Pronouncements

Here we are dutifully logging the failings of Chief Silver Tongue, He of the Great Boratory, Señor Cinco de Cuatro, and Citizen Oreon.

Mark Krikorian was confused by the bilingual introduction of Sonia Sotomayor by President Teleprompter (or, in Spanish, Tay-lay-pron-TOR).

So, are we supposed to use the Spanish pronunciation, so-toe-my-OR, or the natural English pronunciation, SO-tuh-my-er, like Niedermeyer? The president pronounced it both ways, first in Spanish, then after several uses, lapsing into English. Though in the best "Pockiston" tradition, he also rolled his r's in Puerto Rico.

Time to lay off the Ricky Ricardo reruns, clearly. Maybe there's a middle ground here, you know, the common ground of pronunciation that BO is always searching for [damn you, teleprompter!] We could go full frontal British (Nicker-AG-you-uh, e.g.): SAHN-ya SAH-toe-may-uhr. As Churchill would say, "He's the kind of president who gives Sotomayor a bad name."

Merci beaucoup!