June 26, 2007
Oh Bus Horse for President!
The federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates’ names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.
The problem is that there are many different characters that could be used to match the sound of each syllable, and many different meanings for each character. So Mitt Romney could be read as “Sticky Rice” or “Uncooked Rice.” Fred Thompson might be read as “Virtue Soup.” And Barack Obama could be read as “Oh Bus Horse.”
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One Response to “Oh Bus Horse for President!”
Thank you for the interesting link, Simultaneous Eruption. There is no telling how much different the present political landscape would be if President Honeydew Effervescent Birdbath had not been elected due to misinterpretation of his name.