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NJCher

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52. how did he pronounce it?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 08:02 AM

Aug 2012

Did he pronounce it "sheik" as in "shake?" Or "seek?"

Sikhs want the name of their religion to be pronounced as "sick," so he's doubly wrong here.

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Romney: The “sheik temple” and the “sheik people.” [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 OP

He was just fantasizing about this guy... Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #1

"I really meant to say 'the chic people'" - Willard (R) Berlum Aug 2012 #2

The chic people at the shirley temple JHB Aug 2012 #6

"You so cute." - Shirl (R) Berlum Aug 2012 #7

Hey! I have a beagle and he's certainly not a member of the tea party! Fawke Em Aug 2012 #42

It's pretty clear by now charlie Aug 2012 #3

Moleman. LOL! SammyWinstonJack Aug 2012 #37

How does a man get to his age and position without knowing that? JHB Aug 2012 #4

question answered. kitt6 Aug 2012 #8

He rejects all criticism of hmself as invalid. KurtNYC Aug 2012 #16

Spoiled? nxylas Aug 2012 #25

30 million Sikhs vs 14 million morons worldwide Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #5

Shriek n/t truebluegreen Aug 2012 #12

He is an ignoramus, a rube, pure and simple. (nt) enough Aug 2012 #9

Sheik, Sikh, what they hell difference does it make anyway ? Arabs are Arabs Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #10

Sikhs are not Arabs. You are just as ignorant as Romney. RebelOne Aug 2012 #34

Psst. I think it was sarcasm. mrs_p Aug 2012 #36

I hope so. n/t RebelOne Aug 2012 #44

I suspect he just left off the :sarcasm: icon magical thyme Aug 2012 #38

Frankly, I lived in the Middle East half my life - it NEVER would have occurred to me that I would Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #41

He was too busy assaulting gay classmates, Tanuki Aug 2012 #11

Another sign of Alzheimers? Odin2005 Aug 2012 #13

I'm starting to get inboard with this explanation. SalviaBlue Aug 2012 #55

Or perhaps he meant to confuse the two groups of Skidmore Aug 2012 #14

Don't forget The Moron Tabernacle Choir (classic Kliban pic) dogknob Aug 2012 #15

I wonder if it was a deliberate mistake. sofa king Aug 2012 #17

Out-of-touch white men have been mispronouncing things to indicate disrepect for a long, long time. dogknob Aug 2012 #33

Heh. Winston Churchill did it. sofa king Aug 2012 #43

sofa king, i think that romney's mis-speaking indicates iemitsu Aug 2012 #54

Interesting idea. sofa king Aug 2012 #56

i have wondered about romney's educational success before. iemitsu Aug 2012 #57

Romney just doesn't give a shit. KurtNYC Aug 2012 #18

this ^^^^ magical thyme Aug 2012 #39

Welcome to another "bozo moment" TrogL Aug 2012 #19

he's just as incurious as george junior spanone Aug 2012 #20

Yah he'd be a wizard at foreign policy. Yikes. nt AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #21

When doing many public speaking gigs, mistakes like this are very likely. ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #22

he said it twice! phm Aug 2012 #23

aarrrgghhhh Don C. Nuttin Aug 2012 #24

What a Moroni! El Supremo Aug 2012 #26

That's actually the angel Gabriel blowing his horn atop the Mormon temple in SLC. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #29

Oh? El Supremo Aug 2012 #31

How odd. When I lived in UT in the 70s everyone I knew said that was the angel Gabriel. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #32

Did you ever hear this one? El Supremo Aug 2012 #40

Really? You think it was a mistake? Cleita Aug 2012 #27

I think it's a Freudian slip - he probably can't personally see much difference between kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #30

more signs the aliens didnt program their machime perfectly arely staircase Aug 2012 #28

I'm sure his campaign folks just happy he didn't say Shrek. n/t progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #35

I honestly think he'd never heard of Sikhs until he had to comment on this shooting. maxsolomon Aug 2012 #45

*facepalm* sakabatou Aug 2012 #46

Heard a wing nut co-worker do the same yesterday ProfessionalLeftist Aug 2012 #47

This sounds like something Sarah Palin would say... AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #48

Imagine the ultimate "President Romney OH NO moment:" DFW Aug 2012 #49

He meant "chic". marble falls Aug 2012 #50

first thing I thought about when I heard his error.... NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #51

how did he pronounce it? NJCher Aug 2012 #52

As a devout Mormon, the only religion he knows about is his own.. LeftinOH Aug 2012 #53

Proof: He can't, as in "is completely incapable", CANNOT. Give. A. Shit. patrice Aug 2012 #58