08-04-2024, 06:15 AM
(08-04-2024, 05:08 AM)dukealien Wrote:I think it's incontestably true that Trump is a moron and speaks the language of moron to other morons (who may or may not understand what he is trying to say—because let's face it, Trump doesn't really know what he's trying to say, either. He reminds me of that bit from Bill And Ted, when the jock is giving this incoherent speech and everyone is sat in stoney silence until he shouts "San Dimas High School football rules!" and they all cheer.)(08-04-2024, 04:45 AM)Collapsed We Swear Wrote:Confused here: some would say that (incomplete, incoherent sentences) of Trump, but it's incontestably true of Harris. Perhaps they've both arisen in politics because their utterances' incoherent content can be interpreted to fit the hearer's predisposition about the speaker.
I suppose a lot of people think it'll be refreshing to have a president that can form complete coherent sentences that you don't have to interpret like they're some sort of avant-garde beat poet.
Here's one (of a few) articles talking about how difficult it is for translators to translate Trump.
https://deadline.com/2017/07/donald-trum.../#comments
Here's an extract:
Professional translators told Lydic that Trump is the “worst” person to translate, because he’s sometimes incoherent, sometimes changes his mind in the middle of a sentence, is grammatically incorrect, and “seems a little bit uneducated.” One translator confessed he sometimes has to “fake it” and not translate Trump literally, “otherwise you’re going to look like an idiot yourself.”
And here's the Bill & Ted bit:
Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers... San Dimas High School football rules!
And finally, some words of wisdom from Trump in one of his recent speeches:
“They’re coming from everywhere. They’re coming from all over the world, from prisons and jails, and mental institutions and insane asylums. You know, they go crazy when I say, ‘The late great Hannibal Lecter,’ OK? They say, ‘Why would he mention Hannibal Lecter? He must be cognitively in trouble.’ No no no, these are real stories. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lamb [sic]. He’s a lovely man. He’d love to have you for dinner [confused silence]... They're destroying our country! [APPLAUSE]”
