Krikorian: People should stop pronouncing Sotomayor’s name correctly.
Krikorian: People should stop pronouncing Sotomayor’s name correctly.
Mark Krikorian of the right-wing Center for Immigration Studies blogs on the Corner today about his outrage over people “[d]eferring” to Sotomayor over the “unnatural pronunciation” of her own name:
Deferring to people’s own pronunciation of their names should obviously be our first inclination, but there ought to be limits. Putting the emphasis on the final syllable of Sotomayor is unnatural in English (which is why the president stopped doing it after the first time at his press conference), unlike my correspondent’s simple preference for a monophthong over a diphthong, and insisting on an unnatural pronunciation is something we shouldn’t be giving in to. [...]
[O]ne of the areas where conformity is appropriate is how your new countrymen say your name, since that’s not something the rest of us can just ignore, unlike what church you go to or what you eat for lunch. And there are basically two options — the newcomer adapts to us, or we adapt to him. And multiculturalism means there’s a lot more of the latter going on than there should be.
What’s next? Should people with “unnatural” names “adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with“?
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“Deferring to people’s own pronunciation of their names should obviously be our first inclination, but there ought to be limits.”
Really, Mr. Kinkykrain?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmAwesome.
I’m still giggling about “Center for Immigration Studies” as well.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:04 pmBy the way, how do we feel like pronouncing “Krikorian?” What the hell is that from, some -istan country?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pmShould I draw a connection with how the “old school” types (Archie Bunker, my father, etc.) often communicate disrespect by intentionally mispronouncing a name ?
Should I note how newscasters in other countries seem to be able to pronounce foreign names correctly while our newscasters can’t ?
Should I note how we **STILL** can’t pronounce Iraq and Iran even though the phonics are perfectly easy for a native American ?
Or should we just take the dunce way out and give all the reporters fancy nicknames, like slim? It worked for Bush
May 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pmNow, I really don’t know whether to call this guy DUMB-a** or dumb-A**.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pmMr. Krikorian is absolutely right. For this reason, I’ve decided to begin pronouncing his name Shit-head.
Kindly note the accent on the first syllable.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:07 pmElBruce Says:
By the way, how do we feel like pronouncing “Krikorian?” What the hell is that from, some -istan country?
Yeah, he comes from Dumfukistan…
May 27th, 2009 at 2:08 pmMapleStreet Says:
Should I note how we **STILL** can’t pronounce Iraq and Iran even though the phonics are perfectly easy for a native American ?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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To be fair, the first letter of “Iraq” is quite difficult for most speakers of non-Semitic languages unaccustomed to the voiced pharyngeal fricative.
But there’s no excuse for botching “Iran.”
May 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm*giggle*
May 27th, 2009 at 2:10 pmOkay, help me out.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pmWith the Center for Immigration guide lines, is it pronounced
Krey-Koreyun with the emphasis on the initial enunciation, or is it DUMB FCK?
simple preference for a monophthong over a diphthong,
what a dipthit
May 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pmLogan’s Law: The dumber the right-winger, the smarter he thinks he is.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pmYa mean like Boner? Or maybe Santorum, Or how about Wurzelbacher? Or maybe Gingrich?
Or how about you on the right side just STFU about your bigotry? Now they don’t like an Americans name? What next, foot sizes?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pmThe Krikorian Chant. It’s obvious the Republicans have nothing on Sotomayor. But “her name sounds Spanish” is the looniest “charge” yet. How do you pronounce “Krikorian” anyway? It’s so — ethnic!
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
May 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pmJob well done, Mr. Klan-korian!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pmLook at that picture. Would you buy a vowel from a guy who looked like that?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:15 pmHmmm, Smith, Jones or Adams? Tell me, Mr. I-have-a-foreign-name-and-haven’t-changed-it, just which would you prefer?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:16 pmWTF? Is he serious? I guess English is such a tough language. Iraq is another word that is just too hard to say correctly, that’s way too many people say EYEraq.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm“Krikorian: is pronounced “Asshat” or “Dipsit” depending on the last letter, of course.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
May 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm“Welcome to America. Here’s the correct way to pronounce your name here. Remember it.”
People mispronounce my name all of the time. First and last name. It doesn’t get to me; I just correct them. As long as they can identify me as who I am and not what my name says about me, I’m fine with it.
That being said, Mr. Krick-o-ryan, LIVE WITH IT.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmWhere do they get these geniuses? AssclownsRUs?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm“Kr” followed by “ick” is too difficult to pronounce.
“Kr” followed by “ack” is easier and more common in English.
