Donald Trump pronounced Thailand as ‘Thigh-land’ – 9 punniest responses
Donald Trump’s got a bit of history when it comes to saying words out loud. In the sense that he doesn’t always manage to get the pronunciation entirely quite right.
And this one was a classic of its type. The autocue said ‘Thailand’ and, well, have a watch for yourself.
Here it is in all its glory:pic.twitter.com/PgTRnHpAA8
— The Recount (@therecount) August 6, 2020
Close, but no cigar, Mr President! And here are our favourite things people said about it.
1.
Thighland is my favorite country after Assganistan. https://t.co/6shV0lkltA
— Alexis Boucher (@alexis_b82) August 6, 2020
2.
https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1291472937556619267?s=20
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Thighland is just off the coast of Crotchatia.
— (((Jew))) (@JoshMalina) August 6, 2020
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A little afternoon trivia: The chief executive of Thighland is the Lord of the Thighs, not the prime minister. https://t.co/OW9iyfOqDx
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) August 6, 2020
6.
Welcome to Thighland pic.twitter.com/7q5fWRCp8i
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 6, 2020
7.
Many Irish people not wanting to agree with Trump on anything but also thinking "Wait – is it NOT pronounced Thighland?"
— Aisling Bea (@WeeMissBea) August 7, 2020
7.
Thighland is located next to lapland.
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) August 6, 2020
8.
https://twitter.com/IB_sane/status/1291555192660344832?s=20
9.
“Mr President, I believe Thighland is near Uranus.”
— Faith Salie (@Faith_Salie) August 7, 2020
It’s not the first time Donald Trump’s had trouble with his pronunciations this week (he also struggled with Yosemite).
President Trump cannot pronounce 'Yosemite' pic.twitter.com/RfJrp76taQ
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) August 7, 2020
Yo Semites, let's go on vacation to Thighland https://t.co/FvkJoGrBMi
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 6, 2020
The Prince of Whales and I stopped by Nambia after we left Thighland on our way to Yo-Semite National Park.
We caught a connecting flight out of the Revolutionary War Airport.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) August 6, 2020
Joe Biden knows how to pronounce Thailand.
and Yosemite.
just saying— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) August 6, 2020
To conclude …
https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1291642809582325760?s=20
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Source @therecount