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  • Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
  • A graduation speaker at Thomas Jefferson University's commencement ceremony for nursing students mispronounced multiple common names including Thomas, Jessica and Allison. The university apologized and confirmed the speaker only received the phonetic spellings of the names. NewsNation’s Dan Abrams asks, “What were they thinking?”
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Комментарии • 229

  • @thechrisandphaedrusshow
    @thechrisandphaedrusshow 2 месяца назад +156

    Imagine getting your diploma from someone who can't read!!!!!

    • @rebeccaa2433
      @rebeccaa2433 Месяц назад +5

      It was on purpose

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад +8

      DEI

    • @kevinpoore4352
      @kevinpoore4352 Месяц назад

      This is why Liberalism is insane. What you have here is simply equity and diversity, not MERRITT....

    • @kevinpoore4352
      @kevinpoore4352 Месяц назад +7

      This is a perfect example of diversity or equity, not (merit). EMBARRASSING

    • @danidesip2432
      @danidesip2432 Месяц назад +1

      She was following directions. Like to see her textbooks after her professor suggest student highlight

  • @KiyoshiItatsu
    @KiyoshiItatsu 2 месяца назад +132

    the best part is that the school name is Thomas Jefferson University, and she can't even pronounce Thomas right!

  • @annamaeludlum
    @annamaeludlum 2 месяца назад +93

    A-A-Ron? Is A-A-Ron here?

  • @user-pe587ui90
    @user-pe587ui90 2 месяца назад +53

    It took 6 minutes for them to stop! That's the problem. People need to have a backbone and stop the craziness. Really even 6 names were too many!

  • @markross6399
    @markross6399 2 месяца назад +67

    The "unfortunate error" absolutely does reflect the attitude of the school towards their graduates.

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад +1

      I wouldn't send my dog to the school...

    • @pay2000
      @pay2000 Месяц назад +3

      there you have your diversity

    • @blakesleyk.7166
      @blakesleyk.7166 25 дней назад

      @@jenscheibner792Your dog doesn’t need “that school.” Dogs are brilliant if you understand their behavior, language. I get them. I just don’t get these people

  • @mickeyandres2651
    @mickeyandres2651 2 месяца назад +50

    Ridiculous, what a disgrace.

  • @BrianJosephMorgan
    @BrianJosephMorgan 2 месяца назад +61

    Ladies and gentlemen: The next President of Harvard University.

  • @leberlin
    @leberlin 2 месяца назад +54

    Who vetted the announcer needs to be fired, I hope the announcer was not educated at this university, what an advertisement for this school of learning!!!!

    • @waynebollman
      @waynebollman Месяц назад +8

      I learned elsewhere that she has a master degree from another university in the U.S. and that English is her first language.

    • @kreatingsound4946
      @kreatingsound4946 Месяц назад

      @@waynebollman what's the name?

    • @msr1116
      @msr1116 Месяц назад +1

      What could explain this....a speech impediment or a learning disability ? I don't wish to jump to harsh conclusions before knowing all the facts. Some people do have difficulties speaking for various reasons, including partial or complete deafness.

    • @strawberryx3205
      @strawberryx3205 8 дней назад

      The announcer wasn't doing this on purpose or for a public stunt. She was given name cards that were in phonetics and ONLY phonetics. For example, the name "stephanie" would look like "stef-uh-nee".

  • @alfredoxu7926
    @alfredoxu7926 2 месяца назад +70

    man the regret in their eyes, they just paid 200k for a degree from a bunch of people who can't even pronounce english names.

  • @fluteloops22
    @fluteloops22 2 месяца назад +33

    What in the world? I would be pissed if that were my child going to get their diploma.

  • @sshukla7975
    @sshukla7975 2 месяца назад +29

    When key and peele substitute teacher skit comes to life.... 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Soulfulvision1111
    @Soulfulvision1111 2 месяца назад +38

    Thought they were celebrating the Key and Peele skit

    • @teknitulaspacenoise
      @teknitulaspacenoise 2 месяца назад +1

      That was my first thought too! ruclips.net/video/Dd7FixvoKBw/видео.htmlsi=X6jOh8iOs8FaiaTH&t=19

  • @raymondmuller6072
    @raymondmuller6072 2 месяца назад +29

    This is absolutely disgusting

  • @robinh4
    @robinh4 2 месяца назад +53

    I actually feel bad for the students who worked hard to graduate from university, only to have their name butchered the way she did or be part of a joke she thought was funny. She shouldn't have been hired to call out the names.

