Presidential Pronunciation.

English pronunciation - s sound and z sound - YouTube

Please forward this to President Obama.

His pronunciation of these sounds distracted me greatly form the message of his jobs talk today.

His grammar and understanding of meanings is magnificent, but I find his pronunciation distracting.

He seems to pronounce 'his' as 'hiss'. I like to hear the 's'  sound in 'sounds' as a buzz not as a hiss. The 's' in the 'jobs' I love is buzzed not hissed.

Will You Tell Me Why?

I heard people say that they didn't like President Bush. They said they had good reasons for not liking him.
I hear people saying that they don't like President Obama. They say that they have good reasons for not liking him.
I haven't heard what not liking a certain man or woman has to do with the Presidency.
What does liking a person or persons have to do with policy of governance?
I asked a neighbor some of these questions recently. With some heat he sited "Obama Care." I said that I did not know what that was and doubted that it existed. He said that it was a new law. I said that Presidents don't make law. My neighbor walked away. We waved to each other this morning, but he didn't offer to talk.