tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post5328431248087421624..comments2023-12-19T16:44:05.378-06:00Comments on The Eleventh Hour: "What about me, what?”Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368635217133898734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-30216641907163596182008-09-20T00:11:00.000-05:002008-09-20T00:11:00.000-05:00The pain from Spain rains mainly on McCain.The pain from Spain rains mainly on McCain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-64211303996644870822008-09-19T20:51:00.000-05:002008-09-19T20:51:00.000-05:00Everyone should listen to the interview before the...Everyone should listen to the interview before they comment. The interviewer is very hard to understand - she has an accent and talks very fast. She actually says the words in question ("But what about Europe? I'm talking about [th]e President of Spain.") in 2.7 seconds. That's about 240 words a minute, which is abnormally fast for conversational English. I'm sure the reason everyone thinks she says "YOU-ra" instead of "EUROPE" is because it goes so fast that it sounds like one syllable "You" (and slight pause afterward) instead of two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-55848836228774547192008-09-19T12:16:00.000-05:002008-09-19T12:16:00.000-05:00I dislike McCain as much as the next guy, but I th...I dislike McCain as much as the next guy, but I think everyone's missing what actually happened here. If you actually listen to the interview, the interview asks "But what abour Europe?" (and not "what about you?"). McCain misunderstood the question and thought she was referencing him, so he said, quite naturally, "What about me, what?" Not knowing where Spain is is the problem here, not McCain's mishearing the question, which apparently most others commenting here didn't even understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-86633503284801844682008-09-19T00:35:00.000-05:002008-09-19T00:35:00.000-05:00To be fair (and this hurts because I think McCain ...To be fair (and this hurts because I think McCain is a disaster), I listened to the interview and I heard the accented interviewer say "But what about YOU? I'm talking about the President of Spain." Which would explain his lame response, at least partially.TakingaDayOffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421966034338980836noreply@blogger.com