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Wtaf Trump mispronouncing Yosemite

113 replies

Doingtheboxerbeat · 05/08/2020 23:26

Yosemite along with Arkansas often comes up on threads about words/names that are often mispronounce because a lot of us on MN are not American, so it's all good.
BUT, the US president mispronouncing Yosemite is a bridge too far at this point and I'm having to clean up my living room at this late hour due to my head exploding.
He has got to be trolling us, surely?

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EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 05/08/2020 23:51

Trump is Orange
Trump is very stupid
Trump only has a single brain cell to engage before thinking or speaking.
Trump is better off with words of one syllable - four is a real challenge
YABU to be surprised, let alone let your head explode about it.

LioneIRichTea · 05/08/2020 23:52

Trump is the Antichrist.

Nah, the Anti-Christ is meant to be good looking and charming and fool people into thinking he’s a good person. No chance of that with Trump 😂

Mrstwiddle · 05/08/2020 23:53

I suspect he may have dyslexia, as well as making spelling difficult, it also means words can be mispronounced, he remind me a lot (in that respect) of my boyfriend who has very bad dyslexia.

Mrstwiddle · 05/08/2020 23:54

*reminds

Beekeeper1 · 05/08/2020 23:59

Hardly surprising though, the boorish, bombastic oaf hasn't got the intelligence of a crushed cockroach and has a virtually non existent vocabulary therefore pronunciation of any words other than "THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT" is far, far beyond his abilities.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 06/08/2020 00:00

@Doingtheboxerbeat

Ahh thats a shame. He came across as a lovely guy.

@LioneIRichTea

Bloody good point!!! Grin

Emmelina · 06/08/2020 00:04

There are loads of videos of him stumbling over the most simple of words. Usually ending with a shake-off and his signature hands-raised “look-“. I’m sure there’s something neurological going on.

SirVixofVixHall · 06/08/2020 00:05

Yes, I think dementia, coupled with being venal, a bit dim, and a narcissist.

SirVixofVixHall · 06/08/2020 00:06

Well, not “coupled” but you get my gist .

Nancydrawn · 06/08/2020 00:06

He also says Two Corinthians.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 06/08/2020 00:11

Please God I hope someone has tweeted him that pic of Yosemite Sam. His expression is pure “WTF?”

Doingtheboxerbeat · 06/08/2020 00:13

@Mrstwiddle, now I feel bad Sad. I was raised to never mock the afflicted and I suspect that I may be on that particular spectrum myself, but Trump never misses an opportunity to make minorities feel less than.

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GabsAlot · 06/08/2020 00:18

can you be dyslexic and a twat at the same time

oakleaffy · 06/08/2020 00:23

What a grade A plonker.
The man's a buffoon.

FaiIWorseAgain · 06/08/2020 00:27

Do you think he pronounces hyperbole - hyper-bowl?!
Grin

LaMarschallin · 06/08/2020 00:28

Doingtheboxerbeat

@Mrstwiddle, now I feel bad sad. I was raised to never mock the afflicted

I don't think you should feel bad at all.
Whether or not Trump has dyslexia, imagine what his response would be to any suggestion that he's less than perfect.
I don't think he'd find it helpful (even though it may be).

And he certainly has form for mocking the afflicted.

GabsAlot

can you be dyslexic and a twat at the same time
🙂

Fieldofgreycorn · 06/08/2020 00:29

The man has pontificated on drinking bleach to cure Covid for christsake!

Augustseemsbetter · 06/08/2020 00:36

Well it's not in New York is it?

Mrstwiddle · 06/08/2020 00:42

@Doingtheboxerbeat, wasn’t trying to make anyone feel bad! Before I met my partner I didn’t realise dyslexia can affect speech, I don’t think it’s well known.

UnaCorda · 06/08/2020 00:49

His attempts to pronounce hydroxychloroquine were quite concerning - he kept having to pause in the middle of the word.

But if you watch him when he was younger (documentary on Netflix) he talked much more fluently than he does now.

Leaannb · 06/08/2020 00:50

I'm not a Trump can but a lot of Americans mispronounced Native American Names. Sometimes they aren't even mispronounced but because of their accents. There are several places in Maine,New Hampshire,Arizona that I couldn't pronounce if my life depended on it.

9PointsOnMyLicence · 06/08/2020 00:55

A 74 year old mispronounces a word and the MN mob want to burn him at the stake.
Ridiculous.

Criticise his policies, politics or decisions all you want, but ranting against a 74 year old for a mispronunciation makes you look foolish and nasty.

ohfourfoxache · 06/08/2020 01:10

Bloody hell, if this turnip gets in again we’re all fucking doomed 🤦🏻‍♀️

DeRigueurMortis · 06/08/2020 01:14

@9PointsOnMyLicence

A 74 year old mispronounces a word and the MN mob want to burn him at the stake. Ridiculous.

Criticise his policies, politics or decisions all you want, but ranting against a 74 year old for a mispronunciation makes you look foolish and nasty.

The thing is he's not just a normal 70+ year old man is he?

He's one of the most powerful people on the planet, whose words and actions have an impact on billions of people.

Mispronouncing a word might not seem important but when POTUS can't get right the name of one of the most famous national parks in the US it has consequences far beyond what you might imagine.

The "health" of the US economy is as much driven by market confidence as it is by performance. When that economy is led by a man, who despite having access to some of the best press officers and people to brief him on any given subject, repeatedly "stumbles" over quite basic communication then unsurprisingly that is going to impact confidence.

That impact means many people losing jobs. It also discredits not only the role of POTUS but the credibility and global influence of the USA on a global stage.

As a singular gaff it would be embarrassing, but this is also in the context of a man whose lack of Presidential gravitas and utter failure to grasp quite simple concepts is breathtaking to behold.

So no, it's no being mean nor is it irrelevant or fake news.

It's profoundly disturbing that one of the most powerful countries in the world is led by a man who can't understand the difference between a virus and bacteria, thinks that the US is winning the war on Covid globally despite having the highest death rate per capita (because he thinks reporters can't point out his stats are based on deaths as a percentage of infected), suggests "some sort of cleansing" the body with bleach, cites the work of a "doctor" who believes in multiple alien conspiracies as a reputable source and can't fucking well pronounce the name of one of the most famous fucking national parks in the US.

Angry rant over and out.

9PointsOnMyLicence · 06/08/2020 01:21

@Doingtheboxerbeat

I'm no Trump fan. And I agree that he often talks a load of crap. But getting the pitchforks out over a mispronunciation (by a 74 year old) is beyond absurd.
You're lucky that no-one in your family has ever mispronounced a word.