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Miriam Shaviv

Opinion

Gordon Brown's speech defect

July 23, 2008 14:09
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Yesterday I reported that, according to Sky News's Adam Boulton, our prime minister has difficulty pronouncing the word 'Jerusalem'. Now The Evening Standard's diary adds,

Sources at the Jerusalem Post note that Brown mangled his attempt at a Hebrew quotation before going on to pronounce "Auschwitz" as "ouchwhich".

How do you think he would pronounce, "complete disaster as prime minister"?

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