“or” is difficult in the middle of an English word, also, and “er” is easier.
Therefore, this guy’s name should now be pronounced “KRACK-er-ian”.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pmPatrioticLiberalChristianMantisReligiosa Says:
Now, I really don’t know whether to call this guy DUMB-a** or dumb-A**.
“It’s Dumas.”
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Purple State Says:
“Welcome to America. Here’s the correct way to pronounce your name here. Remember it.”
Maybe we should open up Ellis Island and start doing that again. Same with spelling things – “Your name is Chrichoran now.”
May 27th, 2009 at 2:23 pm.
LOL
http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2009/05/27/bateman_sotomayor/index.html?source=video&aim=/ent/video_dog/comedy
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May 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pmI wonder if Antonin Scalia gives him the vapors as well.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pmStephen Colbert may have something to say about this!
Idiots like this guy up top just keep giving the comedians material.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
This man just shows no respect, as you evidently can expect from the right wing, for the fact that at the very least one should be courteous enough to to make the effort pronounce a person’s name the same way they hear it from their family.
This attitude ought to be publicized throught the US, so that Hispanics can pick up on how little these righties respect them.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pmThe wingnuts are hoping that something will happen to make them relevant. Just waiting around looking pathetic and nit picking at details is not helping them. The problem is that they have no philosophy or plan. They are old, angry, white, men yelling at the clouds. The GOP and reichwing is made up of racist bigots.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pmWTF?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pmSome people are so ignorant they are embarrassing.
KreeKOReean
KREkoreann
KRIkoreean
or perhaps it is simply BIGOT!
Mark Prick-Orwellian
That’s more like it.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pmAh,race-baiting…the old GOP trump card.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pmOh, do have some pity on (empathy for) the guy. He looks as if he suffers from hydrocephalus which usually produces mental retardation.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:29 pmThis from the same CIS that used LA County’s population to estimate the illegal unisureds for the whole USA?
Thanks, but no thanks, Mr. Prickorian…
May 27th, 2009 at 2:29 pmThe stupidity of the right wing really is limitless.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pmDiphthong…is that like a (R) female form of teabagging?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pmCome on, though, let’s admit that is quite FUN to sit back and watch the right wing loons become completely unhinged!!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pmYou know…I have no problem with people pronouncing names in a way that’s easier to pronounce. I understand with language differences, pronunciation can be difficult between languages that don’t share syllables and such. Otherwise, I’d be kicking people for pronouncing ‘Fernandez’ wrong all the time.
But to criticize people for actually pronouncing a name as it’s meant to be pronounced strikes me as one of the utmost examples of ethnocentric idiocy and elitism. And it’s obvious the guy’s intent too, if he, as a part of the CIS, went out of his way to make this kind of statement.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmWhat a trivial argument by an irrelevant fool.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmEye-gore, Ee-gore, left hump, right hump.
Is it pronounced Chayknee or chee-nay or torture the silly sods?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmSo we can now say Boner instead of Baner? Thank you.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pmWho does this bozo think he is anyway? I mean, forcing the rest of us to figure out how to pronounce Krikorian is just not fair. Why can’t he start using a real name like Jones or Smith…
jeeze!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pmFunny, IIRC, the name Krikorian is also accented on the last syllable. It’s not Kri’korian, but Kriko’rian. And an Armenian is hardly the one to make comments about other people’s names….
May 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pmI could read the words but I couldn’t understand what the heck he’s driving at. Huh?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:42 pmHey, is he related to that bee-otch from Texas (I think) who was complaining that Asian names were too hard to pronounce and that they should change them to something easier? Well, I have trouble pronouncing KKKrikorian….I think I’ll call him Beavis Butthead instead. >snark<
May 27th, 2009 at 2:44 pmThe picture fits, and everything…
This rant (and accompanying photo), must be a take-off of the old WKRP in Cincinnati bit, with Krikorian playing the Les Nessman part.
Les wasn’t a sportscaster, and insisted on refering on air to Chi Chi Rodriguez phonetically, with the emphasis on the first syllable: Rodrigues.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:44 pmKrikorian . . . and you have the right to criticise others – what’s that some kind of weird eastern European name. Maybe from Krikoshia. Why not change it to Kirk – or something us white right wingers can pronounce.
We did this once before . . . remember Ellis Island, Angel Island . . . never again, even to satisfy you biggots.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pmKirkorian Armenian: patronymic from the western Armenian personal name Krikor, classical Armenian Grigor (see Gregory).
