F2F Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Take a look at the Bush malapropisms and find one you like, and talk about why. Or, find some you don’t understand, and talk about what you think they might mean. Try to find the phrase he’s misusing.
http://andyfinn.us/bush_league/bushisms2_malapropisms.htm

Vocabulary

Subscribe – to pay to receive something regularly
e.g. I subscribe to the Economist magazine.

“Someone you could have a beer with” – someone, like a politician, who you feel you can related to, who you could talk to, who is just a regular person

Each vs. Any – “each” means that every individual can be described by some word or phrase; “any” means that not even one can be described by some word or phrase
e.g. Each person will a gift.
e.g. There weren’t any people who wanted the gifts (not even one)
e.g. Are there any people who want these gifts? (is there at least one?)

Subscribe vs. Buy with magazines/newspapers
— If you “buy” a magazine, I think you mean the company who writes, prints, distributes the magazine
— If you “buy a copy of” a magazine, then I know that you bought one issue, but maybe you don’t buy it regularly
— If you “subscribe to” a magazine, then I know you receive it regularly.

Stay vs. Live
— Stay is more temporary, a place you will be for a little way.
— Live is where your home is.

Malapropism – the misuse of a common phrase

Grammar

When to use which name:
Use a first name when you know the person, and when it’s not too formal a situation.
In a formal situation, use Mr. or Ms. and a last name or title
e.g. Mr. Trump, President Trump, Ms. Chairman, Chairman Greenspan
When you want to talk about someone and to be specific, use both (or all three, four) names:
e.g. George (W.) Bush, George (H. W.) Bush, Elizabeth Warren
When someone is famous and we won’t be confused about who you mean, you can just use a last name, but in informal situation, use only a first name:
e.g. Obama, Bush, Trump
e.g. Nick, Jesse, Tony, Judy, etc.
If many people have the same first name, some may go by their last name or middle name.
e.g. Mike Doyle and Mike Weber; we called them Doyle and Weber
e.g. when I was in Ecuador, we had two Nicks: I was “Bruce” and the other was “Millman” (his last name)

Republican:(I don’t know each of them)
Don Blankenship:business executive from West Virginia; candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018
Jeff Flake:U.S. Senator from Arizona since 2013; U.S. Representative 2001–2013
Larry Hogan:Governor of Maryland since 2015
John Kasich,:Governor of Ohio since 2011; U.S. Representative 1983–2001; candidate for President in 2000 and in 2016
Bill Kristol:Chief of Staff to the Vice President 1989–1993

Democratic Party：
Declared
John Delaney
Andrew Yang

Expressed interest
Joe Biden 76，33%
Michael Bloomberg 76， 4%
Bernie Sanders 77. 13%
Kamala Harris 54, 9%
John Kerry 75. 5%
Elizabeth Warren 69, 8%
Cory Booker 49, 5%

Republican Party: (I don’t know any of them)
Don Blankenship: business executive from West Virginia; candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018
Jeff Flake: U.S. Senator from Arizona since 2013; U.S. Representative 2001–2013
Larry Hogan: Governor of Maryland since 2015
John Kasich: Governor of Ohio since 2011; U.S. Representative 1983–2001; candidate for President in 2000 and in 2016
Bill Kristol: Chief of Staff to the Vice President 1989–1993

Democratic Party：
Declared Candidates
John Delaney
Andrew Yang

People who have expressed interest
Joe Biden 76,33%
Michael Bloomberg 76,4%
Bernie Sanders 77,13%
Kamala Harris 54, 9%
John Kerry 75,5%
Elizabeth Warren 69, 8%
Cory Booker 49, 5%