Does Mayor Bloomberg speak Spanish?

[madringal]

He just did a press conference warning people to stay off the streets and not to call 911 unless it is a life threatening emergency. Then at the end he throws in a few minutes of Spanish. It sounds like he was just reading in Spanish, and had no idea what he was actually saying.

[madringal]

It just sounded so awkward. They couldn't have a Spanish interpreter come up for a minute?

And I agree the sign interpreter was fantastic. Her facial expressions were awesome!

[dexteroni]

I've been saying the same thing at each press conference - the sign interpreter is great, and his Spanish blows. He wasn't even really trying.

[fbf2006]

I don't know if he does but he frequently translates/reads what he says in Spanish during these weather situations.

[regina22]

I feel like the sing language interpreter was putting on her own one woman show. The facial expressions, the robot-type dance moves she would bust out, the look of disgust she gave people to stay off the roads and 911 calls. Get thee an agent stat. She was mesmerizing and I want to know and see more!

[GailGoldie]

That asl woman is getting famous! My dad even emailed me about her lol.

Bloomberg tries with the Spanish. I don't mind it being horrible. At lease he tries and doesn't waste money on An interpreter.

[Willis Jackson]

Oct 29, 2012 21:10:26 GMT -5 @mx said:

YES! I just posted the same to facebook. It was ridiculous. At least he tried?

Also, his sign language interpreter is awesome. I don't understand sign language but just watching her is fascinating.

I love this scene from The War Room.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApxxm-vOgQ

[nonsenseabound]

well, at least he gives effort. I just watched it. You'd think someone could've given him some phonetic spellings.

agreed on the ASL interpreter. She is pretty awesome. keranews.org/post/bright-light-during-dark-days-bloombergs-sign-language-star

[birdmom]

I loved the interpreter. She was awesome!

[catbear]

Spanish speakers can receive info on his spanish twitter: twitter.com/ElBloombito

[lanyac]

Oct 30, 2012 12:09:35 GMT -5 catbear said:

Spanish speakers can receive info on his spanish twitter: twitter.com/ElBloombito

Haha! Awesome.