Weird thing I saw on CNN

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So I’m watching the CNN Newsroom for no apparent reason, and they have something on. It doesn’t seem to be a promo for an upcoming story, though it may have been. The story was about the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. So, anyway, the anchor (or at least I think it was the anchor) was saying, to a clip of Elvis singing Jailhouse Rock, he said in a bad Elvis impression “Grace-land! Grace-land! This is Tenn-uh-thee! We’re going to Grace-land!” Umm… :confused: :smack:

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Sounds like the guy chose to quote the “Graceland” (that’d actually be “Mem-fuss, Tenn-uh-thee”) for the occasion. Unfortunately, that’s a Paul Simon song, not an Elvis song, so it makes him look like an idiot.

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[QUOTE=Marley23]
Sounds like the guy chose to quote the “Graceland” (that’d actually be “Mem-fuss, Tenn-uh-thee”) for the occasion. Unfortunately, that’s a Paul Simon song, not an Elvis song, so it makes him look like an idiot.
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All he said was “Tenn-uh-thee”, no Mem-fuss.

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You wrote he sang “This is Tenn-uh-thee!” You may have misinterpreted “Memphis” as “This is”. Or the anchor did.

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[QUOTE=Captain Socks]
All he said was “Tenn-uh-thee”, no Mem-fuss.
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The Paul Simon line is “Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tenessee.” You said the anchor sang “this is Tenessee.” One of you probably misheard “Memphis” as “this is.”

ETA: jjimm beat me to it.

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He also said it with quite a lisp, so that may have caused it.
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