Miguel Diaz-Canel said goodbye to the authorities of St. Vincent and the Grenadines with a few phrases in English, the unfortunate pronunciation of which, within a few hours, caused dozens of ridicules on social networks.
“Díaz-Canel is bilingual for you… I think this English should be seen as an achievement of the revolution.”joked activist Markito Shango on Twitter, who described what he heard as “Mandarin, Saint Vincenin in Granada,” while suggesting not to lose sight of the stunned face of the interpreter when listening to the Cuban ruler.
“St. Vincent and the Grenadines will always be able to count on the solidarity and affection of the Cuban people for Cuba. As José Martí said, ‘love is paid for with love’” was the language challenge that Díaz-Canel failed brilliantly.
“She looks like a sixth grade girl”; “It seems he’s leading an orchestra, the dyslexic!”; “I died”; “What did that play?”; “Narniam language. No Martian”, “What a big piece of paper!”; Oh my god you’re done but I don’t know what to say alabao,” commented several Cubans, who openly mocked the Cuban ruler’s massive mispronunciation.
Quite a few noticed that in the last sentence instead see itseem to say when they quote José Martí lost or lost.
“The phenomenon! Whole months learn these short sentences to influence the world and In the end it means loss instead of love! How mediocre!‘ commented one netizen.
“Loss of salary at a loss,” “Lof canunli vi repeil wis los,” speculated others trying to interpret what was said.
“He’ll kill us laughing. Sometimes I think he does it to entertain us and forget it’s a song… that he’s selling the island in pieces.”condemned a commenter.
There was also someone who described Díaz-Canel as “Meme-Inspiring Muse” and who accepts that What he read was phonetic transcription, and even then he wasn’t good at it.
Miguel Díaz-Canel is currently on a presidential tour of several Caribbean countries, and one of the first destinations was St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where, among other things, he visited a medical center where about twenty doctors, nurses and Cuban technicians worked.
To St. Vincent and the Grenadines Díaz-Canel and his entourage departed for Barbadoswhere he has already met the Prime Minister of that country, Mia Amor Mottley.
Díaz-Canel wants Cubans to learn English: “Cuba must not be left behind”
In March 2018, even before he was elected president, Díaz-Canel warned against it necessary to pay attention to the teaching of the English language in Cubasomething he said during the Ministry of Higher Education (MES) Goals 2017 Balance Meeting.
During his tenure, he has advocated teaching English on the island on numerous occasions.
“Improving the teaching of English in Cuban classrooms is a challenge for educators from across the country. We discussed the alternatives and solutions we were looking for this morning with a representative of the @UCPVarona faculty,” he wrote on Twitter in April this year.
However, given the fiasco IN St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there have been some who question whether Díaz-Canel might have helped learn the language Cuban professor who went viral on social networks a few months agowhose pronunciation also offered a lot to talk about.