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英女王迎え歓迎式典＝演説でうっかりミスも－米大統領

ブッシュ米大統領は７日、エリザベス英女王と夫のフィリップ殿下をホワイトハウスに迎え、
南庭での歓迎式典に臨んだ。 すらすらと演説を始めた大統領だったが、「女王は１９７６年に（米独立宣言）２００周年を共に祝ってくれた」 とすべきところで、「１７…」とうっかり１７７６年と言いかけ、２００年の大間違いに気付いた大統領は、
「１９７６年」とすぐに言い直した。 [時事通信]2007/05/08-07:37

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvw1blFWyVg&mode=related&search=

The American people are proud to welcome Your Majesty back to the United States, a nation you've come to know very well. After all, you've dined with ten U.S. presidents. You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- in 1976. She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child.

これは明らかにミスでなくて、「１０人もの米大統領に会った大年寄りの女王は、1776年にも訪米してたに違いない」という、ブッシュ独特の「ちょけた」くだらないジョークを言ったんだと思います。このyoutubeを見ると、彼はこの後の女王の反応をウキウキした表情で見てるんですね。そして、さらにこのライン、
「She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child. 彼女はボクを母親が子供を見るような目で見てるよ！」
女王もブッシュのバカさ加減はご存知でしょうが、公式のスピーチでここまでアホらしいジョークをかまされて、「やってられない」「バッカじゃないの」という表情だったに違いありません。やれやれ。

そしてこの後のディナーで女王は「リベンジ」をスピーチに組み込まれたそうです。
女王のスピーチの出だしはこうです。
「"I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776.'
『私が1776年にここに来たとき』という言葉で乾杯の音頭を始めるべきでしょうかーー」
このジョークで大笑いになり、さすがのブッシュもこれには、
「"Your Majesty, I can't top that one."　女王陛下、あなたにはかないません」
女王様、参りました、というところでしょうか。

Queen concludes visit with toast, joke
By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer Wed May 9, 1:09 PM ET
WASHINGTON -

The queen had the last laugh. Dispensing with protocol briefly at the formal dinner she hosted for President Bush, Queen Elizabeth said, "I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776.'

The joke was at the expense of the president ? the same president whose wife said he had to be talked into putting on the most formal dinner a White House can host ? a white-tie affair.
Bush took it in stride, though, starting his toast by saying, "Your Majesty, I can't top that one."
Tuesday night's royal teasing contrasted sharply with the tightlipped, high-protocol, much-orchestrated style that characterized the British monarch's six-day U.S. tour. It was in reaction to Bush's faux pas Monday after he formally greeted the queen with trumpets, a 21-gun salute and a march by the Old Guard Fife & Drum Corp.

At one point in the South Lawn ceremony, Bush noted that the queen had dined with 10 U.S. presidents and had helped the United States "celebrate its bicentennial in 17 ... ." Bush caught himself and corrected the date to 1976." This brought loud laughter from many in the invited audience of thousands.
A chagrined Bush deadpanned that the queen just "gave me a look that only a mother could give a child."
When asked Tuesday what she had told him, Bush deferred, perhaps deciding to keep it to himself. "Nah, she didn't say anything," he told reporters.
The year 1776 cannot be a favorite year for the queen. It is the year when the monarch at the time of the American Revolution, George III, lost his richest colony.
At the Tuesday night dinner, the 81-year-old queen went on to toast her country's close relationship to the United States.

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ブログでこれについて書かれているのを見つけました。海外在住の方だけあって皆さん結構するどいですね。

http://peoplewatching.blog94.fc2.com/blog-entry-37.html
ブッシュの女王ジョークは“失言”か

http://crazyatkinson.blog72.fc2.com/blog-entry-128.html
ブッシュ大統領の発言