"Sotomayor" mispronounced on Meet the Press

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Yesterday on "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory at least twice pronounced the name of Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor as Sotomai-eer (i.e., the last syllable was mispronounced).

     After a moment's reflection it occurred to me that Gregory might have been influenced by the pronunciation of "Golda Meir" (former prime minister of Israel; d. 1978).  After a commercial break Gregory had occasion to mention Sotomayor again, and this time he pronounced it right.  I assume someone clued him in during the break.

Gerald Cohen

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