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Originally Posted by abaya
Sidenote: WTF is this uproar about Obama's pronunciation of "Pakistan" and "Taliban"?? He pronounces them CORRECTLY, but it appears that some Americans think they're right (with their nasal "a") and he's wrong and/or "elitist," "un-American," etc (of course). God forbid the President of the United States of America should pronounce foreign names the right way! (More examples here.)
They really ARE getting desperate, aren't they? |
dude...i'm so there.
I just had a 20 minute discussion with someone about how obama actually pronounces the words correctly.
there is no nasally 'aaaaaa' sound in Pakistan. none...nooooone
so grab the chardonnay, pass the ny times and get on board....
oh
and what the hell is 'flyover country'?