Kamala Harris, Anthony Fauci, Leonardo da Vinci amongst well-known names on 2020’s mispronounced phrases checklist
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, US well being skilled Anthony Fauci and Leonardo da Vinci have bagged best positions within the checklist of maximum mispronounced phrases of 2020.
The checklist, compiled by way of the USA Captioning Corporate which captions and subtitles real-time occasions on TV, was once launched on Wednesday, information company AP reported.
The checklist identifies the phrases that proved maximum difficult for newsreaders and other people on tv to pronounce in 2020.
The caption corporate mentioned it surveyed its contributors to generate the checklist, which is now in its 5th yr and was once commissioned by way of Babbel, a language-learning app corporate.
A senior linguist at Babbel, Todd Ehresmann, mentioned the checklist displays a yr ruled by way of presidential politics and the coronavirus pandemic.
Ehresmann breaks down right kind pronunciations for the frequently misspoken phrases of 2020:
Kamala Harris: The Vice President-Elect. The Related Press has reported Harris’ first identify is pronounced “KAH’-mah-lah” — or, as she explains in her biography, “‘comma-la,’ just like the punctuation mark.”
Anthony Fauci (AN-thon-nee FOW-chee): Director of the Nationwide Institute of Hypersensitivity and Infectious Illnesses.
Bangtan Sonyeondan (PUNG-tahn SOH-nyun-dahn): The whole identify of South Korean Okay-Pop band ‘BTS’, which interprets as “a gaggle of bulletproof boys” or “bulletproof boy scouts.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo (YON-nis AHN-de-doh-KOON-boh): Greek basketball participant who performs for the Milwaukee Greenbacks and was once named the NBA’s ‘Maximum Precious Participant’ this yr.
Isaias (ees-ah-EE-ahs ): The identify given to a formidable typhoon that led to vital harm to the East Coast and Caribbean this summer season.
Leonardo da Vinci (lee-oh-NAR-doe dah-VIN-chee): The Italian painter, architect, and engineer who created the ‘Mona Lisa.’ A mispronunciation of his identify was once the topic of a viral meme on social media this yr.
Mahamayavi Bhagavan Antle (mu-HAH-muh-yaw-vee bag-AH-wahn ANT-uhl): The whole identify of flora and fauna park operator ‘Document’ Antle, who shot to repute within the Netflix documentary sequence ‘Tiger King.’
Nevada (nev-ADD-ah ): Homestate of Las Vegas that performed a central function within the presidential election.
Yosemite: The well-known nationwide park in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, it was once significantly mispronounced by way of US President Trump in August. A couple of resources checklist its pronunciation as (yoh-SEM-it-ee).
