this just in
Connie Clark
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Wed Jun 30 14:18:29 2004
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This is funny. I found it at the bottom of Tuesday Dana Milbank article from the Washington Post, in the vein of F 9/11: (Honestly, I have trouble pronouncing it too. I can get it right, if I don't look at the words.)
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Abu Boo-Boo
President Bush (news - web sites) seems to have inordinate difficulty pronouncing the name of Abu Ghraib, the infamous prison in Iraq (news - web sites) that has been home to Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s atrocities and U.S.-sanctioned abuse. Though the correct pronunciation is "abu grayb," with a slightly guttural g, Bush last week referred to the prison as "Abu Gareff." At a speech this spring at the Army War College, Bush pronounced Abu Ghraib three ways. Reuters described them as "abugah-rayp," "abu-garon" and "abu-garah," but your correspondent distinctly heard "abu-garom."
Didn't Get the Memo?
"The country's culture is changing from one that has said, 'If it feels good, do it.' "
-- President Bush, May 14
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Abu garom? Wasn't that the little creepy guy in Lord of the Rings?
C
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<DIV>This is funny. I found it at the bottom of Tuesday Dana Milbank article from the Washington Post, in the vein of F 9/11: (Honestly, I have trouble pronouncing it too. I can get it right, if I don't look at the words.)</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Abu Boo-Boo </STRONG>
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<P>President Bush (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=web-storylinks&p=President%20Bush">web sites</A>) seems to have inordinate difficulty pronouncing the name of Abu Ghraib, the infamous prison in Iraq (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Iraq%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=web-storylinks&p=Iraq">web sites</A>) that has been home to Saddam Hussein (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Saddam%20Hussein%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A>
- <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=web-storylinks&p=Saddam%20Hussein">web sites</A>)'s atrocities and U.S.-sanctioned abuse. Though the correct pronunciation is "abu grayb," with a slightly guttural g, Bush last week referred to the prison as "Abu Gareff." At a speech this spring at the Army War College, Bush pronounced Abu Ghraib three ways. Reuters described them as "abugah-rayp," "abu-garon" and "abu-garah," but your correspondent distinctly heard "abu-garom." </P><FONT size+1><B>Didn't Get the Memo? </B></FONT>
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<P>"The country's culture is changing from one that has said, 'If it feels good, do it.' " </P>
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<P><EM>-- President Bush, May 14</EM><BR></P>
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<P>Abu garom? Wasn't that the little creepy guy in Lord of the Rings?<BR>C</P></DIV><p>
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