When words get in the way, Bush goes phonetic

"The White House was left scrambling to explain after a marked-up draft of Bush's speech popped up briefly on the U.N. Web site as he delivered his remarks, giving a rare glimpse of the special guidance he gets for major addresses.

It included phonetic spellings for French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sar-KO-zee), a friend, and Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH-bee), a target of U.S. human rights criticism."


Bwhahahahaha!!!


I'm speechless...this just keeps getting better and better:biggrin:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070925/...bush_phonetics

hey, that's not fair. I'd wouldn't go near the podium at the UN without a cheat sheet. The country names are bad enough, especially the former Soviet Union states, but, jeez, I'd start a war or two with the Prime ministers out there.

"Iran is looking to develop nuclear(nuke-U-lar) weapons"

"Childrens do learn."