Anyone remember the Tory deputy treasurer Johan Eliasch who became one of Gordon Brown's GOATs on climate change? Seems that Gordon was so impressed with him he couldn't even say his name without phoentic help.
Amusingly the webmongs at Downing Street uploaded a speech without fixing the little helper for Gordon, so it read
And I am pleased that Ewan Ellios (phon) is working with us specifically on the issues relating to forestation.At least they're being transpearent [sic]!
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Actually, it's "trins-pay-rint" if you listen carefully (unless I'm going deaf in my old age, which is possible!)
The mans an idiot.
This is another bloody good deal for us too:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/28/gordon-brown-auschwitz-poland
Presumably he wants the UK Stazi to be able to use b efore too long.
huuuumph..
Brown probably said fore-station, not forest-ation
I always want to know who the sad old woman that seems to haunt Brown's life is, that poor old alkie, ada.
wv is minth
whoth got the lithp?
As a cloth eared Yorkshireman the phonetics come out wrong; Yew-an Eli-oss rather than Yo-an Eli-ash.
I wonder how the underlings would spell Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch for him.
marksany, LOL,
That did cross my mind as well...
This kind of thing happens.
I remember reading: "delete paragraph" in an evening paper, once.
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