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Americans Try To Pronounce Indian Names

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8 years ago

- So, what am I pronouncing, Indian names? (laughs) I know nothing about that. - Do-ree-tee? - How the heck am I supposed to pronounce D-H-R? - Dorito, do-ree-tee? - (rolls R on tongue) It's like a little motor. Dhriti, that's how you say it? - Sounds like if I was a rapper, that'd be like my car that I'm drivin' in. - A hot ass Dhriti. - (laughs) Vuh-jay? - Vee-jay? - Uh, vee-jay? - Like an MTV VJ? - Vice-nah-vee? - Vish-nah-vee? - Come on now. - Va-hash-uh-nee-vah. - Vaishnavi? - See, I'm so c
lose at all of these, I'm so close. - It looks like it's pronounced as Anushka, but I bet you it's way off. - Anushka. - Anushka. - Oh, yeah. - I think I got that one. - Like a Vivian, like an Indian Vivian. - Viv-eck? - Vivek, I know, 'cause Vivek Shraya, the musician. - Vivek, oh, it's a guy's name. (laughs) - Now, normally, it's like too many letters, I'm not using them all, but I feel like this one could use a couple extra letters. - See, I wanna say it's Aayush, but I kinda think it's An-oo
sh. - Aayush? - Ai-you-shhh. - Too many A's, like Aaron. - Oh my god, what? - Choke, choke, Chokalingam? - Choke-uh-ling-gahm. - (laughs) That sounds dirty. - The way that I said it, it sounded like a disease. - My-tea-lee? - Mutt-til-ee? - Okay, this one looks good. - We don't need that A there. - Mah, mah-eet-tuh-lee. Wait. - Got it. - Carrie. - Kah-ree? - Is it pronounced Car-eh, or just Car? - That's very sexy, Care-eh. - That sounds confident, right, it's all about confidence in how you pro
nounce the name, even if it's dead wrong. - I think the names are very beautiful. - Pronunciation of names is really important, so even if it's super hard, just try your hardest and don't automatically go for the nickname because that's someone's name, it's important.

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