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<p>It may or may not. It’s more about the meaning of the words than the sound. The cleverness of the intern is to use the asian language words to make the words sound like English language sound with the meaning like “way too low”, and other bad meanings… This is what the TV announcer tripped on.</p>
<p>Original Statement from AAJA:
[Asian</a> American Journalists Association ? UPDATED STATEMENT: KTVU makes embarrassing gaffe in identifying wrong names for Asiana pilots](<a href=“http://www.aaja.org/ktvu-gaffe/]Asian”>http://www.aaja.org/ktvu-gaffe/)</p>
<p>My first reaction to the clip was that it was a parody. Then when I realized it had really aired in a sincere news story, I wondered if no one at the station had ever seen Porky’s (which had lots of jokes based on paging names that when said out loud were questionable i.e. Mike Hunt.) They certainly never saw this SNL skit: [Weird</a> Terrorist Names - YouTube](<a href=“Weird Terrorist Names - YouTube”>Weird Terrorist Names - YouTube) Or stood with my DH when he says his name is Phil McCracken when he orders at Starbucks. </p>
<p>Really, who didn’t pick up on the name issue the first time you saw the screenshot? That is absolutely on the anchor and her producer.</p>
<p>“From where I am standing, the ones calling for the criticisms to stop…especially the one who cited “Free Speech” only to flounce to “avoid blond jokes” are the prissy ones.”</p>
<p>I am taking a wild guess here, cobrat, but you don’t seem to be able to recognize a joke? I was attempting to be funny about the blonde jokes, apparently unsuccessfully. Anyways, as my younger kiddo told me, “Mom, you should never be offended by blonde jokes…you aren’t a REAL blonde anyways.” Jokes. Just jokes. Lighthearted, no offense intended.</p>
<p>I think people should feel free to discuss and disagree how they like. It does seem to me that we can disagree with and even attack other people’s positions, without attacking them personally.</p>
<p>I think you are right on your analysis, Sikorsky, as usual. If we could argue without people feeling personally attacked, it would be so much better. We get so busy ducking and defending, that we really miss other people’s points. I have been convinced to move off of my positions quite often.</p>
<p>Don’t feel foolish about assuming I was a man, I know, the screen name and the occupation. I do assure you that I am now, and have always been a woman (my husband can testify to that). Sometimes they even call me “sir” on the radio, to which I either ignore, or mention I have kind of a high pitched voice for a sir…even sometimes to my face (I do not look like a man), which makes me laugh. I don’t want to make anyone feel bad, I understand there aren’t many of us, so I just make a joke out of it. One thing I have found out on this thread, is that unless someone makes it clear that they are a man, or a student, I just assume that everyone is a middle aged woman…because odds are, that’s what they are.</p>
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<p>Along with any staff whose jobs are to quickly fact check such lists/reports before it gets to the anchor desk. </p>
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<p>Actually, it was my effort to riff off of your comments to make a more general commentary that many of the same people who say “where’s your sense of humor” when criticized for making what are hurtful jokes about others end up losing that very “sense of humor” when the same such jokes are directed at them on the basis of their race/ethnicity, physical characteristics, accent, etc. </p>
<p>In short, the “I’m good at dishing out insults, but can’t take it myself” syndrome.</p>
<p>And Asiana Airlines might sue a news network for “damaging their reputation”. Because crashing an airliner isn’t damaging ones reputation?</p>