  • @FlexibleFlyer50
    @FlexibleFlyer50 2 месяца назад +18

    I have been in that situation where I was the one responsible for announcing the students' names as they walked up to get their degrees. Long before the graduation date I asked for a list of names. For names that I was unsure of the pronunciation, I contacted students directly to make sure I would pronounce their name correctly. I practiced that list for over a month before graduation. My belief: Students had an investment in that college/university, and the least we could do for them on their special day was to pronounce their full name correctly.

    • @DavidCox3521
      @DavidCox3521 2 месяца назад +6

      Exactly, this is a big moment for them (or should have been) This woman made a mockery of the ceremony

    • @LivingLife-lq4lf
      @LivingLife-lq4lf 2 месяца назад +5

      Exactly! Contact the students directly to get the correct pronunciation. OMG Poor kids and their families. I wouldn't want to tell anyone I graduated from Thomas Jefferson University after this. 😮

    • @FlexibleFlyer50
      @FlexibleFlyer50 2 месяца назад +11

      @@DavidCox3521 Three years ago we attended the graduation of a grandchild.
      The person reading the names of the graduates made no effort even to try to pronounce the students' names correctly.
      One young man actually grabbed the mic and said, "You took my money but can't even be bothered to say my name correctly.
      We're nothing to you but a fat paycheck."
      He screamed his name into the mic while the audience cheered.

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад +1

      @@FlexibleFlyer50 Good for him... Thomas did try to correct her...

  • @sshukla7975
    @sshukla7975 2 месяца назад +32

    When educators are not even EDUCATED to read... SMH...

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад +2

      DEI

    • @Tina-mt9cl
      @Tina-mt9cl Месяц назад +2

      It was a long time coming. I saw the warning signs with "common core". Then by 10-15 years ago a point of no return had been reached and in such a way where there can be no doubt it was purposeful. Now all one needs to do to see what that purpose was, and then learn what happens next, is go research "Mao's cultural revolution".
      This might be a funny video but it also speaks volumes. I hope this help more people see what's actually going on behind the scenes here that lead to this.

  • @richardbuchanan7124
    @richardbuchanan7124 2 месяца назад +37

    Who needs a phonetic spelling for "Thomas" or "Jessica"?

    • @waynebollman
      @waynebollman Месяц назад +9

      Someone who is completely or near completely illiterate.

    • @richardbuchanan7124
      @richardbuchanan7124 Месяц назад

      @@waynebollman Or possibly someone who is trying to mock and humiliate American, and more particularly Caucasian, students.

    • @richardbuchanan7124
      @richardbuchanan7124 Месяц назад +13

      @@waynebollmanOr possibly someone who is intentionally mocking and trying to humiliate American (and more particularly Caucasian) students.

    • @ryanyuk
      @ryanyuk Месяц назад +1

      Lolo where I live, many pronounce Jessica Yessica, so 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

    • @richardbuchanan7124
      @richardbuchanan7124 Месяц назад +2

      @@ryanyuk Nobody cares where you live.

  • @windsongmoonchild6400
    @windsongmoonchild6400 2 месяца назад +36

    Who's idea was it to pronounce the graduates' names in a messed up way intentionally? I smell a publicity stunt for viral video

    • @doxoxo779
      @doxoxo779 2 месяца назад +8

      She butchered the most common names. Definitely on purpose 😂

    • @Tina-mt9cl
      @Tina-mt9cl 2 месяца назад +4

      @@doxoxo779 That's what I thought at first too until the university put out an apology.

    • @3abbosi
      @3abbosi 2 месяца назад +7

      That's what I thought (it was intentional). Her accent sounds like very western, not Indian, Chinese or any other distinctive accent... still these are very common names, hard to believe someone who works @ university (no matter what background) never heard of them or have hard time pronouncing them.

