> > >Because the original context (Romans 13:1) says "the powers that be
> > >are ordained of God", and "the powers that are are ordained of God"
> > >would sound really stoopit.
> > >
> > On the word 'stoopit', I guess that's an American way of making 'stupid'
> > stupid, because they can't just do 'stoopid' because that's the normal
> > pronunciation?
Er, probably because "stoopid" is the spelling of a slang word that means
something else.
A [not very detailed] writeup exists:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=stoopid
*Muke!
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