Posted on 02/06/2010 1:48:23 PM PST by John Semmens
President Barack Obamas flub of the pronunciation of the word corpsman in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast sparked titters among listeners. Corpsman is the term used for Navy and Marine personnel who perform battlefield medical aid to the wounded. It is pronounced core-man. In his speech, Obama twice used the term corpse man.
If you sound out the letters it looks like corpse man is the correct pronunciation, Obama observed. How was I to know that the p and s were supposed to be silent? The President said that inasmuch as the word was to be part of a spoken rather than written communication, whoever put the script on the teleprompter shouldve used a phonetic spelling.
The President brushed aside the contention that the nations Commander-in-Chief ought to be familiar with the pronunciation of this military term. Ive never been in the Navy or Marines, Obama reminded. So, Ive never followed or paid much attention to army jargon. How would I be expected to know such things?
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This is crazy. It was George Bush’s fault!
Notice I did highlight ‘benefit of doubt’ but I didn’t include the /s/....I was/am definitelty being facetious when I even hint at giving this bozo a break.....
Right on.
If you ever happen to be reading a prepared statement off a teleprompter, please note that the word "TheLong-LeggedMackDaddy" is sometimes silent in the name Barack Hussein TheLong-LeggedMackDaddy Obama.
Regards,
Rod-A-Mala
OK, here is a true story. We’ve got neighbors who were big Obama fans. The son is friends with my kids, and he was giving us grief about Obama right before the election, whe it was clear Obama was going to win.
Anyway, he’s over today during the blackout, and they are having some argument, and the kids are all yeliing “Corpsman Down” (something about a video game). I yell “I’ts “Corpse-Man”. The kid says why do you say that, and I say “That’s how Obama pronounces it, so it must be true.
And he says “Why would you listen to anything Obama says — he’s a retard”.
But he says Pakistan all “cool” like PAH-Key-STAHN. He must be right about corpsman. /s
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