Rice for President? ‘Da… Nyet, Nyet, Nyet!’
April 20, 2005
Condoleeza Rice, a Russian history, culture and language expert for many years, stumbled on her Russian in a foreign language interview in Moscow prior to scheduled meetings with Vladimir Putin. A young school girl asked her whether she would run for President:
Yahoo! News: “‘Da (Yes),’ Rice answered in Russian, before realizing her misunderstanding and hastily adding ‘Nyet’ (No) — seven times.”
Also while speaking Russian she said she would like to do her next interview fully in Russian, but she composed her “to do” verb in such a way that it sounded like “to earn money.”
Note to Condi: we like your personal touch, but world leaders speak in their native language when doing interviews to avoid just these types of problems. Not good.
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