Foot In Mouth?
Rumsfeld Ramble Wins UK 'Foot in Mouth' Award
Here is the prize-winning utterance from the Secretary of Defense, described in the article as "baffling":
Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know," Rumsfeld told a news briefing.
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.
I find it a quite clear, to-the-point, creative, and witty use of English.
Rumsfeld Ramble Wins UK 'Foot in Mouth' Award
Here is the prize-winning utterance from the Secretary of Defense, described in the article as "baffling":
Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know," Rumsfeld told a news briefing.
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.
I find it a quite clear, to-the-point, creative, and witty use of English.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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