When snooty little Mike
Bloomberg became mayor of New York he studied Spanish with a private instructor.
He became known for summarizing his remarks at his news conferences in Spanish.
When the tiny tyrant
speaks the language, it sounds like his tongue gets tangled on his eye tooth so
he can’t see what he’s saying. He constantly
accents the wrong syllable.
His tin-eared,
flat-toned delivery and mispronunciations at news conferences leading up to
Tropical Storm Irene’s strike in 2011 inspired a young writer, Rachel
Figueroa-Levin, to create the @ElBloombito Twitter account, which warned New
Yorkers to prepare for “el stormo grande.”
“Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!” she
tweeted.
“Fill los bathtub con agua por preparando el no agua. Los
floodwaters!”
“Remain in la casa para
much rain y lightningo y thundera! El Bang Bang!”
So, Bloombito was
spending time in Texas for the Super Tuesday primary when he corrected a
reporter’s pronunciation of the word “Texas” as she asked, “You’ve spent a lot
of time in Texas?”
Reporter: You've spent a lot of time in Texas?— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) March 3, 2020
El Bloombito: Tejas, we'd say here
Reporter: What'd you say?
Bloombito: Tejas
Reporter: Tejas?
Bloombito: That's Spanish for 'Texas'
Reporter: Okay pic.twitter.com/AikiK16k94
