Re: Malapropisms (was:Re: GWB quotes)

[Gord Sellar]

At 11:28 AM -0400 02/11/2000, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>>  I'd say there is a difference with Chretien, being that English is his
>*second* language. I assume English is Bush's first... as long as Texan
>actually counts as English. ;p
>>  Gord
>
>I dunno.  I'm sure Texas, like most states, certainly has its local
>colloquialisms.  For example, folks are always "fixin'" to do something and
>"reckonin'" on it.  I bet when GWB's wife asked him about campaigning for
>President, he said "Reckon' I'm fixin' to do just that."  :)
>
>I 'd guess that even all that Ivy League education couldn't have driven out
>any real Texans inner John Wayne.  ;-)

Okay, then the real question is, can Bush make errors of the order of
quality of Chretien . . . in Spanish? :)
Gord