[IamConservative]

I found it interesting in the Swifties Ad that Kerry pronounces Genghis incorrectly - or at least differently than I have ever heard it pronounced. If one were astute enough to draw that analogy, you would think you could pronounce the words. Pretty good indication someone wrote the speech for him and he was just the stooge that attached his name to it.

[randita]

found it interesting in the Swifties Ad that Kerry pronounces Genghis incorrectly - or at least differently than I have ever heard it pronounced.

I read that Kerry used the French pronunciation, but I don't know if the person who wrote that was kidding or for real.

[Bahbah]

"Pretty good indication someone wrote the speech for him...."

Adam Walinsky?

[numberonepal]

Kerry was actually trying to pronounce it like they do in Mongolia. He still got it wrong, however. It pronounced Chingas phonetically.

[vollmond]

I found it interesting in the Swifties Ad that Kerry pronounces Genghis incorrectly

It's a common trait of people who like to feel intellectually superior to others, when they really aren't. They'll glom on to one pronunciation or use of a word, and correct others that don't follow suit. I've had people "correct" me by saying "It's a 'he-ro'" when I ordered a gyro. That ticks me off to no end.

My wife had someone repeatedly say "You mean unencrypt" when she was talking about decrypting a password. Nothing but rank smugness, meant to subtly put her down. A close examination of the root words and prefixes shows that either term can be used. (Sorry about this second rant, but I had to get it off my chest :).)