Well, I will just call Krikorian Greg or Craig, maybe Cragg.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:46 pmKryptik Says:
But to criticize people for actually pronouncing a name as it’s meant to be pronounced strikes me as one of the utmost examples of ethnocentric idiocy and elitism.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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Exactly. And at the same time, they will use the term “elitist” to label people who pronounce things correctly, like the way the Hannitys all criticized Obama for saying “Pakistan” correctly.
It’s a shame that so many people thrive on ignorance in this country.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:50 pmThe rampant anti-intellectualism in this country is truly amazing.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:53 pmThey continue to earn their new name:
The Republic Fascist Party.
My god, these people are NUTTERS.
My family is a mishmash of German and Dutch ancestry, and let me tell you: we have some CRAZY long & difficult surnames that are still pronounced here THE SAME WAY THEY WERE/ARE IN THE NETHERLANDS.
Krikey, Krikorian, get over yourself already!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pmI am just speechless. Help me out here what is more offensive about this idiot? His arrogance or his stupidity?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pmam I missing something here? proper pronounciation of “Sotomayor” is with emphasis on last syllable..
Americans are always “Americanizing” names because they don’t know how to pronounce them correctly (best example I can think of is name “Koch” (which was name of mayor of NYC when I arrived in NYC..) I laughed out loud when I heard how Americans pronounce that name..) “natural” pronounciation is the CORRECT pronounciation, period. In this increasingly small and global world it’s about time Americans learned how to pronounce foreign names correctly.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pmI’d say it’s his arrogant stupidity.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pmIt just occurred to me that this is why the Republicans call it the Democrat Party.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pmPatrioticLiberalChristianMantisReligiosa Says:
It just occurred to me that this is why the Republicans call it the Democrat Party.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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Good point. “Democratic” looks Serbo-Croatian or something. They probably think it’s pronounced “Democratitch”
May 27th, 2009 at 3:03 pmglogrrl Says:
Hey, is he related to that bee-otch from Texas (I think) who was complaining that Asian names were too hard to pronounce and that they should change them to something easier? Well, I have trouble pronouncing KKKrikorian….I think I’ll call him Beavis Butthead instead. >snark<
I’m pretty sure she was from Texas (surprise surprise surprise) and she made this complaint while addressing a Chinese-American whose last name was Bing, as I recall. Or some similar one-syllable name.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pmIs the right side of Krik’s head caved in or is it it an illusion caused by the refraction of his glasses? Should people not wear glasses so that we don’t get distorted visions of them, thus making them to appear differently than they are in fact? Ye gods.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pmAnd there are basically two options — the newcomer adapts to us, or we adapt to him. And multiculturalism means there’s a lot more of the latter going on than there should be.
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This is the bit that really burns my ass. Why are conservatives so afraid of multiculturalism? Is white American culture – the culture that gave the world the KKK, turducken, and the singing fish – really something we want to work to preserve?
May 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pmThis is, without a doubt, the dumbest thing I’ve heard the right wing come up with to date.
And they’ve got a long, rich history of saying dumb things, so this was no easy achievement.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pmBut to criticize people for actually pronouncing a name as it’s meant to be pronounced strikes me as one of the utmost examples of ethnocentric idiocy and elitism.
Funny, it used to be called respect.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pmKrikorian is part of a dying generation, and he’s pissed! Next, he’s going to treat us to a rant about President Obama’s correct pronounciation of the names of other countries and their leaders. It’s un-American!
May 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pmClearly, the world needs more Nascar and trucker hats.
You betcha.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pmSo this is it? Now they are attacking Sotomayor’s name?
Sheesh, the GOP are a bunch of nitwits. (Is that NITwits or nitWITS…? :-))
May 27th, 2009 at 3:22 pmI bet old Krikey was at a cocktail party last night and mispronounced Sotomayor’s name and everyone pointed and laughed at him and poor Mark was up all night punching his pillow.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:22 pmSo then, we can count on Mr Krikorian to shed his Armenian sounding name for something American like Captain Kirk or perhaps Kris Kringle or even Colonel Klink. Most of us could handle those pronunciations without doing the unthinkable by putting the emphasis on an un-American last syllable.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:25 pmThank you Les Nessman.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:27 pmTo quote The Crucible “cause it’s my name”
May 27th, 2009 at 3:30 pmFound this Assclown’s bio at his website:
I knew there was something Soviet about his dogmatic fascism. It would appear that he wants to submit us to the same re-education that he underwent.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Krikorian…. What kind of an “American” name is that.
How is that pronounced?
CRIKE-o-rian?
crick-O-rian?
