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Judge Alan Mahon arriving at the Four Courts in Dublin last week. He has chaired the tribunal since 2003. Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

Mahon Tribunal report to be published tomorrow morning

The Tribunal into planning matters and payments to politicians will deliver its final report tomorrow morning, TheJournal.ie understands.

THE MAHON TRIBUNAL’S final report into planning corruption and payments to politicians will be published tomorrow morning, TheJournal.ie understands.

The Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters and Payments was established almost 15 years ago and is the longest running tribunal in the history of the State. It is expected to cost as much as €300 million when final legal bills are settled.

The publication date of the final report has been the subject of much speculation in recent weeks. This evening, RTÉ political correspondent David Davin Power told the Six One News that a government source had confirmed to him the report would be published tomorrow.

TheJournal.ie has been able to confirm separately with a source close to the tribunal that its final report will be published tomorrow morning. It is expected to go live on the Mahon Tribunal’s website at 10am.

On Tuesday night, Village magazine tweeted to say the report would be published at 10am on Thursday.

Later Politics.ie noted that the magazine, previously owned by broadcaster and journalist Vincent Browne, is now published by Michael Smith, who, along with barrister Colm MacEochaidh, initially offered a IRL£10,000 reward for information that would lead to convictions for planning corruption.

The tribunal, which was initially chaired by Judge Feargus Flood and later Judge Alan Mahon, has spent the past 15 years investigating allegations of corrupt payments to politicians for the rezoning of land for development in the Dublin area.

The report is expected to deal extensively with the financial affairs of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern who was forced to resign in 2008 amid ongoing controversy over evidence he gave to the tribunal concerning payments from developer Owen O’Callaghan.

Ahern has consistently denied any wrongdoing but questions were raised after his evidence was contradicted during the proceedings.

The report’s publication will come on the first anniversary of the publication of the Moriarty Tribunal’s final report into payments to politicians and related matters. That report was heavily critical of former government minister Michael Lowry.

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    Mute Tongueless Ghost
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:04 PM

    American as in English?

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    Mute HRH The Brummie
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:27 PM

    or maybe American as in, Sioux or any other of the native American dialects.

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    Mute The Dude
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:29 PM

    She did say English. Please read the untidy gory first line of the article edited spouting off your preconceived programmed leftist parroted responses.

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    Mute The Dude
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:30 PM

    Should read ‘introductory first line’ of article.

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    Mute The Dude
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:33 PM

    Also ‘edited’ should read ‘before’. Damn iPhone predictive text.

    So to recap. She did day ‘English’. Please read the introductory line of the article before coming out with all the leftist parrot squawking responses.

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    Mute TheDoctor
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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:07 PM

    She also said American.

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    Mute Genius
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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:14 PM

    YEA!
    That’s AWESOME,
    Mission Accomplished.
    USA,USA,USA.

    Er….. right.

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    Mute DM
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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:36 PM

    MURRICA!!!!

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    Mute James Joseph Superior Power
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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:38 PM

    Dude defending the stupidest politician in America. why am I not surprised by that.

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    Mute Tim Stephen Hendy
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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:45 PM

    she referred to “English” twice.

    If you watch the clip…

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:02 PM

    @Montgomery
    Are you trying to start a fire, boy scouts style

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    Sep 7th 2015, 8:01 PM

    English is not the US first language

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:02 PM

    @James Joseph – I’m not defending anyone – it’s just that the continual abuse towards anyone not on the left -from commenters on this site is pathetic.

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    Mute The Dude
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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:04 PM

    @the doctor – have you not heard of the phrase ‘American English’?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:59 PM

    Kinda ;-)

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    Mute James Joseph Superior Power
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    Sep 8th 2015, 3:03 PM

    @Dude what do you expect when the far right like yourself keep spouting your hatred for anyone or anything that is different simply because your tiny brain is not capable of understanding anything that doesn’t comply with your hate filled ideology.

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    Mute Maire Ui Riain
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    Sep 12th 2015, 10:20 AM

    She is a gowl

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    Sep 13th 2015, 8:31 PM
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    Mute The Girl
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:09 PM

    She should stop speaking. Every time she opens her mouth…something other than words come out.

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    Mute Harry byrne
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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:30 PM

    Yep “American” comes out

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:13 PM

    Better to be silent and thought dumb than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:11 PM

    Indeed, Palin should read her beloved bible more closely, Timothy 2:12 in particular. (The one about women remaining silent). It should only apply to her though of course.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:18 PM

    @VoiceOfVanguard. Always show origin of quote.

    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

    Abraham Lincoln 16 Pres. of USA.

    Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin109276.html#lLzpaV4mHbSMLb0Z.99

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:04 PM

    Gowl

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:21 PM

    god help us all

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    Sep 7th 2015, 11:07 PM

    Who prescribed her glasses……..she’s not really with this reality

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:08 PM

    As their bellys get bigger their brains get smaller.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:25 PM

    Shouldn’t your name be Andrew American?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:10 PM

    She refused to travel to Latin America cause her Latin is dodgy, glad she never hooked up with W the gene pool is bleak enough.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:28 PM

    She already knocked out a dud.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:21 PM

    Are you actually referring to her son who has Down syndrome?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:02 PM

    I think he’s referring to her daughter who preaches abstinence before marriage but got knocked up twice out of wedlock. They’re going to have to bury Bristol in a Y-shaped coffin.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:11 PM

    Based on his usual comments, I seriously doubt that, Philip.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:40 PM

    That’s a disgusting way to talk about a baby with downs.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:04 PM

    Is that Enforcer actually trying to take the moral high ground?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:29 PM

    She also went onto declare “And ye can f**k off back to Mexico if you want to speak Mexican.”

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:21 PM

    Oh so it was God who put all that Gas,Oil,and Coal in the ground…..

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:55 PM

    Yep, nothing to do with organic material being decomposed over millions of years, it’s all in a day’s work for the sky fairy

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:07 PM

    @larissa – scientists are now beginning to believe that these substances do not come from fossils. There would not be enough.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:21 PM

    Maybe she is talking about Dakota as spoken by the Sioux or Atabhaskan as spoken by the Apache or Iroquai of the Mohawks or one of the many native American languages!

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:34 PM

    *hangs American head in shame. Again.*

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:25 PM

    Now I can put on my CV that I can speak and read a foreign language.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:08 PM

    Does she mean English?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:10 PM

    @Guinness – she means American English.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:07 PM

    She’s right, if you’re moving to America you should speak American English.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:21 PM

    shut up. Your facts are getting in the way of a good hatefest.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:57 PM

    What if you speak British English in the States? Aren’t you allowed in then? And what kind of American English? The Boston dialect, or the Southern Drawl from Texas?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:02 PM

    Larissa missing the point as per usual. Her point is that if someone comes to America and hopes to assimilate and integrate into American life then they would be best served speaking American English.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:44 PM

    No, I’m not missing the point, what if a person from the Uk, for whatever reason, moves to the States and still speak British English, are you claiming they will not be integrated, because of their dialect?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:05 PM

    They tried to integrate Piers Morgan…but just couldn’t CNN had to axe his show after a couple of shows. Now Craig Ferguson on the other hand seemed to integrate fairly well….

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:49 PM

    Why wouldn’t someone speaking British English not integrate in America? why wouldn’t they pick up some words as well as the accent?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:52 PM

    “…..a couple of shows.” Piers Morgan did 404 of those awful programs before he was fired.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:14 PM

    @Larissa – most immigrants to the states are non-English speakers so please stop being so Facetious.

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    Sep 13th 2015, 9:23 PM

    I blame Microsoftie Word for that…

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:22 PM

    She also said a while back that”all Mexicans illegal immigrants should be shipped back to Mexico” lol

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:00 PM

    What was wrong with that Colette?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:08 PM

    She’s suggesting the use of the word “shipped” is funny because Mexico is joined by land to the USA, instead of the word shipped being what Americans use for anything that’s sent anywhere.

    Guess somebody doesn’t speak American ;)

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:10 PM

    @Tim – shipped is commonly used to mean any form of transport, and not exclusively by boat.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:14 PM

    Dude, I know :) Colette doesn’t…

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:15 PM

    So they should say faucet instead of tap and soda instead of mineral. =P

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:32 PM

    Good ol’Sarah….always good for a laugh! where’s her next stand up gig?….anyone know?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:53 PM

    I want her to take an IQ test. I really do. I want to see if her intelligence is beyond the scope of a 4 year old.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:05 PM

    English as in Palin..

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:10 PM

    Mm mm mm MILF!!!!

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:25 PM

    Gary don’t even with yours mate

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:27 PM

    Ah she’s pushing on a bit now

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:41 PM

    see third picture on article about Kate O’Connell.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:07 PM

    Coo coo for cocco pops

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:40 PM

    Irony: when people on thejournal.ie criticise someone else about grammar.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:31 PM

    You’re confusing grammar with geography.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:43 PM

    No. Sarah Palin is American. I don’t think even journal.ie readers can get that wrong (apart from the obvious irony of your point.)

