pronunciation is what's for breakfast

[wanttobeatree]

So how about that BARACK OBAMA. I have questions, I need answers! By which I mean, how the devil are you supposed to pronounce his name?



(Apologies for the terrible, terrible sound quality. I was whispering a little bit, so my housemates wouldn't think I was talking to myself.)

Here is, as promised, the link to the blog that brought this topic

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[elizardbits]

Little-known fact: it is pronounced "CAPTAIN VON AWESOMEPANTS" actually.

[wanttobeatree]

CAPTAIN VON AWESOMEPANTS OBAMA?

[elizardbits]

... YES. YES IT IS.

[wanttobeatree]

SO DO PEOPLE CALL HIM CAPTAIN OR VON FOR SHORT?

[elizardbits]

THEY CALL HIM O-DAWG.

AHAHA actually I can totally see Rahm Emanuel calling him that, only slightly ironically.

[wanttobeatree]

THAT JUST MAKES IT SOUND LIKE HE IS A BADLY BEHAVED CANINE.

"OH DAWG, STOP PISSING ON THE CARPET."
"OH DAWG, DID YOU EAT THE ENTIRE CAKE?"
"OH DAWG, NOT AGAIN."

[elizardbits]

NOM NOM CAKE NOM.

I've always heard it as BuhROCK, as the blog indicates, and I cannot for the life of me imagine why people would choose to pronounce it differently than the man himself pronounces it (unless they've never heard him say it, obvsly). When it's done by Americans, I assume it is done with infantile malicious intent by repubs, but when it's done by people of other nationalities, I assume it's some sort of regional accent-related problem with the phonemes, idk.

[wanttobeatree]

There is definitely some regional accent-related phoneme problems going on here. I don't think I pronounce BuhROCK the way you pronounce BuhROCK :( How do you pronounce rock?? It sounds silly and not at all like Jon Stewart says it on TDS when I attempt it.

[elizardbits]

Hrm. Maybe with a southern brit accent it would be closer to BerRAWK?

WAIT WHAT HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE "ROCK"? This is something like Cholmondeley and Featherstonehaugh, isn't it. ISN'T IT.

[wanttobeatree]

I SHALL WHIP OUT MY MIC. if you know what I mean.

[elizardbits]

*GASP*

OH SCANDALOUS

[wanttobeatree]

hay baby
CURSES

stupid broken embedding, it can be listened to at the download page

[elizardbits]

AHAHA OH TREE YOU SOUND SO WOEBEGONE yes I am laughing at your pain.

The very last one was the most correct. Mostest correctest.

[wanttobeatree]

I AM MOST WOEBEGONE INDEED :(

Buh-RARR-k?

[elizardbits]

YES YES THAT.

It would be awesome if he was, in fact, part velociraptor, but I think that once again, Rahm Emanuel has taken care of that aspect of the presidency rather well indeed.

[wanttobeatree]

BARACK RHYMES WITH SHARK! It... is going to take a while for me to wrap my head around that.

Are you suggesting that Rahm Emanuel is in fact a tricksy dinosaur?