Which NPR name is the most fun to say?

[Richardo]

Poll question: Which NPR name is the most fun to say?

Mine: Snigdha Prakash...

[sui generis]

1. I never realized how much like the cast of a

science fiction novel those names all sound.

(hah, you'll never learn my true name, never never NEVER!)

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Whatever happened to Dusko Doader?

I'm not sure that's how he spelled his name, but he used to be a fixture on public radio.

--bkl

[Richardo]

7. Don't see him on the roster of on-air talent...

:shrug:

[redqueen]

3. Joanne Silberner and David Kestenbaum

are my favorites.

[rkc3]

4. Glad you didn't include Meeeeeechele Norris.

I can't stand the way she pronounces her name.

[Richardo]

11. Yeah, I can't figure that one out, either...

...bit of an affectation, that. :eyes:

[rkc3]

12. Yes a bit of an affectation. Just a teensy touch.

[tridim]

5. My coworker used to always say "Snigdna Prakash"'s name

in a chicken voice.. Buh-kawwww PRA-KAAAASH!

[Inland]

6. Maria Einehosa

[Richardo]

10. Hinojosa, that is...

Another good one!

[Inland]

25. Is it? Well, they don't spell it on the radio. EenaHOsa!

[helnwhls]

8. Sylvia's name just rolls off the tongue

I love the way she says it after her reports.

[Beaverhausen]

9. Never seen them written/spelled!

that's fun.

[CO Liberal]

13. "Click & Clack", The Tappet Brothers!!!!

From "Car Talk".

http://www.cartalk.com/

[HamdenRice]

14. Lakshmi Singh ...

Always sounded like the name of a Jewish delicacy to me, or a plea by a lisper to be allowed to pursue a career in entertainment, but the lady is I believe of south Asian origin and a babe at that:

http://www.npr.org/about/people/bios/lsingh.html

[Richardo]

15. Thanks! I knew there was another great Indian name at NPR...

I'll add Lakshmi to the poll...

[bloodyjack]

22. She always pronounces her name wrong

She says, "LACKshmee" when it SHOULD be "Luhkshmee"

Never understood that. It's not as though one is harder to pronounce than the other.

[Richardo]

28. Maybe it's like Meeeeechelle Norris...

:eyes:

[Shakespeare]

16. Chithra Van Rodovitch!

Phonetically spelled, because I have no IDEA how it's actually spelled.

[Richardo]

17. No sign of her - can I interest you in a John Ydstie?

(I always thought it was "Itstie")

[MallRat]

18. Linda Wertheimer... Robert Siegel...

They just roll off the tongue so smoothly...

-MR

[CBHagman]

19. All august names, but...

...Sylvia Poggioli gets my vote. I actually look forward to hearing her sign off for that reason; it makes whatever horrible news she has from Europe sting much less.

Also, I was always fond of Derek McGinty and Ray Suarez say their names on the air.

[Richardo]

20. Sylvia really Italians it up, that's for sure...

"Sylvia Po-jiooooli, NPR news, Baghdad." :D

[RetroLounge]

21. Sylvia Poggioli sounds like a great italian dinner

I pictured her different somehow...



RL

[catzies]

23. Great poll! I've never seen some of those names in print before!

:thumbsup:

I STILL MISS BOB EDWARDS

[redqueen]

24. I miss him too.

:cry:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Oregon Public Radio has (had?) an announcer

named Kristian Foden-Ventsel--and he has an English accent.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

27. Andre Cordresrcue

or however he spells it...

Sylvia Poggoli is pretty good too...

and Prakash is right up there.

[bif]

29. Wow. I always thought it was Snick Paprikash!