# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 164
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3262 "2022-07-17T16:06:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s always a little jarring when I hear a British TV presenter say ‘juhn-tuh’. I have a feeling that’s not why @crowmanyclouds was suggesting “_jo͝on(t)ə_” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3263 "2022-07-18T03:07:13Z")
A QOP Senate candidate in Maryland has been arrested for filing a false police report claiming that child trafficking was happening at the adult novelties store he works at (which he claims he’s only working at because he’s undercover trying to bust a drug ring). > **[QAnon Senate hopeful busted for filing false police report about adult...](https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-senate-hopeful-busted-for-filing-false-police-report-about-adult-bookstore-report/)** > > Pushing conspiracy theories is allowed in political campaigns, but one GOP Senate hopeful found out the hard way that police have less tolerance for delusions than the electorate."Ryan Dark White, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3264 "2022-07-18T03:20:00Z")
Adult novelties and pizza? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3265 "2022-07-18T03:24:08Z")
He uses two names, one of which includes the title “Dr.” He has other theories to expound as well. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3266 "2022-07-18T03:59:45Z")
_Dr. Dark!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3267 "2022-07-18T12:57:34Z")
> [@susan](#): > > He uses two names, I was thinking, “McGreevey? More like McSkeevy!” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3268 "2022-07-18T13:33:48Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Why am I just certain that they’re pronouncing junta _jo͝on(t)ə_ and not _ho͝on(t)ə_? Because _jo͝on(t)ə_ is the English pronunciation of the English word “junta,” and _ho͝on(t)ə_ is the Spanish pronunciation of the Spanish word “junta.” Just like we pronounce “llama” as _la-ma_ and not _ya-ma_. Now stop making me defend these jackasses. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3269 "2022-07-18T18:17:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Because _jo͝on(t)ə_ is the English pronunciation of the English word “junta”… It’s definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3270 "2022-07-18T18:20:01Z")
He looks like a 7th-rate Lex Luthor. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3271 "2022-07-18T18:24:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > Because _jo͝on(t)ə_ is the English pronunciation of the English word “junta”… > > It’s definitely not. It is. I don’t have OED access, so hopefully [this will do](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/junta). > _ **Usage Note:** _ For a long time this 18th-century borrowing from Spanish was pronounced (jŭn′tə) by English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. By the middle of the 20th century, however, the pronunciation (ho͝on′tə), an approximation of the Spanish pronunciation, had gained currency in the US. This word is now usually pronounced (ho͝on′tə) in American English and (jŭn′tə) in British English. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3272 "2022-07-18T18:31:18Z")
Ah, well, England. They can’t pronounce “valet” correctly, so I’m not sure why we’re looking to them on “junta.” Seriously, though, we’re talking about Republicans, not English people. As your cite notes, the American pronunciation mirrors the Spanish pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3273 "2022-07-18T18:34:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > As your cite notes, the American pronunciation mirrors the Spanish pronunciation. My cite also notes that the American pronunciation was the same as the British pronunciation for a couple centuries before switching to a quasi-Spanish pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3274 "2022-07-18T18:36:28Z")
And also notes that it stopped being the dominate pronunciation about seventy years ago. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3275 "2022-07-18T19:57:45Z")
Which would be the mid-50s. 1955 was Roberto Clemente’s rookie year in the Majors. Something something something. Massive Leap of Faith. That’s why they had to kill him, making it look like a plane crash. What was Biden doing in 1955? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3276 "2022-07-18T21:08:39Z")
Damn it man! The sheeple are not ready for this kind of Truth! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3277 "2022-07-18T21:12:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What was Biden doing in 1955? I believe he was filling out his AARP paperwork. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3278 "2022-07-18T21:15:29Z")
AARP (the **A** merican **A** dvanced **R** esearch **P** rojects agency) being the WWII forerunner of DARPA of course. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3279 "2022-07-18T21:19:03Z")
> **[Trump donors ran $27 million real estate and green card scam: feds](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-donors-ran-27-million-real-estate-and-green-card-scam-prosecutors-say/ar-AAZHQGs)** > > Sherry Li and Lianbo (Mike) Wang — who pumped more than $600,000 into Trump’s re-election campaign — were charged Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3280 "2022-07-18T22:24:46Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Ah, well, England. They can’t pronounce “valet” correctly, so I’m not sure why we’re looking to them on “junta.” IMO, the pronunciation of “valet” depends on its meaning. A val-ette is a gentleman’s gentleman. A val-AY is the guy who parks your car at a fancy restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3281 "2022-07-18T23:52:13Z")
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