Hell with it… I’ll just Americanize it to CRAP-diaper.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pmHe holds a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Obviously he sort of flunked the diplomacy part.
‘Urine Dropitoff used to be head of the Soffit Onion.’ would have been the title of his doctoral thesis.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:35 pm(I first posted this comment at Political Animal.)
Here’s another chance to use this comment, which usually only seeing the words “Liz Cheney” makes me post. What the hell business do these idiots have discussing the pronunciation of ANYTHING when the “leaders of the party” can’t even agree on the pronunciation of their Own Frickin’ Names?
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I hereby vow, whenever I see the words “Liz Cheney”, that I’ll pass along my mother/daughter Cheney YouTube, where they are asked what the proper pronunciation of “Cheney” is, have completely different (ChAYney v. ChEEney) pronunciations, and have different, detailed stories about why it’s pronounced that way. That’s still “Weirdest Thing Of The Year” for me, and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the phrases “Skull And Bones” or “Opus Dei” are somewhere in the explanation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA
May 27th, 2009 at 3:48 pmWay to get back those Latino/Latina voters! /snark
May 27th, 2009 at 4:03 pmamish_edison Says:
Job well done, Mr. Klan-korian!
You’re more on target than you realize. I’m becoming acquainted with the Klansman now, as I’m reading the latest issue of the Intelligence Report of the SPLC. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1000
May 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pm“Krikorian: insisting on an unnatural pronunciation is something we shouldn’t be giving in to”
Aw!! Come On! The Christian Values Republicans are not even trying anymore.
They’re just phoning it in now.
Or, jerking it out their @##
May 27th, 2009 at 4:05 pmWhat’s next? Should people with “unnatural” names “adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with“?
I’m sure that the right would prefer that everyone with a foreign sounding name change it to Smith.
What a bunch of dolts.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:29 pmMethinks calling it the Center for Immigration Studies is a rather Orwellian denomination.
A more apt name would be “Center for anti-Hispanic Immigration Studies”.
What’s next, you ask?
Well, people with “unnatural” names should wear a tag or badge on their sleeve, in case their brown skin isn’t a good enough identifier.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pmIt’s called RESPECT, you f ucking idiot.
Or should I call you Mr f ucking idiot…?
May 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pmRepublic Fascists LOVE to tell the rest of us how to live, including , apparently, the micromanagement of surname pronunciation.
Unbelievable.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pmSomeone should give a shot at pronouncing that symbol that “Prince”, called himself for awhile. After processing that he’ll think Sotomayor sounds Anglo-Saxon.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pmSchedule him to be interviewed by Hota Kotb followed by George Stephanopoulos.I would be anxious to see his response to those monikers.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:13 pmMapleStreet Says:
Should I draw a connection with how the “old school” types (Archie Bunker, my father, etc.) often communicate disrespect by intentionally mispronouncing a name ?
Should I note how newscasters in other countries seem to be able to pronounce foreign names correctly while our newscasters can’t ?
Should I note how we **STILL** can’t pronounce Iraq and Iran even though the phonics are perfectly easy for a native American ?
Or should we just take the dunce way out and give all the reporters fancy nicknames, like slim? It worked for Bush
It seems to be a teabagger repug thing. Sport announcers don’t have a problems especially MMA announcers.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:16 pmYou know, I often want to pronounce my name the way it would be pronounced in Russian because it sounds really nice, whereas the Americanized pronunciation is clunky. I wouldn’t mind spelling it in a way closer to the pronunciation, either, since I have to spell it for people all the time anyway. Americanized names can be arbitrary in their spelling and pronunciation, lacking the beauty of the language the name was conceived in.
The proper pronunciation of Sotomayor only requires accenting a syllable—it’s not like you have to make a sound that you didn’t learn as a child.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pmYou fools! The reason SotomaYOR’s supporters emphasize the last syllable of her name is not because they emphasize but because they empathize. And that, as we’ve learned over the last week, is precisely what’s wrong with SOTOmare & her ilk.
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
May 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pmBlagojevich.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:25 pmWe honor the name of the French aristocrat who joined the American Revolution and was like a son to George Washington. His name was Lafayette–La-fay -YETTE. Why the hell didn’t he anglicize that unpronounceable name Mr.Krikorian? And emphasis on the last syllable, ridiculous.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:39 pmSo, now Joe Theisman is the enemy of the Right Wing, as well?
May 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pmThis is america, you can pronounce the f-ing name however you want, shut up and do something productive now. Just dont be surprised if the rest of the world considers you an impolite braindead moron for not taking the time/courtesy to learn the proper way to pronounce something alien to you.
