Mexican journalists covered the meeting between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the fluent governor of Baja California, Eugenio Elorduy. They provided
Tijuanans their current No. 1 bon mot: "All we know for sure is the Baja governor speaks better English than the California governor." David K - 2-28-2004 at 07:16 PM
Yes, but nobody can say the name of the state as dramatically as Arnold... All together now, CALL EE FOR NEE AH! Now don't be a girlie-man... Hasta la
Vista... Baby! See Arnold is bi-lingual (tri-lingual?) too, yahh!
English speaking Mexican politicos
thebajarunner - 2-28-2004 at 11:44 PM
The really interesting thing about this post is that in the "good old days" the tradition was that Mexican politicians never spoke English in public,
in interviews or with the press.
I can remember a Harvard educated president addressing the California legislature, in Spanish, with an interpreter close at hand.
Same with the governors and other state officials.
Vicente Fox seems to have really trashed that tradition, now we hear him and others speaking out, clearly and fluently in English.
Not sure if that is progress, cultural retreat, or what, but it surely is an interesting trend, of late.
Baja Arriba!!TMW - 3-1-2004 at 01:21 PM
The Mexican Federal Police will not speak english to you when you want an accident report for insurance reports.
Local police will.JESSE - 3-1-2004 at 01:52 PM
Heres whats funny,
Arnolds pronunciation is actually a lot closer to the correct way of saying California than what most Americans think its correct, so in my opinion
Arnold has it right and most people are wrong.
Better Speaker
The Gull - 3-1-2004 at 05:41 PM
Yes, but does Elorduy make better action movies?
Does he speak better German? JESSE - 3-1-2004 at 09:23 PM
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Originally posted by The Gull
Yes, but does Elorduy make better action movies?
