Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Does Obama Know What "Misapprehensions" Means?

Webster's does:


Main Entry:
mis·ap·pre·hend           Listen to the pronunciation of misapprehend
Pronunciation:
\(ˌ)mis-ˌa-pri-ˈhend\
Function:
transitive verb
Date:
1628
: to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
mis·ap·pre·hen·sion           Listen to the pronunciation of misapprehension \-ˈhen(t)-shən\ noun


"What we want to do is open a dialogue," Obama told the BBC. "You know, there are misapprehensions about the West, on the part of the Muslim world. And, obviously, there are some big misapprehensions about the Muslim world when it comes to those of us in the West."


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