I think it was Carter and the dignitary was spanish or mexican, and the
comment was meant to be funny but it came out awkward, he meant to say
something to the effect of "Montezuma's Revenge" meaning to us the obvious
intestinal problem with foreign water, and it came out "The Revenge Of
Montezuma" and nobody knew what he was trying to get at.  I think that is
what you are thinking about but it wouldn't surprise me to know there are
others

On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Lynn Norris wrote:

> We've got a continuing discussion on miscommunication
> going.  Does anyone remember the incident where Jimmy
> Carter was with a foreign dignitary and the translator
> was speaking an archaic version of the language?
> Breznev? maybe.  We can't decide whether is was Carter or
> Reagan.
>
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