Dubya????

[Lucky Luke]

Excuse my ignorance, but where did this nickname come from???

[htom]

Asprin, now. No substitutes. I'll wait.

Go take the G*d D*mn asprin!

Now go to the hospital, please.

[Lucky Luke]

??? :confused: ???
What???

[Greg Stoll]

Dude. Seriously.

Bush #1 was "George H.W. Bush"
Bush #2 is "George W. Bush"

See the "Dubya"?

[Wild Dingo]

Dubya?... from what I can figure is the "W" in George W Bush... "dubya" bein the southern manner of sayin W... sorta the implication I think of which is his bein a bit of a dumbass texass hick which could be right given some of his dumbass southern hick comments since he came to power :cool:

sorta like sayin in your dumbest US accent {visions of Gomer Pile here ;) } "Gooooolleeee Whyah ahm Geeorge Dubya Boosh shure hick ah ahm"

I guess even Americans got sick of calling him George and him ignorin them bush and him ignoring them mr pres and him ignorin them so they just got ta sayin Dubya an now hes maybe takin notice tongue.gif

But then I coulda had all that wrong after all it was given me by a Texarsian... mmm or was that a Canadian?... danged ifn ah nos pardner coulda bin one of them thar varmits elseways I mighta jist made it up! :eek: nah not me!! ;) Nope I really think thats the reasons for Dubya gettin called Dubya an not all those other unprintable names hes been gettin from everywhere lately :rolleyes:

Now I advise yer to..... duck!!! :D

Dang it all Greg! I was purdy dangeded close by gar ;)

[ 05-21-2004, 01:52 AM: Message edited by: Wild Dingo ]

[Meerkat]

"Dubya" resembles the pronunciation, by Americans from the southeastern part of the country, of the letter "W". This "southern" accent, and other mannerisms and customs of the region, are often used to make fun of them. They also lost the American Civil War ;)

[Meerkat]

Damnit Dingo; you posted as I was finishing up mine!

Oh well, Luc will know for sure where Dubya came from now ;)

"Texarsian" - I love it! :D

[ 05-21-2004, 01:56 AM: Message edited by: Meerkat ]

[stan v]

You survived... :(

[Wild Dingo]

I was right??? Strewth!!! HA!!! :D gawd yer gotta love that take a mad punt and what do yer know yer on the money! mmmm maybe while IM on a roll I better get a lottery ticket :D :D

[km gresham]

The War of Northern Agression.

[Ian McColgin]

Yeah, right. And it was really a covert group of bluebellies under Lincoln's secret orders who fired on Ft Sumter.

[Paul Pless]

dubya" bein the southern manner of sayin W... sorta the implication I think of which is his bein a bit of a dumbass texass hick I much prefer to hear the southern belle's voice dripping with honey, talking about Dubya with a gentleman in a seersucker suit, than hear a Chitown girl utter the words doubleu any day.

[NormMessinger]

I much prefer to hear the southern belle's voice dripping with honey, talking ....

Me too. This would be Molly Ivins you are speaking of no doubt.

Here you go Lucky, http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnist s/molly_ivins/ (http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/molly_ivins/) . You won't hear the honey but it will give you a better impression of Texans.

[ 05-21-2004, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: NormMessinger ]

[Wild Dingo]

I wanna hear from Vermillyun!! Huney chil yer there?? Sweet pumkin puss flower of the southern belles get offn that reprobate Charles fella an get yer sweet ass over heah girl!!! :D

Mr Shang I ask ye politely sirah in as suthurn an accent as I am able given my inability ta speak any other lingo but mah own sirah give us Vermillyun or tis warah sirah!! I mean war yer northern lightnin drinkin wench tacklin swashbucklin motor head! now let go of that bottle of home brew an get tha wench out here! :D

[Paul Pless]

LOL!

You know as funny as it is to me to hear a Yankee mimic a Southerner, its even funnier reading a Australian doing it.

[km gresham]

"W" pronounced "dub-ya" My father and his family have lovely low country Southern brogue and the sounds of the letters are soft, a touch slow and melodic.
I don't call him that, though - I call him President Bush smile.gif

His father is George Herbert Walker Bush (George), the President is George Walker Bush (no junior as some insist) and his nephew is George Prescott Bush ("P" he's referred to by the family.)

We Southerners do tend to carry our names all through the family, resulting in nicknames.

My great grandfather was James (Ozzie) he had 2 sons named James (J.O. and Shorty), my father is James (Jim) and my brother is James (Jay). Our cousin is James (Jamie), my 2nd cousin is James (Jimmy) and my son is Jay (derivation of James). See what I mean, Shane :D

[ 05-22-2004, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: km gresham ]

[NormMessinger]

"I call him President Bush." So do I. But that ain't what I'm thinking. tongue.gif

[Wild Dingo]

Sorry cross posted Karen... soo many Jums in that mob dont yer get muddled... "Oi Jum gerrover ere! nah not you yer galah the other one nah not im the other fella"

They call that poor buggar "P"??? strewth the poor fella nick named P... gotta feel for someone with a nickname like that I mean imagine "Gidday Im P!" "Yer right mate the dunnys out the back mate yer dont have to tell everyone" tis a worry that one! {insert a smile about here}

An Paul mate try hearin a Yank tryin to speak Aussie!! :eek: gawd what a hoot!! ;) last time the hoons heard it they totally lost the plot! :D

I love tryin to speak southern Yank... cant get me tongue around it and that cracks me up! I must admit ahm gettin tha hang of talkin right Texarsian... but I tried to speak English once but ended up wettin meself and chockin on the ruddy plum! :D You know what really cracks me? tryin to put a New York or Seattle accent on here cant be flamin done!! Canadians is easy as eh just write as normal and stick eh on the end of every sentance eh easy as eh Michael eh ;)

Veitnamese I surrender German I give up Swiss or other Norse lingos Im lost past Odin and Valhalla :rolleyes: French aaahhhh owz zat leetle poem we used to zay to zee nippers?... ziz leetle piggie he went to ze market ziz little piggle ee say home ziz little piggy oooh la la wee wee all the way home!! :D ooh gawd! sorry Luc mate!! HAAA!!! :D Damn! now thats gonna stick in me damned head all flamin night and Im not gonna be able to flamin sleep a wink just keep hearin it and burstin out laughin! ah well no worries!

