vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoTed Cruz says ‘stop attacking pedophiles’ in embarrassing gaffewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down14
arrow-up1465arrow-down1external-linkTed Cruz says ‘stop attacking pedophiles’ in embarrassing gaffewww.independent.co.ukvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareiThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agobut, it really wasn’t
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-21 day ago a remark or action that is a social mistake and not considered polite Isn’t this pretty precise, according to Cambridge dictionary? It’s outside my active vocabulary so what the hell do I know
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·1 day agoI think their point is, did he correct himself later on to indicate that he misspoke?
minus-squareBaggins [he/him]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoIt was a social mistake, not nessicarily a mistake of speech or intent.
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoExactly this. If you try ticking a grizzly bear it’s a mistake even if it is intentional. But again, I’m not a native speaker so I’m not saying this is the correct interpretation of the word, but that’s the impression I get from the dictionary.
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Has he said it was a gaffe?
but, it really wasn’t
Isn’t this pretty precise, according to Cambridge dictionary? It’s outside my active vocabulary so what the hell do I know
I think their point is, did he correct himself later on to indicate that he misspoke?
It was a social mistake, not nessicarily a mistake of speech or intent.
Exactly this. If you try ticking a grizzly bear it’s a mistake even if it is intentional.
But again, I’m not a native speaker so I’m not saying this is the correct interpretation of the word, but that’s the impression I get from the dictionary.