    • @PhotoJeticPoet
      @PhotoJeticPoet 2 месяца назад +3

      I swear it sounded like she tried to hold back a chuckle a couple of times 😂

    • @waynebollman
      @waynebollman Месяц назад +4

      @@3abbosi It has been confirmed that her first language is english and that she is a college graduate....... who cannot read with or without phonetic spellings right beneath the actual words.

  • @CH-gc8hf
    @CH-gc8hf 2 месяца назад +20

    Who did they have? Someone who can't speak English correctly?

  • @Part_121
    @Part_121 2 месяца назад +47

    Maybe hire an English speaker?

    • @AB-mx1de
      @AB-mx1de 2 месяца назад +2

      💯!!

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 2 месяца назад +4

      And an EDUCAYED one too

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад +4

      DEI strikes again...

    • @kevinpoore4352
      @kevinpoore4352 Месяц назад

      Oh, the Liberals can't have that. It goes against their insane diversity or equity narrative. Do you mean hiring off of merit makes more sense? Who'd have thought it? 🤔

    • @Jebe_Noyon
      @Jebe_Noyon Месяц назад +1

      She blatt

  • @edwinajackson278
    @edwinajackson278 2 месяца назад +20

    Who the heck can’t pronounce Thomas…at Thomas Jefferson university?

  • @MrG360oneX
    @MrG360oneX Месяц назад +11

    Who was the speaker? Whats their ethnic background?

    • @kreatingsound4946
      @kreatingsound4946 Месяц назад +4

      DEI

    • @jebby16
      @jebby16 Месяц назад +2

      They sound AA to me.

    • @nomad6406
      @nomad6406 Месяц назад +2

      Exactly what you expect

    • @enzog1078
      @enzog1078 16 дней назад

      College educated american. Obviously.

  • @cipher88101
    @cipher88101 2 месяца назад +15

    The irony of an illiterate reading out the graduation names for a college is (chef's kiss)

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 2 месяца назад +9

    I've been a PA announcer at sports events and an emcee at various large functions. I always scan the list of people's names in advance to see if there's any possible doubt about pronunciations and ask what is the correct way to say them well before I turn on the microphone. It's common courtesy. This woman obviously could not care less about accuracy.

  • @maureenguichard7291
    @maureenguichard7291 2 месяца назад +35

    Is this being done on purpose!?!

    • @Tina-mt9cl
      @Tina-mt9cl 2 месяца назад +12

      I thought that at first but the university put out a serious apology so it wasn't a skit or a joke. This lady learned to read in a public school where she was taught to memorize words without learning the letters or their sounds. This makes it very hard to read names because they are words you don't see everyday and might not have memorized. It was only a matter of time until these early 2000s kids grew into adults and now here we are... 30% of highschool graduates now-a-days only read at a 1st grade level... I know a teacher who says her special ed students from 20 years ago performed better in every subject than her regular students do today, plus all honor classes were removed from the district in the name of DEI.

    • @jebby16
      @jebby16 Месяц назад

      Common Core education is a disaster.

    • @davidpawson9047
      @davidpawson9047 Месяц назад

      Absolutely. If someone cannot read normally written names, they certainly would not be able to read phonetically: ˈdʒoʊzɪf ˈbaɪdən would be even more unrecognizable to them.

  • @politicsuncensored5617
    @politicsuncensored5617 2 месяца назад +15

    This diploma must be as valuable as used toilet paper. Couldn't someone on the staff stop this woman and have someone replace her that could read? Shalom

  • @brendaj.mooney68
    @brendaj.mooney68 2 месяца назад +16

    Makes me wonder if they can read

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron4194 2 месяца назад +17

    She did it on purpose

  • @grmmjhnsn2
    @grmmjhnsn2 2 месяца назад +10

    Could not have written it funnier on SNL

  • @chesscomsupport8689
    @chesscomsupport8689 2 месяца назад +7

    Someone has to have pranked the announcer... right? It's one thing to mispronounce some syllables, and another to not know where the first name ends and the middle name begins.

  • @y2kmadd
    @y2kmadd Месяц назад +4

    This was intentionally done. She should be fired.