[ 05-21-2004, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: Wild Dingo ]

[JimD]

Lucky, I think the confusion lays in the fact that Eurasians are used to kingdoms, so 'dubya' sounds like a ceremony - 'I hereby DUB YA The President'. Things aren't done that way in the new world so in the absence of royalty the president of the USA is actually elected, though some say falsely, not dubbed. :D

[huisjen]

There's a Southern accent
Where I come from.
The locals call it "Country".
The Yankees call it... --Tom Petty

[Bruce G]

Lookie everybody- Lucky Luke is back! Wow, how long has it been since you stated you would never come back?

[Lucky Luke]

Not been long, Bruce! tongue.gif You see, I still pick up interesting information here (for example that US in not a monarchy :D )...but mainly fun from people like the Dingo smile.gif , and a lot of things about boats :cool: .
Thanks folks for the explanation about "Gee Dubya Bush"

[ 05-23-2004, 02:55 AM: Message edited by: Lucky Luke ]

[Wild Dingo]

Originally posted by htom:
Asprin, now. No substitutes. I'll wait.

Go take the G*d D*mn asprin!

Now go to the hospital, please.ROFLMAO!! I got it now!! htom has just experienced a gremlin attack! this was meant for Meers heart attack thread but the gremlins got it and transplanted it here :D

Feel honored Luc and htom these pesky things usually only happen to others now your in the "gremlin attack club" :rolleyes:

Gee?? for dubya? nah mate gee is for horses an ol dubya would sit on the south end of a north bound horse... lookin south while holdin the "reins" and wonderin where the horses head is! {reins in dubyas case would be the horses tail head would be the horses ass} of which given some of his actions and words he wouldnt have any problem knowing! tongue.gif

Disclaimer:
The above comments are the authors only and have no implied or intended disrespect for the present incumbrent of the White Palace in Washington DC USA other wise known as President George Dubya Bush esquire... as its well known that the alternative isnt much better if any at all :rolleyes: but he is the people of the USAs Presbaby and as such due respeck is forthcoming :cool: ... no worries sport~! tongue.gif

[Lucky Luke]

Originally posted by Wild Dingo:
experienced a gremlin attack..."Gremlin" attack...Meers heart attack thread...right, got it now :D ...did not know these things could happen!


south end of a north bound horse... lookin south while holdin the "reins" and wonderin where the horses head is! :D :D :D


the present incumbrent of the White Palace in Washington DC USA other wise known as President George Dubya Bush esquire... "Incumbrent" :D Zat'z a gem! The "encombrant" (check your French dictionnary) "Incumbent" :D

[ 05-23-2004, 05:39 AM: Message edited by: Lucky Luke ]

[Chris Coose]

In Maine there is a long tradition of incest, nicknaming and using girls names for boys, which from a cultural anthropoligist's perspective, makes a lot of sense.

George is not a girl's name but the dubbya hits two out of three. Nicknaming incest children was done to distinguish cousins from brothers and fathers etc.

Where the dubbya family has had a multi-generational modified clam shack on Walker's Point in Souther Maine, this is likely the case.

It is said, that on the trip to New Haven to college, the dubbya made a rebellious declaration and changed his name from the shortened version, "the dub" to the now well known version so to fit in with the other inbreds.

[huisjen]

Chris, I'm not sure I follow much of that.

I do know of a man with woman's name, but the context was a (malicious) joke (by his dad) about him having long hair when in high school. Some how, "Cynthia" stuck.

I suspect that common "traditions" of incest are far in the past. With our coastline, movement in small boats isn't hard. I think problems in Appalachia are more recent.

Dan

[Chris Coose]

Dan,
Sort of like the dubbya making a case for unilateral invasion and occupation of a soverign country, I took a couple of liberties in explaining the origins of the dubbya's nickname.
And to follow in the steps of our trusted commander, I expect you to believe it and I'm sticking to the story.

There is, by the way, a Walker's point and the only shack on this point belongs to the family of dubbya and the W comes from name Walker so which is it?
Did the name Walker get stuck on the family or did it get stuck on the geographical location?
Is there and has there been much incest along the coast and the islands of Maine?

Lots of information to put together there. I think it adds up to my conclusions, just as dubbya's stuff added up to invasion.
I think my data is more reliable than his.

[huisjen]

;)

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by Chris Coose:

There is, by the way, a Walker's point and the only shack on this point belongs to the family of dubbya and the W comes from name Walker so which is it?
Did the name Walker get stuck on the family or did it get stuck on the geographical location?
Is there and has there been much incest along the coast and the islands of Maine?
Walker was one of Prescot Bush's partners back before and during WW II (the nazi collaborator years). I don't know if it was Prescot or his son that married into the family.

[Chris Coose]

Walker was one of Prescot Bush's partners What kind of partner?
Did they marry in Massachusetts before the two states split? Before this kind of marriage was legal in Mass.?

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

It's on his tights and cape. :D

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