The White House has long been a boon for poor grammar and spelling. Dan Quayle couldn't spell "potato" without jazzing it up with an "e." And George W. Bush couldn't get through a few sentences without creating new forms of unrecognized speech patterns.
Now, Barack Obama just lost upstate New York in the next election by changing the spelling of its biggest city.
Deadspin.com caught a screen grab of Obama on ESPN filling out his March Madness basketball bracket, and damned if Syracuse didn't become "Sycasuse." Not to be outdone, the ESPN graphics guy flubbed right along, giving his own spin on the spelling. I believe "Syracsue" is how hit-and-run lawyers refer to the city.
Most troublesome of all is that Obama thinks Syracuse will make it to the Elite Eight.
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