# Weird thing I saw on CNN

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813 "2007-08-16T14:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/1 "2007-08-16T14:21:09Z")

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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… 😕 :smack:

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/2 "2007-08-16T15:40:00Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/3 "2007-08-16T20:34:03Z")

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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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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/4 "2007-08-16T20:40:07Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/5 "2007-08-16T20:45:46Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-i-saw-on-cnn/415813/6 "2007-08-16T23:46:41Z")

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