🇺🇸 Fell Out of a Coconut Tree, It's Kamalot: The Kamala Harris Thread

[Lily Adler]

That’s easy.

It confirms theories that Right wingers are attracted to some Democratic women. Prime example is AOC.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

That's some Frollo/Esmerelda ****.

 

[InCali]

It confirms theories that Right wingers are attracted to some Democratic women. Prime example is AOC.

EFF the right wingers...."I'M" attracted to AOC.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

EFF the right wingers...."I'M" attracted to AOC.

Yeah, but you aren’t mad and lashing out about it.

 

[InCali]

Yeah, but you aren’t mad and lashing out about it.

Mad about you...

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Lily Adler]

Oh God I'm terrified at the live action version of him.

 

[Iceman]

Making the right moves.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Iceman]

Nice to see so many AIs having a good time.

 

[blueharvest]

Kamala Harris campaign says it was targeted by foreign hackers

Campaign says cybersecurity measures prevented hacking but disclosure raises renewed fears of foreign interference

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Kamala Harris campaign says it was targeted by foreign hackers

Campaign says cybersecurity measures prevented hacking but disclosure raises renewed fears of foreign interference

www.theguardian.com

Ukraine may defeat Russia, so that would be one enemy down...

 

[blueharvest]

Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds

The Harris campaign has yet to put a full stop to the issue, which has riled up social media users

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I've been going with Harris's. Like Walz's.

If I'm saying it out loud as 'Harrises' I'm spelling it that way, too.

Would you say Kamala Harris' (Harris) shoes or Kamala Harris's (Harrises) shoes? I say the latter.

 

[blueharvest]

Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline, an AP-NORC poll finds

Nearly half of Americans say that “committed to democracy” and “disciplined” are attributes that better describe Harris, an AP-NORC poll finds.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds

The Harris campaign has yet to put a full stop to the issue, which has riled up social media users

www.theguardian.com

If it's singular, Harris's. If it's plural or a group name, it's Harris'.

 

[blueharvest]

Getting back together: Swifties mobilize to support Kamala Harris

Swifties4Kamala has 180,000 followers as fans of world’s most famous ‘childless cat lady’ emerge as political force

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kamala’s tech ties: what is Harris’s relationship with Silicon Valley?

Harris’s track record, and time as California senator and AG, has tech leaders wondering if she’d have a friendlier approach to the industry

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Can Kamala Harris turn Texas blue?

Experts discuss the huge task Harris faces in stopping Donald Trump winning the Lone Star State for the third election in a row.

www.newsweek.com

Probably not, but it would be nice if it could turn at least purple.

 

[InCali]

If they want people to watch the convention, they should get Taylor to give an endorsement speech and sing a couple of songs the last day or so of the convention.

 

[blueharvest]

Kamala Harris' has 4-point lead over Trump on average after 10-point swing

Vice president has turned the tables on her Republican rival in the polls after just a month.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Dr.]

Harris’ or Harris’s? Apostrophe row divides grammar nerds

The Harris campaign has yet to put a full stop to the issue, which has riled up social media users

www.theguardian.com

Hey! This should be in the Grammar thread.

If it's singular, Harris's. If it's plural or a group name, it's Harris'.

For the possessive form of plural nouns, the rule is straightforward. You only add a trailing apostrophe. So, your morning routine of scooping out kibble for your three pooches could be described as preparing the dogs’ breakfast. (I.e., you would not write the dogs’s breakfast.)

But there are options for the possessive of a singular (proper) noun which already ends in s (or z). Thus, one could write James’s car or James’ car. Either is considered correct.

Pronunciation, however, is a bit more contentious. Typically, the possessive form adds an “ez” syllable to the end of the word. So if Lois Lane writes an article, it’d be “Lois-ez” article — whether it’s spelled Lois’ or Lois’s. However, there’s a school-of-thought (mentioned in the original AP story): if you don’t pronounce the “ez” syllable, then don’t write the apostrophe s; just use the trailing apostrophe. An example would be James and his car. If we say “James car,” then we should write James’ car. OTOH, there are those who’d insist that the proper pronunciation is “James-ez car.” In which case, James’s car would be the preferred spelling...

Bottom line: the rules for spelling possessives seem to be more clearcut than the rules for pronouncing them.

 

[Teelie]

English is a messy language. It's become however you want to use it. You would think after centuries, we would have settled on how to pronounce words ending in an "s" like this, but we still can't decide.

 

[Iceman]

Getting back together: Swifties mobilize to support Kamala Harris

Swifties4Kamala has 180,000 followers as fans of world’s most famous ‘childless cat lady’ emerge as political force

www.theguardian.com

Swiftest can win the election if they’re properly invested.

 

[InCali]

English is a messy language. It's become however you want to use it. You would think after centuries, we would have settled on how to pronounce words ending in an "s" like this, but we still can't decide.

I can see having different, acceptable ways of spelling and punctuating. What I find weird about English is the spelling and pronunciation.

Through Threw
Red Read
Read Reed
Weight Wait
etc etc etc