Oh wait, too late. Idiot.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:39 pmIt’s pronounced Kree-KOREAN.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:42 pmGentlemen, we have found Kim Jong Il’s mole!
The state of Delaware wants to know why you think the DuPONT family is pronouncing their last name in an un-American way. How many seconds did you spend thinking about this topic Mr.Krikorian?
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May 27th, 2009 at 9:20 pm8 Chiroptera Toasterhead,
But would we agree that to pronounce Iran, all one has to do is learn how to pronounce **ONE SINGLE SOUND** which isn’t that bad to pronounc? And if our newscasters have to learn how to speak “accentless” then learning one sound is relatively easy. If nothing else, we should be able to come pretty close (albeit with a heavy American accent) with little effort.
Admittedly, I have trouble pulling out and accenting the first syllagle of Iran. But at least I know the sound the I should get. Not EYE..
May 27th, 2009 at 9:56 pmtyped too fast, should have said drawing out the I while accenting the Ran
May 27th, 2009 at 9:56 pmJebus. That moronic dweeb has a serious case of IRONY-poor blood.
*shaking head*
May 27th, 2009 at 10:13 pmAt sadlyno, he’s been dubbed crackwhoreian.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:10 pmAwesome! I take it to mean that we can now pronounce Boehner the way it’s spelled – BONER, and stop using the misleading pronunciation “Bainer” that Boner came up with so we wouldn’t say BONER.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:19 pmSo he is associated with the conservative Center for Immigration Studies. That organization was founded by the same people who changed other people’s names when they came in at Ellis Island.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:48 pmAnd according to him, I live in OryGONE and was born in NEW JOYSIE.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:48 pmPotato. Potato.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:57 amThanks for your insight Mr. … hmmm, I think I’ll just call you … good-ol-Amerikorian
May 28th, 2009 at 8:02 am“Part of our success in assimilation has been to leave whole areas of culture up to the individual, so that newcomers have whatever cuisine or religion or so on they want, limiting the demand for conformity to a smaller field than most other places would.”
I love the “…whatever cuisine or religion or so they want..” part. Might it show just a little disrespect for those other non-American (you know, non-Christian) religions to refer to it as a preference like that of food? What is it this guy does for a living?
May 28th, 2009 at 8:13 amOh, I posted that too quick. Of course he would have to be a diversity trainer. Ha, wouldn’t you love to attend such a class hosted by Mr. Amerikorian. Lot’s of clips of Archie Bunker actually taken seriously.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:15 amOK, I’ll let you mispronounce her name if everyone gets to pronounce Boehner as what I always call him, ‘boner’. I mean really that’s how I would have pronounced it if I hadn’t ‘deferred’ to his pronunciation. And while we’re at it how about Crapeau being pronouced like it looks crap-you (taking the ‘eau’ as in beauty).
May 28th, 2009 at 8:54 amI had to join just to tell you that I love each and every one of you. You have all restored my faith in humanity and relieved my fear that people with a brain had been blitzed into non-existence by a barrage of right wing noise.
As for Mr. Pot Calling the Kettle there, thanks for getting all the smart kids to stand up and yell you into the dunce chair.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:19 pmThat’s hysterical! I’ve yet to hear anyone say her name, I just presumed the emphasis would be on the last syllable (rightly enough).
OK Mr. “Cry Korean” (that’s how I’ve decided it’s pronounced in Natural English), thanks for sharing your insight, have a great day.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:28 pmRemember in “The deer hunter” when the army doctor asks “Is that a russian name?” “No.It’s american.”?
May 28th, 2009 at 5:52 pmHas anyone alerted Jim DEEMint or Tom DEElay about TNR’s new pronunciation policy?
May 28th, 2009 at 7:09 pmOops, I meant NRO of course, not TNR. (It’s got harder to tell the difference for a while there.)
Anyway, perhaps Mr. Krikorian could provide us with some guidance on the “natural” way to pronounce words like “garage,” “dessert” or “Detroit.”
May 28th, 2009 at 7:16 pmMr. Krikorian, the pronunciation “so-toe-my-OR” (rather than the supposedly more Anglicized “SO-toe-my-er,” which you prefer) isn’t really as hard as you’re making it out to be. It has the same rhythm and stress pattern as the perfectly natural–and appropriate–English sentence, “I am a boor.”
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Hmm, this reminds me of the Texan legislator that proposed all Asian immigrants change their names to something more “American” to make it easier on the rest of us….
June 1st, 2009 at 11:43 pm