Zacharias B.I.G.
Every once in a while, I'll write a post on here that niggles me. Do I really mean that? Do I want to say that? That's not mean, is it?
This post has been niggling me for... wow, almost a year. Perhaps it's because I exaggerated the typical number of syllables in an Arab name. Or perhaps it's because I'm pretty, um, hateful I guess towards the good folks who bring us the local news, and perhaps can't even view them from an objective lens anymore.
But I recently heard a local newscaster pronounce the name "Zacharias Moussaoui" as if the "Zacharias" part rhymed with the word "vicarious." Za-KAR-ee-us.
And let me just say that this is not like the time that I went off about Bush using the word "dismantlement" and then the next day found out that yes, there acutally is a word "dismantlement." I have done research.
So, this is all to say that those local newscasters who are not employed by NPR can continue checking it, bitches.
This post has been niggling me for... wow, almost a year. Perhaps it's because I exaggerated the typical number of syllables in an Arab name. Or perhaps it's because I'm pretty, um, hateful I guess towards the good folks who bring us the local news, and perhaps can't even view them from an objective lens anymore.
But I recently heard a local newscaster pronounce the name "Zacharias Moussaoui" as if the "Zacharias" part rhymed with the word "vicarious." Za-KAR-ee-us.
And let me just say that this is not like the time that I went off about Bush using the word "dismantlement" and then the next day found out that yes, there acutally is a word "dismantlement." I have done research.
So, this is all to say that those local newscasters who are not employed by NPR can continue checking it, bitches.
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