First Lady stumped on pronouncing name of candidate she was stumping for - Polidicks

[quote]Speaking at an event for Iowa Senate candidate Bruce Braley, the first lady mispronounced the Democratic hopeful's name not once, not twice, [B]but seven times in front of a crowd of supporters.[/B] "I'm very excited to be here to support your next Senator from Iowa, our friend Bruce Bailey," the first lady said commencing her speech on Friday. "Iowa, if you want a leader that shares your values and will stand up for your families out in Washington, then you need to elect Bruce Bailey to the U.S. Senate," she said again a few sentences later. Obama continued to mispronounce the Braley's name five more times until she was interrupted by an audience member, who made her aware of her continued slip-up. "Braley?" she asked, looking quizzical. "What did I say? I'm losing it," she laughed. "I'm getting old."[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/11/politics/stumping-in-iowa-first-lady-stumbles-on-candidates-name/index.html?hpt=hp_t4[/url]

I think the First Lady is channeling Bianca Castafiore or Mrs. Malaprop.

This is dark horse candidate Bruce Bailey's chance to cash in and win the seat!

Also apparently former president Bill Clinton made the exact same slip up on a previous occasion.

Holy shit I could catch a whale with a gaffe that big

Her name should be braley not bailey then. Its like last name being "Dickson" but I say its pronounced "Oberwachtmeister"

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;46215448]Her name should be braley not bailey then. Its like last name being "Dickson" but I say its pronounced "Oberwachtmeister"[/QUOTE] Or Boehner being pronounced Bayner

[QUOTE=Jojje;46215458]Or Boehner being pronounced Bayner[/QUOTE] That's how those letters were originally pronounced in the name's origin. A lot of these names are just re-writes from different languages and translate poorly into our alphabet, or the names are just so old English used to sound like that.

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;46215625]That's how those letters were originally pronounced in the name's origin. A lot of these names are just re-writes from different languages and translate poorly into our alphabet, or the names are just so old English used to sound like that.[/QUOTE] I'm fairly sure that is neither the case with old english or middle english. I think it's more a problem that boner never used to be a slang word for penis so it was just never a problem, boner has only been a word for maybe 100 years, and only 20~ years for something as specific and embarassing as penis slang

[QUOTE=CubeManv2;46215448]Her name should be braley not bailey then. Its like last name being "Dickson" but I say its pronounced "Oberwachtmeister"[/QUOTE] Cockburn [sp]Coburn[/sp] Beauchamp [sp]Beecham[/sp] Cholmondeley [sp]Chumley[/sp] Featherstonhaugh [sp]Fanshaw[/sp]

[QUOTE=lazyguy;46216021]Cockburn [sp]Coburn[/sp] Beauchamp [sp]Beecham[/sp] Cholmondley [sp]Chumley[/sp] Featherstonhaugh [sp]Fanshaw[/sp][/QUOTE] You've got to be shitting me with that last one.

[QUOTE=lazyguy;46216021]Cockburn [sp]Coburn[/sp] Beauchamp [sp]Beecham[/sp] Cholmondley [sp]Chumley[/sp] Featherstonhaugh [sp]Fanshaw[/sp][/QUOTE] you're also missing an e in Cholmondeley.

[QUOTE=Jojje;46215458]Or Boehner being pronounced Bayner[/QUOTE] The first time I saw that name it was like "Senator... Boner? No, that can't be right..."

[QUOTE=Baboo00;46216550]The first time I saw that name it was like "Senator... Boner? No, that can't be right..."[/QUOTE] I thought the same thing. Same thing too about Anthony Weiner but that is actually how you pronounce it.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;46216700]Why not, we had Senator Weiner.[/QUOTE] Was Senator Weiner working at the same time as President Bush????

[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;46216709]Was Senator Weiner working at the same time as President Bush????[/QUOTE] I dunno :v: Edit: Yeah, he was a senator from 99 to 2011 when he resigned.

So President Bush was over Senator Weiner???? :v:

[QUOTE=Jojje;46215458]Or Boehner being pronounced Bayner[/QUOTE] You're telling me it's not actually pronounced boner? [QUOTE=lazyguy;46216021]Cockburn [sp]Coburn[/sp] Beauchamp [sp]Beecham[/sp] Cholmondeley [sp]Chumley[/sp] Featherstonhaugh [sp]Fanshaw[/sp][/QUOTE] Wow those are some hella good tourist traps.

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;46215625]That's how those letters were originally pronounced in the name's origin. A lot of these names are just re-writes from different languages and translate poorly into our alphabet, or the names are just so old English used to sound like that.[/QUOTE] Boehner comes from Böhner, which is pronounced closer to "burner" than "bayner"

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;46215625]That's how those letters were originally pronounced in the name's origin. A lot of these names are just re-writes from different languages and translate poorly into our alphabet, or the names are just so old English used to sound like that.[/QUOTE] With names, it's more to do with people getting lazy and illiteracy in the bygone days. A lot of places in England have oddly-pronounced names, eg Chiswick being 'Chizick' and Shrewsbury (sometimes) being 'Shrovesbury'. People didn't know how the words were spelt, so they just relied on what other people said. That's why those fairly harmless snakes are adders, not naddres. [editline]13th October 2014[/editline] Also, with names like Featherstonhaugh, people just get sick of having to pronounce an awkward, four-syllable surname, so they corrupt it into something vaguely similar (eg 'fanshaw').

Embarrassing, but hardly a new phenomenon.