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Carrie Lam was accused of making a mistake 3 times in 2 weeks, turning "two birds with one stone" into "two birds with one stone", causing a heated discussion among netizens

2022-02-10T02:58:46.147Z


After the Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor used the word "initiator" to respond to the question of "dynamic clearing" earlier and was accused of misusing the word, and being accused of misusing foul language, her remarks have repeatedly caused heated discussions! Carrie Lam at the Executive Council on Tuesday (8th)


After the Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor used the word "initiator" to respond to the question of "dynamic clearing" earlier and was accused of misusing the word, and being accused of misusing foul language, her remarks have repeatedly caused heated discussions!

Carrie Lam held a press conference after the executive meeting on Tuesday (8th) to announce the new round of epidemic prevention measures. During this period, she was accused of making a slip of the tongue when answering an English question, saying "Killing two birds with one stone" (one stone, two birds) as "Killing two birds". stones with one bird".

The relevant clips were circulated wildly on the Internet, and it was once suspected that they were post-processing. However, after checking the online clips of the Government Information Service, it was confirmed that the clips had not been modified.


Chief Executive Carrie Lam was accused of misrepresenting "Killing two stones with one bird". The picture shows her attending a press conference before the Executive Council on the same day (8th).

(File photo/Photo by Liao Yanxiong)

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Taking stock of Lin Zhengyue's past remarks at the press conference that were accused of slip of the tongue, she stated at the press conference on January 27 that she was not the "initiator" of the dynamic reset, and was questioned as a misuse of the word, because the word means "open." Bad Precedent".

Later, at the press conference on February 4, she pronounced in a hurry because of a mispronunciation, and was accused of mispronunciation of foul language, "Except for supply, ah no, X, except for emergency, it is necessary to bury it at the same time. …”.

At the press conference on February 8, when she responded to English questions, she reversed the words "Birds" and "Stone" in the English idiom "Killing two birds with one stone" and said "Killing two stones with one" bird", which means from killing two birds with one stone to killing two stones with one bird.

The suspected "speaking the wrong thing" clip was circulated on the Internet and caused discussion. Some netizens criticized the Chief Executive for making a slip of the tongue three times in two weeks, thinking that the current meaning was "impossible task", but some netizens questioned whether the short video was taken by others. For processing, reverse the position of the 2 characters.

The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" checked the online broadcast clip of the Government Information Service and found that the live broadcast of the press conference was about 50 minutes. When Carrie Lam answered the reporter's question in English, she did say: "Killing two stones with one bird", which proves that The webcast has not been modified.

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Source: hk1

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