Did * really say this???: - Democratic Underground

brainshrub

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Sat Jul-17-04 05:17 PM
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Did * really say this???:

"The problem with the French is that they have no word for 'Entrepreneur'."

Just wanted to fact-check. I can't believe the * is THAT stupid.

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Liberal Veteran

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Sat Jul-17-04 05:20 PM
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1. No...he didn't. But it does sound like something he would say.

Edited on Sat Jul-17-04 05:21 PM by liberal_veteran

I think Snopes debunked it already.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.htm

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Khephra

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Sat Jul-17-04 05:20 PM
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2. From NPR

Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on cultures that are missing words. The Oxford dictionary of quotations published its list of the top sayings of 2002. George W. Bush was quoted as saying to Tony Blair, "The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur." The British Prime minister denied that Bush said it, but the story is plausible because people are always saying similar things about other cultures.

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=29-May-2003

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brainshrub

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Sat Jul-17-04 05:28 PM
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4. Thanks. And great link.

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Connie_Corleone

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Sat Jul-17-04 05:23 PM
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3. According to the above poster

Edited on Sat Jul-17-04 05:25 PM by Connie_Corleone

No he didn't say it but Yes, he really is that stupid.

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kskiska

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Sat Jul-17-04 06:10 PM
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5. Reagan once said

that Russians have no word for "freedom." Not so.

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