[xcamel]

Funnier yet.. heard this on the radio and TV news - hispanics must have been complaining about the pronunciation of his name. Every single broadcast today said "pa-DILL-a" instead of "pa-DEE-ya"

No slant in the news.. none at all.

[ndt]

Funny.. well it is tor-TEE-ah not tor-TILL-ah.

You should point out that in Argentina it would be Pa-DEE-sha and in parts of Central and South America Pa-DEE-ja.

There is more to the Spanish language than Mexico.

Just be glad that is the biggest complaint.

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

Actually, it's because that is the way that Padilla pronounces it himself, i.e. Padilla instead of Padiya (according to the news report at the top of the hour on Rush's show).