That was pathetic...

[herveus]

I was listening to an interview of a spokesperson for the Chicago Olympic bid. She was bravely putting a good face on it and not being whiny. Then, in an attempt to be gracious, she said something like "I hope I'm not mangling the Spanish" followed by some sort of congratulatory remark in something that sounded like Spanish.

Did anyone tell her that they don't speak Spanish in Rio?

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[wolfette]

it's South America - they all speak Spanish ;-)


(I know, it's Portuguese)

[silme.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

Obviously, the committee didn't pick someone who went to the same schools I did when I grew up in Chicago. Our Spanish teachers explained that the worst way to get the temperature to drop in Brazil was to talk to a Brazilian in Spanish. Brazil & its neighbors fought one another for a good part of the 19^th century.

Sheesh.