Posted on 03/31/2007 10:35:57 AM PDT by pissant
Tuske-gee, me, oh, my
A truly embarrassing moment for House Minority Leader John Boehner at today's Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony honoring the Tuskegee airmen.
During his short speech to those in attendance, Boehner six times mispronounced the group's name as the "Tusk-E-gee,'' eliciting audible groans from the front to the back of the Capitol Rotunda. One woman standing in front of me leaned to her companion and whispered, "This is so embarrassing, and he's from my state."
Perhaps making matters worse, almost all of Boehner's speech focused on the general accomplishments of American forces in World War II, paying little direct respect to those in the room.
As if to remove any doubt about the verbal kerfuffle, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the stage and began his speech by pronouncing the group's name correctly, while making a clear, if passing, glance in Boehner's direction. Immediately afterward, the entire crowd broke into applause at the correction.
-- Eric Pfeiffer, Capitol Hill correspondent, The Washington Times
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Boehner pulls a Boner. Sadly, this is not new.
I don't know too much about him, other than being part of Hasterts leadership that didn't do enough leading. But If you see the video it looks like he was lit. His eyes looked like post martini breakfast eyes.
Yes, but he's got such a great tan ;-)
LOL
That's who the House GOP wanted to represent them. That's who they get.
Boner should have his rear end kicked around the block a few times.
Talk about "boners"? The author of this article doesn't know between a CMOH and a Congressional Gold Medal.
So...how should it be pronounced?? I've always heard it tusk ee' gee.
The dictionary said that was right.
I'm with you. I must be drunk because that's how I would pronounce it. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.
I think the writer is at best misconstruing the whole event. For example, attributing the applause at the end of the speech to the correction at the beginning.
But what I don't understand is how it is incorrect to pronounce that word the way it is spelled.
I come from Lancaster and a lot of people mispronounce it. It just means they're from out of town.
Methinks the writer is a bit of a drama queen.
Tu-skee-gee
Oh, and did you notice that the writer didn't actually provide a correct pronounciation.
I can think of worse things.
Oh, TU-skee-gee.
Anyone who insists that tus-KEE-gee is incorrect and, moreover that there's something wrong with someone who pronounces it that way, is nothing but a snotty elitist.
You'd have to see it. He stumbled on it a couple of times as well. It sounded worse than the article describes.
Oh, my.
The world will end because John Boehner can't pronounce a word.
Sheesh.
It is widely pronounced that way, even in Alabama, where it is located.
It's no big deal.
Alabama is pretty close to being the mispronunciation capitol of the country.
I lived there for nearly 20 years and have "heard it all".
Not a big deal, unless you are giving a speech in front of them, and stumble on it. At least mispronounce it consistently with ease
If this is what passes for news then what a sorry state we are in.
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