Word: tedder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...state in stitches as he humorously--but devastatingly--pointed out McMullen's flaws. In one debate Tuttle asked McMullen to pronounce the name of a Vermont town, Calais. McMullen fumbled. (It may be cah-lay in France, but it is cah-las in Vermont.) He couldn't define a tedder (hay fluffer). What's worse, shortly after competing in a milking contest, he said cows have six teats. "I mean, oh, my God!" Tuttle yelled, amazed that his opponent had added two teats to the state's bovine residents...
...sort he was expected to win. As he remained at a standstill week after week, Churchill was worried that Normandy would turn into a replay of the ghastly trench warfare of World War I. Many senior officers, including Eisenhower's British deputy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, thought Montgomery should be either forced to attack or fired. Some Americans suspected Montgomery was trying to conserve his strength and let U.S. units take the casualties...