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As someone whose last name is CONSTANTLY mispronounced, I find this just hysterical.
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. Ron DeSantis is struggling to nail his NAME. In the early days of his campaign, DeSantis has gone back and forth between pronouncing his name Dee-Santis and Deh-Santis.
Why it matters: DeSantis' dissonance on how to say his name — for years an issue of confusion for his campaign teams — is a curiosity as many GOP leaders and donors wonder whether the Florida governor is ready for the scrutiny of a presidential campaign.
What's happening: During his first week as a candidate, DeSantis pronounced his name "Dee-Santis" during:
The video announcing his presidential campaign.
A radio interview in South Carolina, in which he told listeners to go to "RonDee-Santis.com."
But then: DeSantis pronounced it "Deh-Santis" during interviews with Fox News, Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson, and Mark Levin this past week.The governor's campaign, his wife, Casey, and the independent super PAC that supports him consistently pronounce it "Deh-Santis."
Asked the proper way to pronounce his name, DeSantis' campaign did not answer. The super PAC, Never Back Down, declined to say.
Former President Trump has chided DeSantis over the different pronunciations.
"Ron DeSantis is a phony who can’t decide how to pronounce his name," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Axios. "If you can’t get your name right, how can you lead a country?"
And interestingly Axios had the absolute cluelessness to include this gem:
Fellow Italian-American politician and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, told Axios that many fellow politicians adopt the "deh" pronunciation or have something between "day" and "deh."
In a phone call from Italy, where he was traveling, de Blasio said DeSantis' shifts were "just a really weird thing to change at the last minute."
"People flip-flop and change their positions on things, but how you say your name is not one of them. It’s not negotiable!"
Bill de Blasio.
Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
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As someone whose last name is CONSTANTLY mispronounced, I find this just hysterical.
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
Some presidential candidates struggle to nail their message. Ron DeSantis is struggling to nail his NAME. In the early days of his campaign, DeSantis has gone back and forth between pronouncing his name Dee-Santis and Deh-Santis.
Why it matters: DeSantis' dissonance on how to say his name — for years an issue of confusion for his campaign teams — is a curiosity as many GOP leaders and donors wonder whether the Florida governor is ready for the scrutiny of a presidential campaign.
What's happening: During his first week as a candidate, DeSantis pronounced his name "Dee-Santis" during:
The video announcing his presidential campaign.
A radio interview in South Carolina, in which he told listeners to go to "RonDee-Santis.com."
But then: DeSantis pronounced it "Deh-Santis" during interviews with Fox News, Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson, and Mark Levin this past week.The governor's campaign, his wife, Casey, and the independent super PAC that supports him consistently pronounce it "Deh-Santis."
Asked the proper way to pronounce his name, DeSantis' campaign did not answer. The super PAC, Never Back Down, declined to say.
Former President Trump has chided DeSantis over the different pronunciations.
"Ron DeSantis is a phony who can’t decide how to pronounce his name," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Axios. "If you can’t get your name right, how can you lead a country?"
And interestingly Axios had the absolute cluelessness to include this gem:
Fellow Italian-American politician and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, told Axios that many fellow politicians adopt the "deh" pronunciation or have something between "day" and "deh."
In a phone call from Italy, where he was traveling, de Blasio said DeSantis' shifts were "just a really weird thing to change at the last minute."
"People flip-flop and change their positions on things, but how you say your name is not one of them. It’s not negotiable!"
Bill de Blasio.
Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
@George-K said in Say his name:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
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Bill de Blasio.Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
Why would Axios look into Bill de Blasio’s pronunciation? Bill de Blasio and his campaign have so far been consistent with the pronunciation of his name.
As for DeSantis, let him self-identify as he wish, there is no confusion as to who he is referring to with either pronunciation.
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@George-K said in Say his name:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
…
Bill de Blasio.Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
Why would Axios look into Bill de Blasio’s pronunciation? Bill de Blasio and his campaign have so far been consistent with the pronunciation of his name.
As for DeSantis, let him self-identify as he wish, there is no confusion as to who he is referring to with either pronunciation.
@Axtremus said in Say his name:
Why would Axios look into Bill de Blasio’s pronunciation? Bill de Blasio and his campaign has so far been consistent with the pronunciation of his name.
Because it's more than a bit hypocritical for William Wilhelm to talk about how people pronounce their names. And even more...what's the word...ignorant for Axios to use
William Wilhelmde Blasio as a source. -
@George-K said in Say his name:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
…
Bill de Blasio.Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
Why would Axios look into Bill de Blasio’s pronunciation? Bill de Blasio and his campaign have so far been consistent with the pronunciation of his name.
As for DeSantis, let him self-identify as he wish, there is no confusion as to who he is referring to with either pronunciation.
@Axtremus said in Say his name:
@George-K said in Say his name:
Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His team won't say
…
Bill de Blasio.Is it "Dee" Blasio, or is it "Deh" Blasio?
Or, perhaps is it something else? Something tells me that Axios didn't look into that.
Why would Axios look into Bill de Blasio’s pronunciation? Bill de Blasio and his campaign has so far been consistent with the pronunciation of his name.
As for DeSantis, let him self-identify as he wish, there is no confusion as to who he is referring to with either pronunciation.
The bigger de Blasio question to me is why so many people pronounce the s as a z… Blahzeeoo….
