Doug
Stephen E Philion wrote:
>I speak 4 languages myself, so I can appreciate part of this argument.
>But, I would hope it doesn't go too far. The guy is a world leader, with
>whom we are in an undeclared state of perennial war,so we could make an
>argment that correct pronunication might be a bit more of a high priority,
>perhaps. But, I'm not sure I buy a 'mispronunciation' = insult argument.
>One can only learn so many languages (I'd love to learn a few more yet),
>but one can't avoid making mistaken pronunciations of names in a foreign
>language. So, overreading of the significance of mistakes can be
>dismissed for obvious (and in my book) valid reasons.
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>Steve
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> > I would offer too that it allows the media and western politicians to use
> > a condensing, first name patronizing tone of voice when they talk
>about him.
> > And, according to a friend who speaks Arabic and is a minor expert
> > on the region, it allows peckerheads like George Bush to mispronounce
> > 'Saddam' as 'Saad-umm', which is an insult, literally translated
> > meaning 'shoe shine boy'.
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