Something that bothers me about Omarosa

[dsc]

her name is constantly being mispronounced by interviewers to her face. The O is long as in Omar not soft as in paw. I can't help thinking that if she were a male and white this wouldn't be happening.

[spooky3]

1. You must not be a tennis fan. The commentators only need to

Memorize or be given cheat sheets for a small number of international names, but they manage to mispronounce them constantly. The Brit announcers are the worst, and they do this even with the male superstars’ names.

It is maddening. And you’re right that it takes minimal effort for journalists to get Newman’s name right.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I think that's the least of the issues surrounding Omarosa.

Many names of peoples of both genders are routinely mispronounced; all she has to do is correct their pronunciation if it bothers her. And btw, just now Ari Melber pronounced the name with a long "o."

[Power 2 the People]

3. I think she just likes being on TV and doesn't care.

It's like Rod Rosenstein. He is called "steen and "stine" all the time by different reporters and he said it doesn't bother him either way.

She probably views it like Rachel Maddow does. Even some MSNBC news anchors,reporters and hosts still call her Rachel Maddowww "like ouch" instead of the proper pronunciation of MaddO..like o-ring. She said she is so used to it after all of these years that it doesn't even phase her. Probably the same with Omarosa.

[Leith]

6. Keith Olbermann Taught Us the Correct Pronunciation

He said "it rhymes with 'shad-DOW'!" purposefully mispronouncing the "dow" part to rhyme with "how" instead of "low." Rachel laughed.


Speaking of minspronouncing names, remember when Mueller first became the head of the investigation? Half the news announcers pronounced it like myew-ller, the other half pronounced it like muller. It looks like it pretty much settled down to "muller."

[spooky3]

8. I think that's because it's a German name, and the sound as they would pronounce it

(check out Forvo) sounds in-between a long and a short U. We don't have the same sound in English, so we mess it up.

[mainer]

10. A GERMAN name? No, she says it's of African origin

meaning "beautiful child."

[mainer]

11. Just looked it up. It's Nigerian

She says so in her book. And the "O" is long, pronounced "Oh".

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Spooky3 may be referring to the "Mueller" portion of the referenced post.

Speaking of minspronouncing names, remember when Mueller first became the head of the investigation? Half the news announcers pronounced it like myew-ller, the other half pronounced it like muller. It looks like it pretty much settled down to "muller."

[displacedtexan]

13. Oma Rosa in German is Grandma Rose.

I sat behind a girl in high school named Oma. I told her that her name in German meant grandma, and she said, "No. I'm named after my gran... Oh, shit!"

[dsc]

7. She is a fame chaser to be sure

but it does seem fairly simple to ascertain the correct way to pronounce a person's name before interviewing them.

[Hekate]

4. I have heard journalists really butcher many white men's names. Like Sztrok.

So please -- of all the things to be bothered about on this awful woman's behalf, the pronounciation of her name is last on my list.

[OnDoutside]

5. Well that's going to ruin my night's sleep thinking about this.

[Power 2 the People]

9. Saw her interview with Rev Al Sharpton this morning.Reminded me of your post.

He pronounces it "Amorosa as in "I am." So now we have Amorosa,Ahhmorosa,Awwmorosa and Omorosa. She never corrects anyone. I guess she just rolls with it.