Wingnut blogger Ed Morrissey makes the case that Obama is just as dumb as Bush because Obama thinks Austrian is a language.  After quoting Obama saying, “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian”, Morrissey snipes:

Austrians speak German primarily — and I’m sure some Austrians speak languages ranging from Albanian to Swahili, being an intelligent and cultured people. However, none of the speak Austrian, because it doesn’t exist.

Technically, he’s right.  And the tomato is technically a fruit, but I have yet to find a can of fruit cocktail with tomato in it.  See,  the thing is, there are numerous German dialects that differ drastically from another.  For example, and I know this from personal experience, Germans who speak the Berlin dialect often cannot understand Germans from Bavaria.  So contrary to what Morrissey seems to think, a Berliner would likely struggle to communicate with someone speaking Austrian German.  Sorry, Ed.  I know it upset you greatly when people pointed out how dumb Bush sounded, but you’re gonna have to try harder if you want to pass that torch on to Obama.

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