re: #42 francis

I understand the catch phrase opportunity, but that is not how the average person will understand it. Semantics.

“Catch phrase”? Puhlease. Words have specific meanings. How is it the fault of the speaker if native English speakers don’t even understand their own language? It’s not like we are talking about unusual English words and Obama (or anyone else) is talking above their level. Do we need to dumb everything down to a first grade reading level? No words larger than 4 letters long? No complex sentences?