Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Blagojevich

My favorite thing about this news cycle is hearing news reporters say "blagojevich". That and the guy looks like he should be an indie rock front man. Pop quiz: find the corrupt politician.

Colin MeloyBlagojevichBen Gibbard

2 comments:

Christopher John said...

I actually forget how to say this guy's name within 10 seconds of hearing it. Eastern European/Slavic/etc names, in general, do this to me, and I feel particularly guilty when coworkers confront me over my clumsy pronunciations. Maybe it's my monosyllabic, super-common, Western European name that has removed the emphasis of properly labeling people... I have this thought regularly (weird, right), and it invariably leads to a discussion (in my head, I'm not crazy) about the importance of names, in general, and the establishment of identity.

Christopher John said...

In case you couldn't tell, I thought about this today, while listening to the New Yorker's Transition podcast.