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Silent3

(15,206 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:18 PM Feb 2021

"Cavalry" vs. "calvary"? Really?

Trump's defense want to claim the "true" meaning of a tweet was someone claiming they'd bring a religious display to Trump's rally, not a misspelling of "cavalry"? And it was terribly evil and manipulative of the House managers to take that tweet any other way?

That's pathetic.

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Aristus

(66,327 posts)
2. Man, I've known the difference between 'cavalry' and 'Calvary' since I was eight.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:21 PM
Feb 2021

I want to live on a smarter planet...

Silent3

(15,206 posts)
4. Unfortunately we aren't smart enough on this planet...
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:23 PM
Feb 2021

...to reach any smarter planets anytime soon, otherwise I'd have booked my passage long ago.

Retrograde

(10,134 posts)
5. So have I, but I still get them mixed up
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:23 PM
Feb 2021

especially in speech: I have to think twice about whether I mean a group of mounted soldiers or Golgotha. The hope the tongue listens to the brain for a change.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
9. This drives me nuts. The distinction is embedded in my brain. Must be
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 03:15 PM
Feb 2021

from Catholic school! In the Drumpf context it is always funny.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Sounds like they're not dazzling anyone with their brilliance
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:22 PM
Feb 2021

Which just leaves them with the "baffle them with bullshit" arrow in their quiver.

Chiyo-chichi

(3,579 posts)
7. Rick Harrison, of TV's Pawn Stars, who is a Trumper
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:31 PM
Feb 2021

says "calvary" when he means "cavalry."
And he fancies himself as being smart.

lutherj

(2,496 posts)
8. How do you bring a Calvary to the Capitol? Were they planning to crucify Pence?
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 02:36 PM
Feb 2021

I saw those typos yesterday, and noticed there was a third tweet with the word spelled correctly. Republicans shouldn’t stake their defense on their base’s ability to spell.

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