Elizabeth Ⅱ, the Queen of England paid a visit to America with Prince Philip and attended the welcome ceremony held by President Bush. And about 7000 people including US Congressmen, senior executives and British diplomats, appeared at the welcome ceremony. In the speech of welcome, President Bush made a same mistake,"The American people were so proud to welcome Her Majesty here, a nation that you are quite familiar with,"President Bush said,"You have had dinners with 10 American Presidents. And with your help, our nation celebrated the 200th National Day in 17...in 1976. "

All the audience laughed after hearing this slip of the tongue. Bush stopped and looked at the Queen. A moment later, he said,"She gave me a glance that only a mother gives her child who made mistakes. "The laughter swelled more strongly.

小布什總統的口誤

英國女王伊麗莎白二世和菲利普王子造訪美國，并參加由布什總統舉行的歡迎儀式。大約七千多人參加了這個歡迎儀式，其中包括美國國會議員、高級行政官以及英國外交官。在致歡迎辭時，布什又犯了口誤的毛病：“美國人民為女王陛下的蒞臨感到無比榮幸，相信女王陛下對美國也十分了解了。”布什說：“您已經和十位美國總統共進過晚餐，在您的幫助下，我們國家慶祝了兩百周年的國慶，在17世紀……在1976年。”

聽到這種口誤，在場的所有人都笑了。布什停了停，看了看女王，過一會兒，他說：“女王陛下看了我一眼，是那種只有母親在孩子犯錯時才會露出的神情。”聽完這些話，臺下爆發出了更加熱烈和響亮的笑聲。