Anyone catch that mispronunciation on Bosnia?

[raifield]

Towards the begining of the speech, when Bush was rattling out the list of countries "allied" to us?

Not sure if he's aware of this, but Bosnia isn't pronounced Bos-Na. It's pronounced Bos-Knee-Ah.

Just a little thing I wanted to see if anyone else caught.

[Endangered Specie]

1. no, but I heard him mispronounce Hungary

and Nuculur, naturally

[creativelcro]

4. Nuculur again?? I missed the speech, thank god!

[brook]

2. and then there was...

the letter he said he got from a "2 year old"...before he corrected himself. Apparently it was a "10 year old". Dolt!

[dmr]

6. He also said "Next week", when he meant he got a letter

last week

I doubt the kid exist.

[DevilsAdvocate2]

3. How about criticizing the message?

I for one find it offensive when people judge someone's intellect based on colloquialisms. Being from the south, I often hear people mock southern accents, equating them with low intellect. Grey Davis did the same thing when he mocked Arnold's accent. He said the governor of California should at least be able to pronounce it correctly. How outraged would we be if people were speaking of black people in this manner, maybe criticizing the language or accent employed in a post-game interview? There are enough things about Bush to criticize without resorting to stereotypes.

[raifield]

5. Stereotypes here?

I'm not mocking any sort of accent, just the slip up. I've slipped up words as well. My hatred of the individual, however, makes me more inclined to point and laugh. It is not an attack on any sort of regional linguistics.

[asjr]

7. We just

call'em as we see'um.

[sleipnir]

8. Speak English properly or shut the crap up.

I'm sorry, but if you can't pronounce words right, you don't deserve to speak the language. I don't care what race you are, it's only reasonable that someone actually learn how to speak English and not some ludicrous dialect that makes them sound like an idiot.

[DevilsAdvocate2]

9. Hmmm...

I'm curious to see what people who support Ebonics have to say about this

[buycitgo]

11. hmmmmmmmm

wonder what people who play devil's advocate have to say about, oh, I dunno female senators from NY telling jokes about Indidans running gas stations?

what's your point?

care to offer some other impressions of tonight's performance.

what brave, manly, Patton-like passages made you swoon with patriotic tumescence?
please share with us.....

[shanti]

13. sorry but

we can manage without your "advice" :grr:

[soup]

10. I thought he said basa.

Wondered why he'd bring up Vietnamese catfish... unless he was segueing into tariffs on fish imports.

[buycitgo]

12. so.......if he had this:

protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it, would he call it a.......

herna?