Will bush* ever learn how to correctly say Abu Ghraib?

[radfringe]

Poll question: Will bush* ever learn how to correctly say Abu Ghraib?

It's been noted that bush* has had a "difficult" time correctly pronouncing Abu Ghraib --

three times during one press conference, and again yesterday he managed to mangle to name -- it's probably more than that and I'm sure he has his own little nick-name for Abu Ghraib

soooooo -- will he ever manage to pronounce Abu Ghraib correctly?

of course your comments are always welcomed.

[Kahuna]

1. He pronounces it, Abu Grr-rape. That sounds about right.

:eyes:

[dsewell]

2. Let's give B* the benefit of the doubt.

He's an educated man. Surely he knows that non-Iraqi speakers of Arabic tend to mispronounce "Abu Ghraib" themseles because they confuse the "Ghraib" component with a common name (see this piece in Slate for all the details). So he hesitates between the "pan-Arab" pronunciation, the proper Iraqi pronunciation, and an Anglicized pronunciation, not because he's a dolt, but because he is too well informed.

Right, that's the ticket...

[radfringe]

3. give yourself a donut

that kind of logic sounds about right for the talking points memo...

we'll have to keep our ears and eyes open for that one to be slipped in by some bush*-kisser...

:thumbsup: :evilgrin:

[mia]

10. thanks for the link

I wondered what the correct pronunciation was.

There's an audio with the correct pronunciation there.
It sounds like ah bu' greb'.

[bryant69]

4. I really have now idea how to pronounce it myself

But, then again, I'm not the leader of the free world.

Or are I?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[4morewars]

5. Don't misunderestimate yourself !!!!

Rarely do we ask is our children learning ???

[Rob H.]

6. Whistle-Ass' pronunciation of Abu Ghraib?

Hell, I'm still waiting for him to pronounce 'nuclear' correctly, and it's in English and everything!

[markses]

7. All signs point to

NOT IN A MILLION FUCKING YEARS

Even according to the vaunted free enterprise model: He has no incentive to learn it. Nobody he is in any contact with chides him or ridicules him for mispronouncing it. Why should he learn it?

[Iris]

8. Maybe he'll learn to spell it for the book he writes about his ONE term

as president!

[BrotherBuzz]

9. He'll pronounce it correctly

in the first week of his thirty year sentence to Abu Ghraib. I can dream, can't I?

[2Design]

11. no