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The Shroud of Torino
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09/01/05 11:22 AM EST
posted by JER email web |
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According to the AP, the 2006 Winter Olympics will no longer be hosted in "Turin" but have instead moved to "Torino." The physical location hasn't changed, mind you, just our media's perception of how it should be spelled. This is yet another entry in a long list of PC pronunciations/spellings of foreign words.
This PC silliness reminds me of one of my favorite all time op-ed pieces, which appeared in a November 2002 issue of National Review. Entitled Gutter Politics, the article is essentially a rant about the American media's PC aversion to English pronunciations of foreign words. So Qatar changes from KA-TAR to GUH-TER, Cuba becomes COO-BA -- the list goes on and on. At the time the article was written, the GUH-TER pronunciation really hadn't taken hold yet and most journalists still said KA-TAR. Those times seem so long ago. |
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