this just in

[Jon Ford]

Connie-- It's really hard to imagine why Bush (or anybody) would have much 
trouble pronouncing these words. The are basically phonetic representations 
(based on the sounds of Arabic words) using our own alphabet. It's easy to 
pronounce "Abu Ghraib" because it's pronounced just as it is written/spelled 
  in English. All Bush has to do is look at the teleprompter.  If he can't 
pronounce the  two words it may because he can't read that well and doesn't 
understand phonemes. It could also be a sign that these two little words 
(and their signified concept/ related images) represent for him such an 
enormous pain in the ass that he goes linguistically ballistic whenever he 
is forced to utter them. I do believe the man needs remedial instruction and 
some serious therapy. He'll have plenty of time for that after the November 
election!

Jon

>From: Connie Clark <connie_3c@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: this just in
>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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.)
>-------------------------------------------------
>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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