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[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 74 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think he was trying to say "gagged" but it does sound like "gay" lol

[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (4 children)

... You might be right. He has a weird accent, and if he pronounced the 'a' like an American and swallowed the 'gg' ...

Or maybe that's the secret do defeating the Conservatives? "We can totally make an LNG pipeline to the coast, but ... err ... that would make you all pretty gay."

[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

Re-watching it, and yeah, has to be gagged. If you listen closely, there's a small "click" after what at first sounds like "gay", which is likely an "ed" sound.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

gay and gagged dont sound alike?

[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No... Not at all. "gae" Vs "gahgged". Gay has a hard A, gagged had a soft A. Plus gagged had a 'gg' sound in the middle, and also a D sound at the end. Actually, the only thing they have in common is starting with a G.

Do they sound the same to you?

[–] cod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it like that. Everyone I know says β€œgaygged”. Must be a regional thing or something.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

almost everyone saying "GAAAG-ED" never heard of GAYED.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

or fruedian slip?

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago

It reminds me of my teacher from northern Wisconsin that would say words like "bag" and "flag" as "bayg" and "flayg". She would say "back" and "flack" like you'd expect but for some reason "-ag" words got the different vowel

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Um, can we make this happen? Like immediately?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Oh man, I was for LNG but that's pretty gay tho. Gotta have to cancel.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He definitely says "gagged". This post is ridiculous.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

This response is pretty gay, imo.

[–] primemagnus@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago

The term is Freudian slip. And Carney’s reaction means he knows; they all know πŸ™ƒ

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago

This and referring to everyone on stage as "contestants" were both pretty funny.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wow. Just silliness. The only residual discussion after the debate is "Did he say 'gay' or 'gagged'?"

Says a lot about the importance of the debate in the overall election.

[–] el_muerte@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Think I read some study several years back (probably following the Trump-Clinton one) that concluded almost everyone always perceives their "team's" candidate as having won the debate, and the number of voters swayed by a stellar performance from another candidate is negligible.

Yeah, they're pretty damn pointless...

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Except the news media thinks they are, so we will probably continue to have them, if not just for the entertainment value. They fill in some of the 'air time'.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago

He obviously misspoke but that's hilarious

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Gagged. Are you all really hearing gay or is this a big troll?

[–] AChiTenshi@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

I heard gay on my first viewing. After playing it again I picked up on what he was actually trying to say. I think k it's something along the lines of mondegreen where you can hear the wrong words in songs.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not a troll. I heard it when I watched live and didn't figure out he meant gagged until he said it a second time. Listening to it again I can hear it either way, his pronunciation at the end is just a little off.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

can someone explain this to me?

[–] KittyKalledKarma@slrpnk.net 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Canadian leadership debate tonight, guy on the right is carney, guy on the left is Pierre Polievere or PP.

Carney asked about PP's refusal to get a security clearance despite being leader of the opposition in parliament. PP was stumbling in his response.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ok but why would he be gay for getting a clearance?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (3 children)

As someone else mentioned, he was probably trying to say the word 'gagged' and he talks weird.

This guy is weird enough that he can't even have media around unless he is scripted, so it doesn't surprise me.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I hate defending a moron, but I'm also for fairness. If you listen closely, you can hear the "-gged" it's just not well pronounced.

He had no problem being gagged in that moment, clearly.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I hate the guy but I was actually surprised with his debate performance tonight

In the next 10 seconds he said 'gagged' so pretty mild fuckup I think

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

thats mildly entertaining tho

I mean. That reaction by Carney is excellent clowning.

[–] AChiTenshi@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's a slip up on PPs part. He's trying to say gagged but either due to getting the thought from his brain to his mouth getting mixed up, or just slipping up on the word It sounds much more like gay.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

freudian slip.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 3 points 4 days ago
[–] Lectral@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

He just took a drink of water too. Imagine if Carney had done a spit take.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

PP is gay, make it known to his shitty conservative voters pls.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They see him as a strongman. You won't have any luck with this.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

I think that's why conaervatives like PP but not JT.

Conservatives want to be the bottom so they don't like leaders they can fuck but rather prefer leaders who can fuck them.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 4 days ago

Did PP's wife (who is present in way too high a percentage of his publicity material) know about this in advance? 🀣

[–] Nuxleio@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Holy shit guys. I need to get my security clearance!

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Every accusation is a confession...

Seriously, probably meant to say gagged, and failed miserably. I still think it's a shit excuse.

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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

He needs the Forrest Gump "d" in there.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He obviously said gagged. It literally sounds more like gagged than gay even if he did mispronounce.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I agree it's obvious he meant to say "gagged", but it absolutely sounds like he said "gay".

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah he said it like Gaygd

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a 17 second video…

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 15 points 4 days ago

Weird, Voyager is just displaying it as an image. Opening it in Firefox linked me to the Imgur video.

My bad!

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