In some snobbish circles, knowledge of the French language is supposed evidence of your erudition. Here we have a president widely considered brilliant, erudite, a great speaker, etc., and he messes up a word that came to us from French. Will the snobs get it?
Come on, it’s not as if corps is all that rare, even outside military circles. Corpsman shouldn’t be a stretch for an educated American. By snob standards, Obama is declasse. I wonder if the snobs will vote against him next time?
February 5th, 2010 at 10:53 am
It’s still Bush’s fault…..
February 5th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Oh Gawd.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:15 am
In some snobbish circles, knowledge of the French language is supposed evidence of your erudition. Here we have a president widely considered brilliant, erudite, a great speaker, etc., and he messes up a word that came to us from French. Will the snobs get it?
Come on, it’s not as if corps is all that rare, even outside military circles. Corpsman shouldn’t be a stretch for an educated American. By snob standards, Obama is declasse. I wonder if the snobs will vote against him next time?
February 6th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Obonehead is an idiot, voted for by those who were able to identify with him.
Prepare to hear why this is no big deal from his idiotic supporters.
February 6th, 2010 at 2:57 am
He read it three times in that speech.
His writers are on my dime too.