It always makes me smile whenever the "Pronunciation Department" of a British media outlet calls up the Embassy and asks for help with a word or name (like they did here). It's great that they want to get things right and actually have a whole department just for this, and I like to imagine they also have a "Spelling Directorate", "Pleasantries Division" and "Smirk-Raised Eyebrow Joint Task Force".
Anyway, the name to be checked for the day was "Magtanggol". I of course gave them the proper pronunciation, but in my mind I sooooooo wanted to chant "DEE-Fense (clap clap) DEE-Fense (clap clap)" as my reply over the phone.
No comments:
Post a Comment