like-minded American politician

So much for "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum".

vpb: So much for "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum".

You referencing Thatcher or Palin's career?

If she spoke proper English, wouldn't that make her an "elitist" and alienate her fan base?

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: vpb: So much for "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum".

You referencing Thatcher or Palin's career?

I'm speaking of comparing Thacher to Palin.

Is that one of those 'truck/lorry' things?  "Raw" means "absent" to the Brits?

Obligatory:

Diogenes: Is that one of those 'truck/lorry' things?  "Raw" means "absent" to the Brits?

I still don't see how they think a wrench is a spanner.

Got-damnit! You can't just throw a closeup of Coulter in the middle of an article. Some people have heart conditions.

Meh, Palin has her place.

/she reaches the trailer park republicans

What "proper English" may look like, not that Frankified crap:

An. M.LXVI. On þyssum geare man halgode þet mynster æt Westmynstre on Cyldamæsse dæg 7 se cyng Eadward forðferde on Twelfts mæsse æfen 7 hine mann bebyrgede on Twelftan mæssedæg innan þære niwa halgodre circean on Westmyntre 7 Harold eorl feng to Englalandes cynerice swa swa se cyng hit him geuðe 7 eac men hine þærto gecuron 7 wæs gebletsod to cynge on Twelftan mæssedæg 7 þa ylcan geare þe he cyng wæs he for ut mid sciphere togeanes Willelme ... 7 þa hwile com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan on Sce Michaeles mæssedæg 7 Harold com norðan 7 him wið gefeaht ear þan þe his here com eall 7 þær he feoll 7 his twægen gebroðra Gyrð 7 Leofwine and Willelm þis land geeode 7 com to Westmynstre 7 Ealdred arceb hine to cynge gehalgode 7 menn guldon him gyld 7 gislas sealdon 7 syððan heora land bohtan.

If five colleges couldn't do it....

PC LOAD LETTER: What "proper English" may look like, not that Frankified crap:

An. M.LXVI. On þyssum geare man halgode þet mynster æt Westmynstre on Cyldamæsse dæg 7 se cyng Eadward forðferde on Twelfts mæsse æfen 7 hine mann bebyrgede on Twelftan mæssedæg innan þære niwa halgodre circean on Westmyntre 7 Harold eorl feng to Englalandes cynerice swa swa se cyng hit him geuðe 7 eac men hine þærto gecuron 7 wæs gebletsod to cynge on Twelftan mæssedæg 7 þa ylcan geare þe he cyng wæs he for ut mid sciphere togeanes Willelme ... 7 þa hwile com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan on Sce Michaeles mæssedæg 7 Harold com norðan 7 him wið gefeaht ear þan þe his here com eall 7 þær he feoll 7 his twægen gebroðra Gyrð 7 Leofwine and Willelm þis land geeode 7 com to Westmynstre 7 Ealdred arceb hine to cynge gehalgode 7 menn guldon him gyld 7 gislas sealdon 7 syððan heora land bohtan.

That's Old English. That language evolved into Middle English and thence into Modern English. It is, by no means, proper at this point and time.

Well hell, Maggie forced herself to speak with a 'sophisticated' accent because she was embarrassed by being the daughter of a lowly common grocer. But Palin? Way to pick your battles, there.

Thatcher was apparently sinking pretty far into dementia already by 2005. So at what point did she take an interest in Palin's career?

Coulter said that she thought the reason for Mrs Thatcher's interest must have been solidarity with Palin, saying that both she and Thatcher recognized Palin's potential.

Pure Coulter speculation.  Should guide you on how seriously to take it.

Until yesterday, I'd never heard Ms Thatcher speak (even though I'm 31).

Good LORD, she sounds like every rich guy's wife from every 80s flick. Her voice OOZES contempt for "the little people" (which I can imagine her saying in a condescending tone). At least Reagan had the charm - was Britain really just struck by how much of a stereotype she was?

// and Palin - still - isn't fit to munch her fartbox

Mugato: If she spoke proper English in complete sentences   , wouldn't that make her an "elitist" and alienate her fan base?

FTFY

Diogenes: Coulter said that she thought the reason for Mrs Thatcher's interest must have been solidarity with Palin, saying that both she and Thatcher recognized Palin's potential.

Pure Coulter speculation.  Should guide you on how seriously to take it.

Either that or Thatcher's dementia and multiple strokes took control of the steering wheel in her head.

angrymacface: That language evolved into Middle English and thence into Modern English

I like their music.

Jairzinho: Good times...

"Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts".

I wonder how true that was.

Seems much more plausible than the submitted piece.

angrymacface: PC LOAD LETTER: What "proper English" may look like, not that Frankified crap:

An. M.LXVI. On þyssum geare man halgode þet mynster æt Westmynstre on Cyldamæsse dæg 7 se cyng Eadward forðferde on Twelfts mæsse æfen 7 hine mann bebyrgede on Twelftan mæssedæg innan þære niwa halgodre circean on Westmyntre 7 Harold eorl feng to Englalandes cynerice swa swa se cyng hit him geuðe 7 eac men hine þærto gecuron 7 wæs gebletsod to cynge on Twelftan mæssedæg 7 þa ylcan geare þe he cyng wæs he for ut mid sciphere togeanes Willelme ... 7 þa hwile com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan on Sce Michaeles mæssedæg 7 Harold com norðan 7 him wið gefeaht ear þan þe his here com eall 7 þær he feoll 7 his twægen gebroðra Gyrð 7 Leofwine and Willelm þis land geeode 7 com to Westmynstre 7 Ealdred arceb hine to cynge gehalgode 7 menn guldon him gyld 7 gislas sealdon 7 syððan heora land bohtan.

That's Old English. That language evolved into Middle English and thence into Modern English. It is, by no means, proper at this point and time.

No, the language evolved after being invaded by the Normans, who brought with them the Latin roots, thus polluting the pure English language and perverting it into some sort of chimeric monster of rules and spellings.