• Utah school blogger is fired because his post about homophones might associate the school with "gay
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[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58236366-90/says-english-homophones-language.html.csp[/url] [quote]But when the social-media specialist for a private Provo-based English language learning center wrote a blog explaining homophones, he was let go for creating the perception that the school promoted a gay agenda. Tim Torkildson says after he wrote the blog on the website of his employer, Nomen Global Language Center, his boss and Nomen owner Clarke Woodger, called him into his office and told him he was fired. As Torkildson tells it, Woodger said he could not trust him and that the blog about homophones was the last straw. [b]"Now our school is going to be associated with homosexuality,"[/b] Woodger complained, according to Torkildson, who posted the exchange on his Facebook page.[/quote] [quote]"People at this level of English," Woodger says, " … may see the ‘homo’ side and think it has something to do with gay sex."[/quote] I hope they don't ever find out about homo sapiens.
Congratulations, now the school will be associated by way more people with "being run by fucking morons"
[quote]As Torkildson tells it, Woodger said he could not trust him and that the blog about homophones was the last straw. "Now our school is going to be associated with homosexuality," Woodger complained, according to Torkildson, who posted the exchange on his Facebook page.[/quote] Now it will also be associated with stupidity!
This goes beyond stupidity.
Yes, because there's a lot of gay people who will be calling up the school after that blog post, navigating through their site and ignoring everything on it except the phone number, and thinking they make and sell rainbow accessories for mobile phones.
good god this is like 5th grade english how can you be that fucking retarded
[quote]"People at this level of English," Woodger says, " … may see the ‘homo’ side and think it has something to do with gay sex."[/quote] Not like that's a problem you should fucking fix or something.
[t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120215111441/uncyclopedia/images/7/76/Homophone.png[/t] I don't get it what is wrong with homophones?
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;45554380]Yes, because there's a lot of gay people who will be calling up the school after that blog post, navigating through their site and ignoring everything on it except the phone number, and thinking they make and sell rainbow accessories for mobile phones.[/QUOTE] most of all homophones have nothing to do with sexuality or gays at all. It's same sounding words. Home - same - phono sound
[quote=]“I had to look up the word,” Woodger allegedly told him, “because I didn’t know what the hell you were talking about. We don’t teach this kind of advanced stuff to our students, and it’s extremely inappropriate. Can you have your desk cleaned out by eleven this morning? I’ll have your check ready.”[/quote] Hahahaha, seriously?
[quote=Nomen Global website]Nomen Global Language Centers substantially helps students from all cultures and walks of life to excel in each aspect of their English acquisition and to obtain their goals for the future. We achieve this goal by means of qualified and experienced faculty, dedicated staff, engaging and challenging curriculum, and professional and ethical student services.[/quote]
The baffling stupidity of this makes me wonder if he really got fired for a different reason and is lying about it to get back at his boss. That seems a lot more probable.
[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;45554511][quote=Nomen Global]Nomen Global Language Centers substantially helps students from all cultures and walks of life to excel in each aspect of their English acquisition and to obtain their goals for the future. We achieve this goal by means of qualified and experienced faculty, dedicated staff, engaging and challenging curriculum, and professional and ethical student services.[/quote][/QUOTE] all they need to do now is add 'except for gays' in small print
Know everybody at that school will knead two learn heterophones, the thing nobody in the whirled youses.
I can't believe it. I refuse to believe it.
Wow this is gonna Streisand effect so badly.
[quote] he was let go for creating the perception that the school promoted a gay agenda.[/quote] "Gay agenda"
I prefer this headline: [url=http://wonkette.com/555772/utah-language-school-fires-blogger-for-promoting-homophone-agenda]Utah Language School Fires Blogger For Promoting Homophone Agenda[/url]
if anyone complains about texas and the south being too conservative, at least we have places like austin there are no redeeming qualities for utah
for all the effort distancing yourself from the gay agenda, you've walked yourself right into the bischedule
This reads like something from Onion News
[QUOTE=tinhead50;45554497]Hahahaha, seriously?[/QUOTE] Yeah wtf.. how did this person get their job? They're the one who should be fired.
[QUOTE=-Rusty-;45554664]Yeah wtf.. how did this person get their job? They're the one who should be fired.[/QUOTE] You'd be surprised at how many people work a job that they really suck at, and have bullshitted their way through life and the job the whole time This guy is very obviously one of them
there just [I]has[/I] to be more to this that's not in the article
I always laugh when I hear the term "gay agenda" and people talking about it as if all gay people had an undercover network and are working together in an organisation to turn the whole world gay merely because they are gay theirselves. Becuase things work that way, right? gay people are the worst fascists there are
[QUOTE=TheTalon;45554727]You'd be surprised at how many people work a job that they really suck at, and have bullshitted their way through life and the job the whole time This guy is very obviously one of them[/QUOTE] I guess I shouldn't be surprised, yeah. I've been around a few of those myself. I just can't stand it.
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Have they ever seen the word homophobe? Or... like, anything with the prefix 'homo'? That's seriously a lot of words..
[QUOTE=TheTalon;45554727]You'd be surprised at how many people work a job that they really suck at, and have bullshitted their way through life and the job the whole time This guy is very obviously one of them[/QUOTE] I've heard a saying/concept about how people will eventually be "promoted to their level of incompetence" [editline]e[/editline] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle]"the Peter Principal"[/url]
Wow, how can people from my state be this brain dead retarded? I mean really, this is fucking ridiculous. Then again, when you have a private school in Provo (A.K.A Mormon Capital) you are bound to meet some of the dumbest fucking people in the world.
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