I am asking for lip readers to make out what Michelle Obama is saying to her husband, the President during this 9-11 flag-folding ceremony at Ground Zero. This video has also appeared on the Baltimore Sun's blog, as well as numerous other sites. Maybe one of my readers can help.
Could she be saying, "All this for that flag"?
Ask someone at Hogwarts,
ReplyDeleteNothing would surpise me when it comes to the First Lady. Perhaps that is why she is seen but not often heard. Just a bit too much of a hater for the tastes of most?
ReplyDeleteI had this answer emailed to me:
ReplyDeleteShawn Mead commented on your link.
Shawn wrote: "Yes, I can read lips, as a child until the age of 12 I had chronic hearing problems and even as an adult there have been tims I've had to resort back to watching lips to be able to fully understand the comvrsation and I resorted back to this as I watched the video and I saw a possible different exchange, what I saw was her saying "are they folding the flag" very similar mouth motions but at the end of the first word her bottom lip curls in and her jaw moves up, marking an "r" sound, and her disgusted look and head shake could have very well been the quick dismissal of her question by her husband IMHO "
I do believe there is trouble between the Obamas.
Unworthy of you Cabbie. You obviously have a brain in your head, you have understandable fears about real hazards, but enough compassion to write that great article about watching the Muslim family at the park.
ReplyDeleteThis lip-reading is both crass and dubious for many reasons. First, none of us could stand up to having our every lip movement filmed all day long, then played back frame by frame. Second, it is highly speculative. The most anyone could say reliably is that the first lady was saying something approximate to ah - i - o - a - ay.
Only someone desperate to find something to embarrass a person with would even indulge in this nonsense. Imagine what Gary would say if I pulled this on Nancy Reagan? I bet you could come up with a lot of incendiary possibilities from her lip movements.
Maybe she was saying, "Did you read fousesquawk today?" That would explain the disgusted looks on their faces.
ReplyDeleteI think you've got it Gary. That is the best answer anyone has come up with.
ReplyDelete"Can You Read Lips?"
ReplyDeleteNope. But many deaf people can read lips very well. Here is there take on the First Lady's comment:
http://www.alldeaf.com/sign-language-oralism/94601-anyone-able-make-out.html
Your hatred against President Obama and the First Family is very trasparent.
No, I don't hate either one. I totally oppose what the president is trying to do to this country. There is a difference.
ReplyDeleteNelly,
ReplyDeleteOK Nelly. I went to the Deaf web site, and got more than one reading. One talked about They don't know how to fold that flag (I doubt she is an expert) and another said "All this for that flag" or simething with same meaning. So the question was not resolved. (Unless you were referring to the John Lennon Imagine song. (LOL)