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01 Nov 2016, 6:00 am

Why do people call it Faux News, when Faux is pronounced "fo"?


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01 Nov 2016, 7:02 am

I have been reading the works of Sangharakshita on the night train, who is unintentionally hilarious and very wise.
He also has that kind of sweetness one tends to find in worthwhile spiritual teachers and classical scientists.


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The weather for this Halloween was pretty crappy. Yes I'm too old to go trick or treating. So I tag along with my little cousins. Mostly because I like all the decorations and setups. And candy.



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01 Nov 2016, 9:10 am

It is 10:10.


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01 Nov 2016, 9:56 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
Why do people call it Faux News, when Faux is pronounced "fo"?
Either the majority of people mispronounce it and the erroneous form took root (in a sense much like how people constantly say "could care less" when it should be "couldn't care less), or someone trying to be witty just tried forcing it to fit by going off the mispronounciation and everyone thought it humorous despite the fact that they know the use is incorrect.



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01 Nov 2016, 10:02 am

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I really love all the diffrent types of personalities on WP. I've seriously never seen so many people in one place that wren't mean!



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01 Nov 2016, 10:51 am

Kuraudo777 wrote:
It is 10:10.

No it is not, it is 16:50.



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01 Nov 2016, 1:22 pm

SentientPotato wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Why do people call it Faux News, when Faux is pronounced "fo"?
Either the majority of people mispronounce it and the erroneous form took root (in a sense much like how people constantly say "could care less" when it should be "couldn't care less), or someone trying to be witty just tried forcing it to fit by going off the mispronounciation and everyone thought it humorous despite the fact that they know the use is incorrect.


Hm? Here they say Fox. Did you know that faux means "fake" in French? That's not exactly the best name for a news channel. XD


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01 Nov 2016, 2:37 pm

I forgot the time changed



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01 Nov 2016, 5:48 pm

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I forgot the time changed


Haha, for me quite the opposite. I was fully focused on the coming of the time switch. This because I didn't change the my time to the formal time switch about a half year ago. That's right, for a half year the clock in my studio was offset by -1. :D Now, I got to get used to not adding an hour when reading the time. :mrgreen:



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01 Nov 2016, 11:48 pm

Muziek wrote:
littlecatinthewindow wrote:
I forgot the time changed


Haha, for me quite the opposite. I was fully focused on the coming of the time switch. This because I didn't change the my time to the formal time switch about a half year ago. That's right, for a half year the clock in my studio was offset by -1. :D Now, I got to get used to not adding an hour when reading the time. :mrgreen:

THAT'S BIZARRE! You should try converting my time to yours - let alone being an hour out!


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02 Nov 2016, 12:39 am

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02 Nov 2016, 1:38 am

Midnightstar16 wrote:
SentientPotato wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Why do people call it Faux News, when Faux is pronounced "fo"?
Either the majority of people mispronounce it and the erroneous form took root (in a sense much like how people constantly say "could care less" when it should be "couldn't care less), or someone trying to be witty just tried forcing it to fit by going off the mispronounciation and everyone thought it humorous despite the fact that they know the use is incorrect.


Hm? Here they say Fox. Did you know that faux means "fake" in French? That's not exactly the best name for a news channel. XD

Well the word "faux" is spelled similarly to "fox", and Fox News is known for being incredibly biased and sensationalist. Therefore, people have taken to calling it "Faux News", since it's a load of crap! :P


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02 Nov 2016, 9:53 am

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02 Nov 2016, 10:02 am

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That is not that surprising to me as, Fox News is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Republican Party and nothing more, simply throwing tons of misinformation to confuse and hypnotize people with invalidated pieces of fiction


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