And this was the phrase they were excited about? Sounds like it was written by a committee of diplomats. Wouldn't, "celebrating the 19th Olympiad" be better than a construction which says "games . . . celebrating . . . games"?
And this was the phrase they were excited about?
I heard that everyone has been requested to say "Olympic Winter Games." The word Olympic must *always* be first. Radio personalities Rick & Bubba joked about this for an entire show last week, but pointed out the the IOC had broken their own rule! I noticed Bush stumbled over this phrase, but I thought he said "Olympic" first. This article quotes him saying "Winter" first. It's all so absurd!