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Clinton's Pronunciation of 'Chameleon'

NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton and then-president George Bush pere (and I guess Ross Perot too). I distinctly heard Bill Clinton call Bush a "chameleon" wherein Clinton pronounced "chameleon" with initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon").

Retrospective Oy!, Bill!
  

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[nq:1]NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton and then-president George Bush pere (and I guess Ross Perot too). I distinctly heard Bill Clinton call Bush a "chameleon" wherein Clinton pronounced "chameleon" with initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon"). [/nq] Maybe he was going to call him a *** and changed his mind halfway through.

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  • [nq:1]NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton and then-president George Bush pere (and I guess Ross Perot too).
  • I distinctly heard Bill Clinton call Bush a "chameleon" wherein Clinton pronounced "chameleon" with initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon").
  • [/nq] Maybe he was going to call him a *** and changed his mind halfway through.
  • Oy indeed.
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[nq:1]NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton and then-president George Bush pere (and I guess Ross Perot too). I distinctly heard Bill Clinton call Bush a "chameleon" wherein Clinton pronounced "chameleon" with initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon"). Retrospective Oy!, Bill![/nq]
Maybe he was going to call him a *** and changed his mind halfway through. Oy indeed.
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[nq:2]NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton ... initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon"). Retrospective Oy!, Bill![/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe he was going to call him a *** and changed his mind halfway through. Oy indeed.[/nq]
Or a schlemiel. Those are probably not part of Bill's normal vocab though.

dg (domain=ccwebster)
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[nq:2]Maybe he was going to call him a *** and changed his mind halfway through. Oy indeed.[/nq]
[nq:1]Or a schlemiel. Those are probably not part of Bill's normal vocab though.[/nq]
I bet "shyster" is though.

Ross Howard
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[nq:1]NPR had a clip of a 1992 debate between Clinton and then-president George Bush pere (and I guess Ross Perot too). I distinctly heard Bill Clinton call Bush a "chameleon" wherein Clinton pronounced "chameleon" with initial /S/ instead of initial /k/ ("sha-meleon"). Retrospective Oy!, Bill![/nq]
Probably just wanted to dress up the name-calling from "sham" to "shameleon".
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