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Mechatanketra

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Tue May-25-04 03:12 AM
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7. I think they're both relevant.

I had the same observation -- I reread the article a couple times looking for where they tell us how it's supposed to sound, and they don't. (To the English-listening ear, it may be best rendered "aboo grehb".)

But I think it's additionally significant that not only are Bush's pronunciations incorrect, they're not even the most obvious mistakes ("aboo grabe" or "aboo grayib") This suggests not even the usual American "Doesn't everyone speak English?" habits, but that he's so thoroughly disinterested in what he's speaking about he can't even be bothered to read the teleprompter phonetically.

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