ba-ROCK And so-toe-my-OR

Not knowing how to pronounce someone else's name, even after being corrected, is a sign you don't really respect the person. Remember Bush Sr calling him SAD-him Hussein instead suh-DAHM.

Then there was Obama's pronunciation of Pakistan with a soft a, like Pock-i-stan. It really upset some on the Right.

Now we have the Righties who are upset over Sotomayor's hard last syllable. From the narrow mind of Mark Krikorian [what a nice Anglo-Saxon name] at the National Review:

"So, are we supposed to use the Spanish pronunciation, so-toe-my-OR, or the natural English pronunciation, SO-tuh-my-er, like Niedermeyer?"

Not knowing how to speak correctly I guess is a Republicans specialty, with George Bush being its best example. Picking on ethnic groups is also one of their greatest thrills ["Macaca" ring a bell] so picking on Sonia Sotomayor's name is the best of both worlds. Ignorance and racism. What a blend.

But I should not feel too bad, they even pronounce Dick Cheney's name incorrectly, it's CHEEN-i [rhymes with meany], not CHAIN-e.