It’s the little things November 16 2009 2 comments

Obama may be the first U.S. president to publicly speak Wu. Alright fine, it was just 侬好, but we’ll take what we can get.

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It brings a tear to my eye.







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  1. John Biesnecker, November 16, 2009:

    I’m pretty sure the noise I heard when he said that was the pressure wave caused by all of those 讲文明,讲普通话 apparatchiks shitting themselves simultaneously.


  2. Kellen, November 16, 2009:

    I was thinking something similar.

    请说普通话 my ass.


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