Mo'Nique Refuses Airline Apology

LATEST: US comedienne MO'NIQUE has refused to accept an apology from

record hunter...

Why do black people put apostrophes in the middle of their names? What
was left out?

mrtravel...

I don't know. How do you feel about that nice actor from "Singin' in the
Rain"? What was his name again? Oh yeah, "O'Conner".

record hunter...

"O'Conner" is a shortened form of "of Conner" (actually, it would more
likely be spelled "O'Connor").

So she's Mo of Nique?

mrtravel...

Why can't other people decide how to use the "'"?
The Irish decided to use it for the purpose you described. What is so
bad about non-Irish using it for their own naming purposes?

record hunter...

Because they're not "using it for their own naming purposes." They're
simply following rules of English grammar.

your.name...

I suggest that both you and "Mo'Nique" need to go back to school.

mrtravel...

Why do I need to go back to school?

your.name...

Because there you would learn that the apostrophe in this context means a
contraction. That is, the apostrophe takes the pace of letters or words.

I know what it means. So the "O" before the "'" means "grandson of".
Now how logical is that? Surely the use of O' now doesn't indicate this
in current time.

your.name...

We're weren't discussing the logic of the English language. We were discussing
the uneducated use of the apostrophe. You brought up the name O'Conner in an
attempt to show that it could be used anywhere and anytime someone wanted to. I
showed you that the apostrophe in O'Conner is a perfectly valid use.

The O in O'Conner is Gaelic for "grandson of" and dates back to the 11th
century.

"Mo'Nique" on the other hand, appears to be Ebonics for "uneducated".

mrtravel...

I see. If the Irish want to put an O' in their name and keep it there
for centuries after it is no longer of any use, that is Ok. But, if a
black person want's an apostrophe in their name, it is because they are
"uneducated". Do you suppose they thought the first Irishman using the

your.name...

Are you really that dense or do you just like to play that on the net?

O' was doing so because he was uneducated?

record hunter...

Why the ' in "wants," btw?

avery...

"-beer-batter fries and another double gin and to-"

-L....

Orginally such names were contractions of Cajun names - that's where
names starting with "La" and "D' "originated - the original names were

Darryl...

Ummm...I don't think it's exactly a "right".

French in origin and thus "la" would be "the" and "D' " would be "of".
Eventually people started using apostophes wherever they felt like it
and now it's become cultural norm in some microcultures (primarily in
larger cities and in the South).

I don't "get it" but hey - us whiteys have some funky-assed names too
(e.g. "Bhrittanney" and "Kaightlynne"...)

RE the OP: Mo'nique is a big fat cow and needs to get over herself, and
cut her nasty-assed 6-inch claw-fingernails.

A....

It's the phonetic symbol for a glottal stop. I have one in my
real name. You sort of jam your vocal cords together briefly.

Chas...

Mo'Nique never closed her throat for anything in her life.
'Mo' is a contraction for 'More', and 'Nique' must mean 'resentful fat
girl' in french.

The way most English speakers do when they go to say
a word starting with a vowel. In this case, you'd have to do
it AFTER the vowel. Quite a demanding name, this one.

record hunter...

I didn't hear anyone pronounce her name today any differently than the
normally spelled "Monique." Nary a glottal stop was jammed by any of
them.

United Airlines after she was thrown off one of their flights for
arguing with an air steward. The TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME funnywoman,
full name MO'NIQUE IMES-HICKS, accused the airline of racism, after
cabin staff asked her to leave a New York-bound flight from Chicago on
Sunday (23JUL06). The incident occurred when Imes-Hick's hairstylist

mc...

She should get together with Terrence Howard.

avery...

Or David Hasselhof. They can not get on a plane together.

A....

The radio waves here are full of the heroism of Hasselhof.
Hasselhof, they say, did NOT play the race card. Good for him.

attempted to stuff a hairdryer into a first-class bin. The United
Airlines employee refused to believe the hairdryer belonged to the TV
star, who was holding a first class ticket. A United Airlines
spokeswoman tells the New York Daily News, "We want to talk to her
about what happened and express our regret." However, Imes-Hick's
publicist MARCELL PARISEAU responds, "Mo'Nique has no intention of
speaking to anyone at United. She was humiliated by what some United
employees did to her. She'll leave it up to her lawyers."
27/07/2006 12:26

Kim...

They taught us in college that anybody can sue anybody else for anything.
Let this spoiled freak have her fun and watch the fallout.

rjrsj1...

Can someone tell me where racism was a factor in this incident? I

Darryl...

There it is. I want it, so I'm entitled. Part of the problem is that
this is how so many people define "entitlement": it's something I want,
therefore I'm entitled.

I'm not saying you shouldn't be permitted (note: PERMITTED) to have a
hairdryer or a saxophone, but it is neither a right or an entitlement.

Mark Anderson...

Not to mention that a saxophone exceeds the size of a carry on defined
by all airlines and thus should be checked. A person who gets away
getting a saxohpone through as a carry on should be grateful that those
carry on rules are rarely enforced. Unfortunately Americans like the
previous poster have turned this country into a culture of entitlement.

If you think so, trying bringing a small propane canister next time you
board. Or a big clear glass jug full of liquid. Any liquid. Be sure
to tell the stewardess that you don't plan to "use it".

Bob Ward...

Are you SURE about that? Namer the source of this "right".

remember reading the stewardess saying something about "you people" but
I thought she was referring to Mo'nique's personal staff/assistants.
Anyone elaborate?

legalprocess...

Hair stylists?
People trying to sneak into First Class?
People looking for electrical outlets so they can plug in their appliances?

What I don't understand is why the hair dryer was not already in a carry on
or bag. Unless it was battery operated, there would not have been any place
to use it. So, why wasn't it put away from the get-go? If the stylist's

Brian...

I doubt if she'd have any problem staying in the lavatory for a long
time to use it.

attempt to stow the hairdryer away interfered with the attempts of other
passengers to put their own items away and sit down ready for take-off, then
the flight assistant had a right to ask the stylist to sit down in her own
seat rather than wander around the plane.

azindn...

And, if it was only a hairdryer, why couldn't she have just stuck it in
Mo'Nique's chair storage if there was a problem with slowing the
process for take off. Those first class seats have loads of storage
for laptops, purses, ipods, etc. Hair dryers are not the largest item
to store. Something doesn't make sense in the story.

A....

Did this employee ask every single first class passenger or person
attempting to use first class bins (either) whether they had a ticket?

mrtravel...

On flights where I see FA's guarding the bins, they prevent any non-FC
person from using the bins until FC has fully boarded.

Or was only this one person (who happened to be black) singled out
and made to prove what they were doing?

If every person in first class who tried to use a bin was asked to show
that the item belonged to someone in first class, then it's fair. If
there
were 50% black people and half the people asked were black it's still
fair. If there were 5% blacks and 100% of the people asked for proof
of
tickets were black, it's racism.

A.
And I LOVE jury duty.

Templeton Peck...

The real reason they kicked her off was because the plane couldn't take off
with her weight on it. The hair dryer story was just a cover up.