  • @jls4919
    @jls4919 Месяц назад +6

    An absolute disgrace. I feel it was somewhat intentional.

  • @corydor4218
    @corydor4218 2 месяца назад +6

    I really thought is was done on purpose, some sort of sinister joke, or a protest of some kind.

  • @user-vj5jn6yw9c
    @user-vj5jn6yw9c 2 месяца назад +9

    This had to be a setup. Someone most of passed a fake list of names, sounded out differently, just like the, San Fran Airport crash and news report names of the airline crew which were a joke!

  • @davidpawson9047
    @davidpawson9047 Месяц назад +3

    The racist announcer did this on purpose and should be called out for it. No student should have stepped forward for a deliberately and maliciously mispronounced name.

  • @3Augustin3
    @3Augustin3 2 месяца назад +7

    It was done on purpose

  • @HucciManeHuman
    @HucciManeHuman 2 месяца назад +10

    Sounds like an impediment

    • @ThatKNTGuy
      @ThatKNTGuy 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, no.

    • @Lava1964
      @Lava1964 2 месяца назад +6

      Sounds like they didn't get a qualified person for the simple task of reading common names.

  • @katsioh
    @katsioh 2 месяца назад +7

    You had one job 😂💀 Poor kids.

    • @jenscheibner792
      @jenscheibner792 Месяц назад

      No one tried to stop her or correct the problem!!!! Even Worse...

  • @carollim3210
    @carollim3210 2 месяца назад +8

    I would have replaced her immediately after she mispronounced the first graduates name INCORRECTLY. What was she thinking if not thinking @ all. This goes for the faculty also. Don’t find this to be humorous @ all. Time to go back to school lady & get learned.

  • @elim.1537
    @elim.1537 2 месяца назад +4

    This is such a show of disrespect to the graduates. Whoever hired this announcer needs to get their head checked.

  • @kreatingsound4946
    @kreatingsound4946 Месяц назад +3

    the college will be sued for replacing her with someone that could read.

  • @factchecker6674
    @factchecker6674 2 месяца назад +13

    Somebody didn’t pass phonetics.

    • @AJXOXO-vz1pn
      @AJXOXO-vz1pn 2 месяца назад +1

      And apparently she must’ve never used a dictionary before,

  • @alexandrawordsworth9639
    @alexandrawordsworth9639 2 месяца назад +4

    Devastating for students

  • @bdriscollmd
    @bdriscollmd 2 месяца назад +3

    She did the Key and Peele skit

  • @brubrushanghai
    @brubrushanghai 2 месяца назад +5

    They can't read ? Is it a joke ???

  • @NthShout
    @NthShout 26 дней назад +1

    if its in phonetics, the lady is doing such a bad job at reading them. i would like to see the apology video.

  • @Razorokc
    @Razorokc 2 месяца назад +2

    If she didn't have to say a bunch of bizarre Foreigners' names. She wouldn't have got all tongue-tied on the rest of them. Unless she's doing it on purpose, because He doesn't belong in that country either.

  • @Debthouse
    @Debthouse 2 месяца назад +5

    I believe Adele Dazeem was part of this graduating class. Congrats, girl!

  • @mattbronsil6336
    @mattbronsil6336 28 дней назад +2

    Ta Moo May Jeff Re Soon University must be proud.

  • @chessyoshi8626
    @chessyoshi8626 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for spending tens of thousands of dollars with us, here’s how much respect we have for you! I would have stopped in the middle of the stage, grabbed my diploma, and turned to the crowd and SCREAMED my name properly.

    • @davidpawson9047
      @davidpawson9047 Месяц назад

      I would not have come forward: I have not heard my name called.

    • @nomad6406
      @nomad6406 Месяц назад

      For real!

  • @Mairi..
    @Mairi.. 2 месяца назад +1

    How did these students keep it together??!!😂😁

  • @charlesajones77
    @charlesajones77 Месяц назад +1

    Wait Wait Don’t Tell me did a bit on this. They played what she said, and asked “can you guess what the actual name is?” It was hilarious.

  • @PhotoJeticPoet
    @PhotoJeticPoet 2 месяца назад +3

    😂 it's not funny, but it's also funny af. Why is it always funnier when you are supposed to be serious.

