The Swiftees are running the current ad quite a bit on Fox.
Does anyone know if it is correct to say Genghis khan in the way Kerry does in that ad. It is irritating the hell out of me everytime I hear it.
I had never heard it that way before, but someone said that is how the french say it.
Some say the French say it that way, though I have no idea what evidence there is for that. I do know Kerry disputed that someone wrote his speech for him but Robert Kennedy's speechwriter did write it. I always thought the pronuncation was due to that.
At any rate, it is chilling to learn that one of the POWS that was taunted with the recording of Kerry's words while he was held prisoner recognized Kerry just this year when he once again heard the audio and that pronunciation. That was his clue that it was Kerry whose voice he had heard. He said when he heard "Jenjis Kahn" the hair on the back of his neck stood up and he finally knew.
As much as it pains me to say so it appears his pronunciation is correct or at least fairly close. Although it appears a hard G may be accepted as well.
Accurate or not, it annoys me as well.