Why not Pock-i-stAn? Or AfghAn-i-stOn?

Christopher Snow · 03-27-09, 08:16 PM

Just a tiny pet peeve of mine (hardly matters, of course, compared to the meltdown of world-civilization), but I really do have to wonder why "The Anointed One" can't at least be consistent when reading from his teleprompter?

With him, it's always "Pock-i-ston"....but "Afghan-i-stan." Even if both are used in the same sentence*.

I'm sure it couldn't be because, as a young Indonesian citizen he actually spent time in Pock-i-ston...living among the Pock-i-ston-ees. But never visited Afghanistan.

Nah...couldn't be because of that....

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[* There is amusement to be had, btw, in watching members of the left-wing US media try to cover his a** with their own, suddenly variable pronunciations of these same two words.

Charlie Rose, for instance. He's now pronouncing them "AfghAn-i-stAn" and "PAk-i-stOn." Also often in the same sentence.]

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03-27-09, 08:16 PM	#1
Christopher Snow Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 201 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Why not Pock-i-stAn? Or AfghAn-i-stOn? Just a tiny pet peeve of mine (hardly matters, of course, compared to the meltdown of world-civilization), but I really do have to wonder why "The Anointed One" can't at least be consistent when reading from his teleprompter? With him, it's always "Pock-i-ston"....but "Afghan-i-stan." Even if both are used in the same sentence. I'm sure it couldn't be because, as a young Indonesian citizen he actually spent time in Pock-i-ston...living among the Pock-i-ston-ees. But never visited Afghanistan. Nah...couldn't be because of that.... ------- [ There is amusement to be had, btw, in watching members of the left-wing US media try to cover his a** with their own, suddenly variable pronunciations of these same two words. Charlie Rose, for instance. He's now pronouncing them "AfghAn-i-stAn" and "PAk-i-stOn." Also often in the same sentence.] CS Last edited by Christopher Snow; 03-28-09 at 12:14 AM.