Comments on: Feel the Love

By: Marc Mulholland

Marc Mulholland — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:56:54 +0000

Some of my family learned medicine in Northern Ireland. They referred to it as ‘Obs-n-Giney”, which has a nice ring I think. As a child I ran around singing it.

By: Matt Weiner

Matt Weiner — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:42:40 +0000

I think I’ve heard it both ways (in the U.S.) And this is probably the hate speaking, but I think Bush thought he was being funny.

By: theCoach

theCoach — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:54:42 +0000

I think our best shot is that his policies have failed much faster than one could of imagined. With his administrations rank dishonest and lack of concern for the future they should have been able to goose the economy with the kind of money they were willing to borrow. The best shot at getting rid of Bush are the wrong track numbers. IMHO, if people understood the difference between tax rates and taxes[would a candidate who raised spending, but lowered tax rates to zero really be eliminating taxes?], and that Bush has done more long-term damage and has missed once in a life time opportunities, it would be easier still. In the US, I have always heard it spelled out O-B-G-Y-N.

By: abb1

abb1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:20:27 +0000

In the end, I think his inability to speak contemporanesouly gives us our best shot at getting rid of him. Hmm, I wish it were true, but I suspect it only makes him more likable, “one of us” – unlike those darn librul elitist college professors.

By: Another Damned Medievalist

Another Damned Medievalist — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:08:21 +0000

How about, “their vocation”? Or just, “are unable to practice”? I’ve always heard it spelled out, too.

By: robbo

robbo — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:00:22 +0000

The guy’s an embarrassment to us all. Even his most ardent admirers, if they’re honest with themselves, feel some level of embarrassment whenever Bush unleashes a statement like this on our ears. And it happens a lot. In the end, I think his inability to speak contemporanesouly gives us our best shot at getting rid of him.

By: obeah

obeah — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:34:25 +0000

All the women I know (myself included) pronounce it O-B-G-Y-N. Well, I did have a roommate in college who talking about having a “gynie” appointment, but other than that.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:22:37 +0000

By the way, I’d always assumed that OB/GYN was short for “obstetrician/gynaecologist” and pronounced “Ob-gine”. Is “O-B-G-Y-N” some sort of euphemism?

By: Buck

Buck — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:04:54 +0000

The AP story guesses that he mixed up his lines. That doesn’t help much, does it? “Pay no attention to the man behind the teleprompter!”

By: abb1

abb1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:58:51 +0000

What was he supposed to say? To practice their—what?—with women all across the country? I can’t think of anything. Did he do it on purpose, then?

By: Steve Carr

Steve Carr — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:59:46 +0000

That’s one of the funniest Bushisms of all time. It belongs up there with the Will Ferrell ad.