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- From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz)
- Subject: Re: WHY DOES RUSH MISPRONOUNCE NAMES?
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- References: <1993Jan8.224221.14946@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:35:44 GMT
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- Mike Van Pelt (mvp@netcom.com) wrote:
- : In article <ndasmith-080193124849@amac222.acns.nwu.edu> ndasmith@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Noah Smith) writes:
- : >Regular listeners will notice that Rush likes to say the last names of
- : >Robert Reich and Mario Cuomo differently than most people are accustomed
- : >to. If anybody knows why he's doing this, let me know at the above
- : >address. Thanks!
- :
- : Because it amuses him. Sometimes it amuses me, too. ("The REVVVVVrund
- : JACKsuhhhhhn") Other times I find it annoying, at least after the
- : first dozen times I hear it. (Cuomo and Reich)
- :
- : Your mileage may vary.
-
- Rush pronounces Cuomo "KOOMO" because that's how Jesse Jackson pronounces
- it.
-
- :
- : --
- : Mike Van Pelt | What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth?
- : mvp@netcom.com | Judging from realistic simulations involving a
- : | sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we
- : | can assume it will be pretty bad. -- Dave Barry
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