How many different pronunciations of "Sotomayor" have you heard?

[Enrique]

I've heard Sotomayor, Sotomaier, even Santomayor. I'm sure we'll hear many more.

[nyc 4 Biden]

1. I just say she is...

Mi SCOTUSamour

[DURHAM D]

2. It took me awhile but I think I finally got it.

Here is how I hear it - Soda My Oar

[Enrique]

4. lol

I can see that in the TV people's copy: "Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor (SODA MY OAR) to the Supreme court."

[HopeHoops]

3. I'm sure FOX has a few other pronounciations...

"Activist", "Liberal", "Empathy wimp", "Baby killer", "Gun hater", and a bunch of other creative ways to pronounce her name.

[MineralMan]

5. Major emphasis on the final syllable. Minor emphasis on the first.

Basic Spanish 101.

SOtoeMyOR

Obama pronounced it correctly.

[Enrique]

6. he'll get mocked for saying it right

like with Pakistan, "ooh la dee da, look at me, I'm Mr. Saying Things Right smarty pants guy!"

[MineralMan]

8. Oh, yes. They're already doing that in

Freeperton. But then, the morons over there have said that it's not an Hispanic name. One wag said that he'd heard of the name "Soto," but never Sotomayor. Because he had not heard it, it did not exist, I guess.

Plus, President Obama pronounces "nuclear" correctly. He'd get my vote based solely on that criterion.

[Cybergata]

7. All "o"s are long, short "a"

So-tó-may-or

Considering the fact that people with Spanish surnames were the first immigrants to the present day U.S. and make up a large group of U.S. citizens, it is amazing how media refuses to pronounce our names correctly. I can take finger nails scraping across a chalk board for hours, but the mispronunciation of the name Chávez drives me up the wall.