What does it mean ?
2007-08-10 14:42:30 · 17 answers · asked by Debi 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Hey - I'm English - I don't know US pronunciations.
2007-08-10 15:25:02 · update #1
Cus he is George W. Bush and he is from texas and Dubya is their way of saying W. Its his way of distinguising himself from his dad
2007-08-10 15:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's used as an insult. A moronic pronunciation of 'W', his middle name.
To my shame, I cannot think of a similar term used in the United Kingdom...
I suppose you could look upon the press usage of Bliar when they spoke about Tony Blair - the deliberate transposition of the 'a' and 'i' to criticise Tony Blair for being a Liar over the 45 minute 'sexed up' intelligence report on Iraq's WMDs.
2007-08-10 15:40:24 · answer #2 · answered by Rob K 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
his name is name is george w. bush and the loyal opposition on the right use a slur based on his middle intitial to be sarcastic. it is there mean use of "Texanese." A sarcastic nickname invented by his detractors. They call him much worse things I won't mention, rightfully or not.
I just sent a note to your blog but it backfired. But maybe it was the wrong Debi blog? About books and photography and being Jewish and a business that went under? Wrong Debi?
2007-08-10 21:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by JIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was coined by columnist Molly Ivins in 1995, and is the phoenetic way of saying George W. Bush's middle initial with a Texas accent.
2007-08-10 14:49:59 · answer #4 · answered by SirLouie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he is named after his father, people would use initials to identify which one they were talking about:
"George Bush sucks!"
"Which one?"
"George W Bush, not George H. W. Bush"
Eventually, people just said the "W" to indicate which one, and then just used the "W" for a nickname. The Dubya spell-out is to remind people that he is jest a good-ole -boy, and is part of the way his far-right cabal marketed him for election as their front-man, because after all. who would have elected Cheney, Wolfowitz, Pearle, or Rumsfeld if one of them actually ran for election?
2007-08-10 14:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the idiot can't say "W" so he slurs it as Dubya.
2007-08-10 15:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by jmf931 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from Texas and that is not how we pronounce W. it is a slur of his middle name meant as an insult.
2007-08-10 15:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Debi ~ Good question.
I have long wondered what Dudya meant. Now, thanks to all of the Americans who have I answered, I understand. I certainly would never have guessed it's meaning.
Goes to prove, one is never to old to learn.
2007-08-10 20:41:16 · answer #8 · answered by Greatgrandmother 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
President's pronunciation of "W"?
2007-08-10 14:48:37 · answer #9 · answered by nosf37 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George W-a Bingo ;)
2007-08-10 14:48:39 · answer #10 · answered by Conan 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