Third Reich and Obama

[Scot LaFaive]

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> [r=EEch], not [r=EEk]


Silly gmail. The vowel sound of "Reich" should be the standard
pronunciation. And yes, I forgot to spell check too :)

Scot

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:

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> While hearing a clip of Obama's speech at Normandy commemerating the 65th
> anniversary of D-Day, I could have sworn I heard him pronounce "Reich" as
> [r=EEch], not [r=EEk]. I didn't get to hear another example, so I can't
> com=
> ment
> on whether this was an error or the actual way he regularly pronounces it.
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> Also, England's Prime Minister Gordon Brown had a slip of the tongue,
> calling Omaha Beach, Obama Beach.
>
> Scot
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