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:13 PM

    Is irony your new word of the week? There’s a song about that you know. You might enjoy it.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:13 PM

    Who’s nailin here these days I wonder

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:17 PM

    Her***

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:17 PM

    Shocking. Ultra liberal media site advertises the WORST example of the other side. This is propaganda 101. Sarah Palin is a fool, no doubt about it, but the Journal are only interested in you buying into their ultra liberal ideology by only showing you the stupidest people who don’t fit into their ideology, so you will associate stupidity with anything that isn’t ultra liberal ideology. Propaganda 101.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:21 PM

    This is what they do. I’ve never seen them cover any of Joe Biden’s countless gaffes and they will be slobbering all over him when he announces his run as they quickly abandon Hillary. It was evident in the last campaign where Romney only ever got covered on the journal when it was in a negative context while the journal led us to believe the sun shone out Obama’s derrière

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:22 PM

    But who on the republican ticket is not either a fool or a moral midget for not standing up to the loudmouth bully that is trump?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:30 PM

    Do ye have any lives?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:44 PM

    They did an article on Biden saying that orange wasn’t welcome on St. Patrick’s Day.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:09 PM

    two sad little boys…

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:55 PM

    It’s certainly pandering to the “aren’t we so bloody superior” mentality. I don’t care about Sarah Palin either way, but there’s a definitely sense on here that it’s ok to be sexist and make fun of handicapped people as long as it’s someone you don’t like – which is the kind of hypocrisy that made me stop being an ultra liberal in my 20s. And it’s also totally ok to write an article about an alleged, minor gaff (which it isn’t, it makes sense in the context of what she said) by a conservative politician but say nothing about Joe Biden’s (i.e. the actual vice president of the United States) repeated stupid statements and ongoing creepy behaviour, just for example.

    It boggles the mind how you can show a clip of Sarah Palin referring to “English” twice, and “American” once, and conclude that she doesn’t know what her own language is called.

    I believe it is called wilful ignorance, and it isn’t in short supply.

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    Sep 13th 2015, 9:21 PM

    Your on the BBC next Saturday lol.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:03 PM

    “I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because energy is my baby, oil and gas and minerals – those things that God has dumped on this part of the earth for mankind’s use, instead of relying on unfriendly foreign nations for us to import their resources,” she said.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:44 PM

    Comprehensive Navajo and Lakota classes for the whole country then?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:34 PM

    Still get fools walking down the road with: Bags and T-shirts with the American flag emblazoned across them, the Euro-millions advertised in an American accent and a President visiting here from there received as a member of The Beatles.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:18 PM

    She is however right. If a new immigrant wanted to drop by the gas station or drug store to buy some rubbers, they could struggle if relying on English/Irish uses of words.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:24 PM

    reminds me of miss north carolina

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:33 PM

    Silly girl, she should know it’s americanese.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:43 PM

    What planet is she from!

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:10 PM

    Which American, Navajo? Ojibwa? Cree?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 9:46 PM

    Sharp as a blunt tack and as mad as a bag of frogs that lady!!!!

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    Sep 7th 2015, 10:15 PM

    @Keith – …and far more successful than you’ll ever be in life.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 6:00 PM

    Spanish is set to become the nost widely spoken language in U.S over the next few decades aby. so that will then become “speaking American”

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:50 PM

    Not that stupid woman again, she should be ignored.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 3:29 PM

    Such blatant mysoggyknee from TheJournal.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:51 PM

    Look at Spain Castellano, Catalán, Gallego and Euskara.. even our own country.. much more than a language defines a country.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:19 PM

    The American language now differs enough from English to be classified as a different language.
    It’s about the same difference as between Norwegian and Swedish.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:50 PM

    Nonsense. I’m just guessing that you speak neither Norwegian nor Swedish.
    Norwegian is very similar to Danish and “old Norwegian” and Danish are very similar. However there are many grammatical differences between the modern Norwegian and Danish, most notably the use of pronouns which are often dropped in Norwegian. Swedish has similar words and sentence structure as Norwegian but is as different as French is from Spanish (though obviously an exact like for like is never possible).
    American English is not different from UK English, no more than Irish is. Using words like “pan” instead of “loaf” does not mean we don’t speak English. In fact, apart from spelling of about two hundred words, there is no difference at all.

    (And yes, I do have a degree in languages and speak a total of five.)

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    Sep 7th 2015, 7:14 PM

    They’re certainly as different as English and Scots. but it’s not really the point, she referred to ‘English’ twice – she knows what the language is called.

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    Sep 7th 2015, 6:20 PM

    She corrected herself after and said English.

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    Sep 13th 2015, 9:22 PM

    A bit late like wetting yourself and then going to the toilet?

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:14 PM

    Speak American and not be more intelligent then her id imagine !

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    Sep 8th 2015, 2:25 PM

    Does Sarah Palin understand that “American” is NOT a language!

    In USA they speak “ENGLISH” !

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    Sep 7th 2015, 4:47 PM

    As one who actually listened to the video and didn’t just react to the headline, I have to say that I found everything she said very reasonable and sensible and liked her better for it. The journals attempt to follow the trends of ridiculing her worked on many but the fact is, after she said ” american” she actually said “english” clarifying that the american is english. I know it is trendy to make her out to be a dumbass but don’t make stuff up!

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    Sep 7th 2015, 8:51 PM

    “Oh my Gawd”

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    Sep 7th 2015, 5:23 PM

    triple face Palm

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    Sep 13th 2015, 9:20 PM

    The play button is on her mouth?

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