Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Niño, Nonoy, or Noynoy? Obama at a Loss

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Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

US President Barack Obama is at a loss over President Benigno Aquino's nickname, it seems.

During his joint press briefing with Aquino on Monday afternoon and state dinner a few hours later, Obama referred to the Philippine leader as either "Niño" or "Nonoy."

The US leader's confusion drew snark on Twitter.



President Aquino's nickname is Noynoy.

42 comments:

  1. Ang gwapo nito ni Pres Obama. Pwede ba akong maging "nicole" sa buhay mo? Hahahaha!

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    1. eeew...porke USA pres gwapo na?

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    2. Asus ilalampaso ka sa sahig ng white house ni michelle!

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    3. Pasok naman lahat ung name na un ke Pnoy!

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    4. Ahm, hindi kaya! Pero kung mag lakad siya, ang hit! Gandarous ng tindig niya! Compare mo sa lakad ni pnot.

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    5. knakabahan kaya aq nun bka mbgkas nya pa ung isang word na may NOY sa dulo! wahh!

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  2. even the worlds most powerful man can commit mistakes. his just human.

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    1. *He's just a human, ateng Klassy.

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    2. okay na sana kundi lang dahil jan sa HIS mo. push mopa te!

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  3. I guess all the commenters on the web are at lost. I tried to rewind the audio several times and conspicouosly listened to it. It Was the other way he pronounced Benigno unlike what our Filipino Folks pronounced, instead of a stark "Be" "nig" he said it with silent Be and nig together with n which comes from spanish accent "nin". and i think there's nothing wrong with how he pronounced it, we have different mother tounge and we have different reading system. Like the German word "DIE" which is read as "The" and the word "DEI" is read as "DIE".

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    1. Silent "BE"? Pauso ka dyan.

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    2. I second that! He said, Mr. Benigno as Beñino as they used to Spanish names/terms in the US. He's not wrong at all.

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    3. they * ARE used to I meant.

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    4. I agree. Similar to the Italian word Signorina. I guess the person who did OB's speech didn't note how to pronounce Pnoy's name.

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  4. Ok lang, the mistake doesn't matter, the mistake in the name doesn't change the incompetence of the nameholder.

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  5. Nahirapan lang sya siguro sa Noynoy.

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  6. HAHAHA! Ganun talaga.

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  7. Pansin k lamg boompanes si obama sa english ni pnoy. Aba mas magaling pa ang pangulo natin sknya. Haha. Proud of u pnoy

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    1. im dont agree. i think PNoy talked so fast like real fast that it couldnt be deciphered anymore. yes he can speak good english but pls dont talk fast next time.

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    2. Pnoy spent time in Boston when he was younger. So he could speak English the way Americans do

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    3. I disagree! Mabilis magsalita si PNoy, parang may hinahabol. Si Obama, kalma lang.

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  8. Mas tama talaga ang english ang mga pinoy kesa sa mga kano.syempre depende pa din. Tayo kasi grammar nazi,sila naman hindi kahit ba iyon ang mother tongue nila, kaya nga some foreign people know na hindi ka american through hearing you or reading your sentence(pwera syempre pag kaharap ka na,it will be obvious) kapag gramatically correct ka.

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  9. Hindi pinoy si Pres Obama kay don't expect him to pronounce our pinoy names correctly. Hindi naman American si Pres Noynoy kaya don't expect him to pronounce english correctly. Ganon lang ka simple un. Di nyo pa ba ma gets?

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  10. i think si Obama basa nya sa Benigno is Beniño. Kasi pag italian yan ganyan ang pagbasa. since hindi naman ganun ka popular ang Filipino language worldwide e u pronounce it the way u know how. for nonoy, i guess hindi lang nya ma pronounce as noy-noy or hindi na rehearse beforehand

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    1. May tama ka! Aarte ng mga pinoy hindi rin naman nila maipronounce ng tama ang Barack!

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  11. Walang mali dahil president naman talaga natin si Aquino kaya President "ninyo" ang sinabi nya.

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    1. Sa lahat ng comment dito ako pinaka-agree

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  12. Medyo nakakacatch up na ang mga kababayan natin tungkol sa tunay na katauhan ni Obama. Totoong magaling syang magspeech pero hindi sya matalino. Sa katunayan, hindi pwedeng unseal ang grades nya nung college dahil pasang-awa sya. Research nyo. Wala syang experience sa pamumuno. Nung nasa kongreso sya ng Illinois, ,maraming beses na bumoto lang sya ng present. Hindi sya makadesisyon. Natanso ang mga kano. Yan ang totoo.

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    1. So anong bansa ang mas ok ang estado, yung pinamumunuan ng sinasabi mong pasang-awa o yung bansa natin?

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    2. Ganun talaga.daig ng magaling magsalita ang mga magaling sa academics.politics yan eh.subukan mo maging empleyado.usually yun mga magagaling magpaikot at magsalita yun nasa itaas.at yun mga nasa ibaba yung mga di makasalita pero magaling magtrabaho.kya nga marami gusto sa politika eh.

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    3. Obama was in the Senate, NOT in congress. And was in Harvard Law, and editor of Harvard law review. He's a lawyer. So..... pasang-awa ba?

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  13. walang sense magsalita si Noynoy tagalog o english. Hindi niya naiintindihan sinasabi niya.

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  14. If you watch or listen to international news, they read Benigno as Beniño. Yan ang napansin ko. Maybe that's how they read and pronounce it kaya Niño ang nababanggit ni Obama.

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  15. Wa ako pakels. Mukhang hindi naman naoffend si Pnoy e.

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  16. Ang dami talagang mabababaw na tao. Big deal ba yun magkamali ng pagtawag ng nickname? wow ha! nakakab*b*

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  17. Nothing to talk about really.

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  18. oks lang. alam naman ni Pnoy na sya yung tinutukoyi

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