It's unnatural English I tells ya!

[Are_grits_groceries]

<snip>
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.
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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzkwYzY3ZTc4NTkwZjRiMjM3OGVlMzlmNTZjYmY2ZDI=

The whole column is a jewel. He is actually going there. He is going to an analysis of "correct" pronunciations. He is one step away from the nutball in Texas who suggested that Chinese-Americans change their names to something simpler.

[lame54]

1. Boehner will always be Boner to me

[Vickers]

2. I'm sure he won't mind if I pronounce his name "creek-oh-REE-un"

:rofl:

Hey, he should change his last name to something simpler, like "Dumbass."

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Lol! nt