[Ads-l] Przbyla

[Jonathan Lighter]

On her Twitter account, Heidi encourages "Prezbella."

https://twitter.com/HeidiPrzybyla

JL

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trust me, correcting people on the pronunciation of one's name gets old.
>
> On Aug 4, 2017 9:53 PM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just read my post, Dan.  I mean really.
> >
> > Heidi is a frequent guest on MSNBC, and if she didn't like "PrizBELLuh,"
> I
> > think she'd have complained by now.
> >
> > Of course, maybe FakeNewsMedia(TM) doesn't care what she says. Stupid
> > NewsFakers(TM).
> >
> > I bet they even call Brett Favre, Brett "Farv."
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > On Aug 4, 2017, at 8:58 PM, Galen Buttitta
> <satorarepotenetoperarotas3@
> > > GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It'd be closer to the original Polish as "pshiBILLa".
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > > >> On Aug 4, 2017, at 20:38, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> What they is that? Heidi? Her parents?
> > > >>
> > > >> I wouldn't expect news people to get my name right, and mine is
> > actually
> > > >> easy.
> > >
> > > Well, maybe just if they were practicing Goncha-journalism.  (I’m sure
> > > you’ve heard that too often…)
> > >
> > > LH
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Aug 4, 2017 8:31 PM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> But they say "Priz-BELL-uh."
> > > >>>
> > > >>> JL
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Dan Goncharoff <
> thegonch at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Przybyla.
> > > >>>> per-zih-bih-la
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> DanG
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Is her name _Przbyla_ or _Przybyla_?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > > >>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Heidi Przbyla, senior political reporter for USA Today.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> MSNBC anchors pronounce it "Priz-BELL-uh" or "Prez-..."
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> JL
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> --
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> > the
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