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ZOT: Bush trips over Abu Ghraib pronunciation
alertnet ^ | 25 May 2004

Posted on 05/24/2004 11:42:44 PM PDT by montreux30th

CARLISLE, Pa., May 24 (Reuters) - Two rehearsals for his prime-time speech on Monday were not enough to keep U.S. President George W. Bush from mangling the name of the Abu Ghraib prison that brought shame to the U.S. mission in Iraq.

During the half-hour televised address, Bush mispronounced Abu Ghraib each of the three times he mentioned it while announcing U.S. plans to tear down the infamous jail and replace it with a new facility.

The prison, the scene of torture under Saddam Hussein and the setting for the Iraqi prison abuse scandal under the U.S. military, has a name that English speakers usually pronounce as "abu-grabe".

But the Republican president, long known for verbal and grammatical lapses, stumbled on the first try, calling it "abugah-rayp". The second version came out "abu-garon", the third attempt sounded like "abu-garah".

White House aides, who described the speech as an important address on the future of Iraq, said Bush practiced twice on Monday before boarding his helicopter for his trip to the speaking venue at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.


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wow! 2 rehearsals!
1 posted on 05/24/2004 11:42:45 PM PDT by montreux30th
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To: montreux30th

How many rehearsals did you have to write that?


2 posted on 05/24/2004 11:44:26 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (JUST SAY NO TO SIMS' CITY.)
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To: montreux30th

Welcome to Free Republic.

Did you sign up just to post this????


3 posted on 05/24/2004 11:46:26 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: montreux30th

4 posted on 05/24/2004 11:46:40 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (JUST SAY NO TO SIMS' CITY.)
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To: montreux30th; Admin Moderator

We were trolling alonnng...on Freeper baaaay...


5 posted on 05/24/2004 11:47:17 PM PDT by Prime Choice (John Kerry is a butthead! ...or worse, a used car salesman.)
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To: montreux30th

montreux30th aka antiblazer, arrowhead123, dmcloud, job121b, et al, bites the dust.


6 posted on 05/24/2004 11:47:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (same parts of the above may qualify as plagiarism)
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To: Jim Robinson
montreux30th aka antiblazer, arrowhead123, dmcloud, job121b, et al, bites the dust.

And there was much rejoicing. (yaaaay!)

7 posted on 05/24/2004 11:49:19 PM PDT by Prime Choice (John Kerry is a butthead! ...or worse, a used car salesman.)
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To: Jim Robinson

And we hardly new him :-)


8 posted on 05/24/2004 11:50:23 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Our Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed Have Yet to be Visited by John Kerry. What's he Afraid of?)
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To: dawn53

I always love it when some dumb___ who can't write a decent sentence ridicules the president this way. It's just classic.


9 posted on 05/24/2004 11:51:29 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (JUST SAY NO TO SIMS' CITY.)
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To: montreux30th

10 posted on 05/24/2004 11:53:43 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: montreux30th
That's the best you got? I say the BEST you got?

Of course look for this to be THE cound bite for the media. MetroNews source did a speech feed both in sound bites and long form. However they made a point to feed a seperate story complete with 2 sound bites of the verbal slip.

Y'know I work in radio and if I had a penny for every time I mangled a name/word I'd be rich.

Then again, compared to radio, I'd be rich if I was an Al Bundy shoe saleman.

prisoner6

11 posted on 05/24/2004 11:55:11 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
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To: montreux30th

Wow, you've been banned 29 other times under that name? I would ask if you're a masochist, but since you're a liberal the answer is yes.


12 posted on 05/24/2004 11:57:06 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
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To: montreux30th

"alertnet"? Good lord. I didn't bother reading the article because the source was enough to clue me in as to just where this was coming from.


13 posted on 05/24/2004 11:58:31 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
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To: montreux30th

It's okay. I pronounce it "Ah-boo Grab-ass".


14 posted on 05/24/2004 11:59:17 PM PDT by Tall_Texan ("Vote Democrat - The Election Fraud Specialists.")
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To: montreux30th

I think what's funnier was Bill O'Reilly tonight. While interviewing Montel Williams, he twice used the word "carciginians" when remarking about cancer-causing substances.


15 posted on 05/25/2004 12:00:52 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: montreux30th

What a surprise, Montreaux... a French name. Shouldn't you be surrendering to your local militant Islamist or something?


16 posted on 05/25/2004 12:01:16 AM PDT by inkling
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17 posted on 05/25/2004 12:04:42 AM PDT by martin_fierro (</pith>)
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To: Lancey Howard

"Carceginians" to rhyme with "Carthaginians"? LOL!! Bill is worth a good laugh or two every night.


18 posted on 05/25/2004 12:06:43 AM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: montreux30th
Good dhimmi. Gooooooooood dhimmi. That's a good boy.

Sit up, dhimmi. Roll over.

Now: play dead.

19 posted on 05/25/2004 12:07:07 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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To: montreux30th

SO WHAT,He's getting things close to 100% right for our country and that's what counts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND Kerry's an asshole and that's 100% correct!!!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 05/25/2004 12:07:20 AM PDT by patriciamary
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