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Have you ever "misspoken?"

Victoria Derbyshire | 08:43 UK time, Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Hilary Clinton has. She said she "misspoke" when she claimed she'd landed in Kosovo under sniper fire.

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In fact she hadn't: it was a very calm and rather jovial landing back in 1996 in Tuzla. But she hadn't exaggerated, she hadn't lied, she'd simply "misspoken".

LISTEN: Hilary Clinton saying 'misspeak'.

Comments

  1. At 10:54 AM on 26 Mar 2008, Mij wrote:

    On the programme this morning, 'misspeaking' was described as lying. Anyone remember C J Cregg misspeaking in the press room in an episode of The West Wing? That was the first time I heard the phrase.

    I thought it meant a bad choice of words at the time, perhaps an off-the-cuff comment maybe giving the wrong impression, but not necessarily intended to deceive.

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