

Also, when Bialik talks about precautions she takes as a woman, they say it's bad for women. When Pence talks about precautions he takes as a man, they also say it's bad for women. Funny how that works.

[Scout26]

[Scout26]

Actually it looks like they are all auditioning for Weinstein....

[Perd Hapley]

Every time I think she can't get more laughable, she does.

[Hawkmoon]

Does the rule against nicknames apply if it isn't a political figure?

If not then I'd go with Swinestein.

Many, many years ago there was a television commercial for Mogen David wine, featuring one Rabbi Steinstein. They made it into humor by asking him how to pronounce his name. The answer?

"Stinesteen? Steenstine? Who cares?"

[Jamisjockey]

I wonder how many of these feminist politicians (and actresses) were part of the mockery brigade when it came out that Mike Pence won't visit with women without another person there.

Or called Sarah Palin a *wow such a strong word to use, check your anger at the door*?

[Fly320s]

Every time I think she can't get more laughable, she does.

She?  That is a guy, right?  Who is it?

[Perd Hapley]

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/10/16/awkward-moveon-org-establishes-new-definition-of-chutzpah-by-supporting-this-hashtag/

[dogmush]

She?  That is a guy, right?  Who is it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham

However, reading that entire page might actually make you dumber.

[Viking]

The guy in the background

[makattak]

The guy in the background

I did my best to just glance at the photo as I had no desire to be repulsed.

And just about fell out of my chair after you posted that. Thank you for braving the consequences to look closely. 

[bedlamite]

[bedlamite]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham

However, reading that entire page might actually make you dumber.

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/lena-dunham-describes-sexually-abusing-her-toddler-sister

[Perd Hapley]

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/lena-dunham-describes-sexually-abusing-her-toddler-sister

But she's the voice of her generation!

[TechMan]

Damn you bedlamite, I was taking a drink when I saw that.

[Perd Hapley]

http://freebeacon.com/culture/no-signs-harvey-weinstein-taking-nra-despite-statement-sexual-assault-scandal/

The nation's leading gun-control groups told the Washington Free Beacon on Friday that Harvey Weinstein has not given any money to them despite his promise to channel his anger at himself for sexually abusing numerous women into a fight against the National Rifle Association (NRA).

[RevDisk]

A combination of position and mouthing the right political slogans bought him a pass from both Hollywood and the left in general. He's just using the same formula that protected him from rape charges for decades. I doubt he meant or cares about any of the ideology he's loudly proclaimed for decades. Virtue signaling, in other words. "Look at me, I'm a strong believer of the correct thoughts."

Rightists do the same thing on a regular basis. Tis how you generally have the largest growth of government or most effective gun control laws typically passed or enacted by Republicans. While attempting to have sex with men in public bathrooms.

[Ben]

I wonder how many of the SJW crowd might be regretting the "me too" thing at this point? Seems like more of them are getting fingered than are the people they might like to see called out.

Kevin Spacey took a hit this morning, and so did this guy:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/10/30/woman-accuses-neil-degrasse-tyson-of-rape-while-she-was-a-grad-student/

[French G.]

I wonder how many of the SJW crowd might be regretting the "me too" thing at this point? Seems like more of them are getting fingered than are the people they might like to see called out.

Kevin Spacey took a hit this morning, and so did this guy:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/10/30/woman-accuses-neil-degrasse-tyson-of-rape-while-she-was-a-grad-student/

Phrasing!