Professional theatre groups have access to, and use, diction and dialect coaches. I have listened to American actors sounding very Irish. It wouldn't fool an Irish person, I'm sure, but the effort required to affect an accent and sustain it for a couple of hours is impressive. We've all marveled at some of the performances of Meryl Streep.
You'd think the White House could dredge up a Roman priest or a Latin teacher when King George IV is about to meet the Pope. Hah!
Bush used the words of Saint Augustine (so Bush said): "pox take 'em." I kid you not; that's how he pronounced it.
I'm sure there will be howls of laughter and tears of sorrow when B16 takes tales of his visit back to the Vatican.
Not that I don't agree with "pox take 'em." I have a little list.
What's the quality of being a doofus? Doofosity? Doofusness? Doofitude? Bushness?
--the BB
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Forgive me for going for the obvious but - a pox upon him. And for once I don't mean Benny.
Well done, FranIAm!
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