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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:47 PM
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PARENTS: Ask your children to pronounce these words - Test them vs. Chimpy
Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 08:07 PM by jackstraw45
"Tyranny"

"Hundred"

"Nevada"

"Terror"

"secretary"

"business"

"window"

"nuclear"

"charismatic"


And, for extra credit, "Abu Ghraib" and "monsieur"

If they were able to read and pronounce ANY of these words properly, you can tell them:

"You have better reading skills than the President of the United States."

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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:48 PM
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1. What about "sorely?" People here thought he said "sort of"....
and "charismatic?"
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:50 PM
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2. Yeah, I know there are many...just took a recent sample
of words the Chimp couldn't read.

Abu Gharib is the best because he had practiced the speech ALL day....
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Neecy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:51 PM
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3. here's one...
Don't forget the seriously challenging word "window".

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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:52 PM
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4. This would make a great campaign commercial
Shots of different children pronouncing words correctly that out president can't.

Oh my...
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:53 PM
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6. A 60 minute commercial?
Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 08:03 PM by jackstraw45
:)

Actually, that would be a HILARIOUS Moveon.org type of commercial contrasting a 5 year old pronouncing these words contrasted with the Shrub mispronouncing them.

Would be absolutely priceless and a nice companion piece to their earlier child labor commercial.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:53 PM
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5. Nuclear
The biggie.
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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:54 PM
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7. "Monsieur" Heh, Heh, smirk, smirk, snicker, snicker.
Edited on Sun Jun-06-04 08:02 PM by ABB_15501
The laugh gives me the creeps.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:55 PM
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8. secretary
not sek-i-tary
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Neecy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:59 PM
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9. test their diction as well
Have them say things that end with an "s" (e.g. 'weapons of mass destruction') without hissing like a poisonous snake and allowing the "s" to turn into a quasi-drunken "sh" sound.

It's easy, really, if the kids aren't drinking and/or drugging.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 07:59 PM
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10. He Pronounces "United" as "Uniah" (The Dumb Fuck)
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:04 PM
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11. Please add "bidness" to the list.
As in the oil bidness or big bidness..
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DieboldMustDie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:08 PM
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12. Hey! A lot of people can't pronounce those words...
when they've had too much to drink. :beer:
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 09:56 PM
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14. Bush left no Beer behind....
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this_side_up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-06-04 08:10 PM
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13. Letterman showed the clip
of him saying donor
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-07-04 12:57 AM
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15. 100%
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-07-04 11:23 AM
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16. Please post age(s) so we can compare with the Chimp
He's 57 years old.

And scored 0%. :)
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