thinkprogress.org — Obama says Pahk-istan and McCain says Pack-istan. However, Gen. David Petraeus also pronounces Pakistan with a soft ?a,? the same as Obama; is Petraeus also exotic, academic, and annoying? Oct 8, 2008 View in Crawl 4
hawkeye17Oct 8, 2008
With people as unintellectual as this in America, our future ain't looking too bright...literally and figuratively.
Closed AccountOct 9, 2008
More race bating from the GOP.
apokalypsenowOct 9, 2008
Worse- the ones that pronounce it Mizzur-uh. How the heck did they get an "uh" sound out of an "i"?
It isn't just unintellectual, in many cases it is ANTI-intellectual!
emdeeOct 15, 2008
Lol.. here's another digg from July about 10 words that get mispronounced often (often being one of them!) <a class="user" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/08/obama-pakistan/">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/08/obama-pakistan ...</a>
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hawkeye17Oct 8, 2008
With people as unintellectual as this in America, our future ain't looking too bright...literally and figuratively.
Closed AccountOct 9, 2008
More race bating from the GOP.
apokalypsenowOct 9, 2008
Worse- the ones that pronounce it Mizzur-uh. How the heck did they get an "uh" sound out of an "i"?
apokalypsenowOct 9, 2008
It isn't just unintellectual, in many cases it is ANTI-intellectual!
emdeeOct 15, 2008
Lol.. here's another digg from July about 10 words that get mispronounced often (often being one of them!) <a class="user" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/08/obama-pakistan/">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/08/obama-pakistan ...</a>