  • @miap
    @miap 13 дней назад

    They need to expose the woman who said those names so horrendously.

  • @randimichelle2810
    @randimichelle2810 2 месяца назад +1

    Why am I awake (so late) seeking these out, and laughing so hard? 😂😅

  • @matthewcondon5187
    @matthewcondon5187 Месяц назад +2

    DEI is a hell of a drug.

  • @qawsed963
    @qawsed963 11 часов назад

    Faculty was like I didn’t realize we had so many ethnic people at our school 😂😂

  • @merialusher5890
    @merialusher5890 2 месяца назад +3

    Stupidity control

  • @Sharauni
    @Sharauni Месяц назад

    Even if this was phonetically spelled, the names were phonetically spelled so horribly wrong it's no wonder she messed up! But if she can't read names, why in the world was she even made announcer in the first place?! Ridiculous! The university should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @vilhelmhammershoi3871
    @vilhelmhammershoi3871 Месяц назад +2

    Who is the announcer? why do they not show who did this?

  • @MobBossBobRoss
    @MobBossBobRoss Месяц назад +1

    Even if all the names were written out phonetically for the reader, they wouldn't ALL be that badly translated. Unless they used AI to generate the pronunciation?

  • @Allaiya.
    @Allaiya. Месяц назад

    How am I just now hearing about this? Lmao wow!! 🤣😂 This is like that Key & Peele skit

  • @arktrooperecho7241
    @arktrooperecho7241 9 дней назад

    I like how she didnt face any difficulty pronouncing the last names but struggled on pretty normal first names.

  • @briansymmes7917
    @briansymmes7917 10 дней назад

    They put Kay and Peele in charge of the ceremony.
    You done f#cked up A-a- Ron!!

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron4194 2 месяца назад +1

    Way to go Thomas

  • @lyudeyoumustbeinamadpanic5204
    @lyudeyoumustbeinamadpanic5204 Месяц назад +1

    I would have stopped in my track and said that is notmy name! White guilt is a hell of a drug.

  • @kristinjoni
    @kristinjoni Месяц назад +1

    I need to see who is reading the names. I want to see. They won’t show us!

  • @mannym1171
    @mannym1171 2 месяца назад

    I gotta say, this is awesome. Better than those long, useless, fun-less, dizzying speeches at graduations.

  • @carlascott4658
    @carlascott4658 2 месяца назад +1

    How rude

  • @lawyerstuartloudon7316
    @lawyerstuartloudon7316 3 дня назад

    Could have pronounced names like Shaniqua perfectly

  • @chiinoelyn3015
    @chiinoelyn3015 19 дней назад

    Mr Garvey : Finally a worthy opponent

  • @DavidCox3521
    @DavidCox3521 2 месяца назад +2

    phonetic spellings?? Is she illiterate?

  • @srodriguez721
    @srodriguez721 Месяц назад +1

    This was a joke right?!?!

  • @balagan79985
    @balagan79985 2 месяца назад +2

    I don’t understand. What is the reason behind this? Did the announcer have a neurological problem? I don’t mean this in a mean way at all, I genuinely want to understand how this happened

    • @kreatingsound4946
      @kreatingsound4946 Месяц назад +1

      DEI is how it happened.

    • @hya2in8
      @hya2in8 Месяц назад

      the cards had below the names some unhelpful phonetic spellings & she was reading those

    • @balagan79985
      @balagan79985 Месяц назад

      @@hya2in8 thank you, I was so curious to know

  • @SchurmannAldo
    @SchurmannAldo 20 дней назад

    The only thing that makes sense is that this woman was having a stroke

  • @feorh1919
    @feorh1919 День назад

    Tahmoomay here. Whaddyamean noone's named so???

  • @redkatana7450
    @redkatana7450 2 месяца назад

    I haven't laughed this hard in a while.

  • @lilspeth
    @lilspeth 2 месяца назад +2

    WTF?

  • @sctsh1491
    @sctsh1491 2 месяца назад +3

    they only mispronounced the white names

    • @nilnil7325
      @nilnil7325 2 месяца назад +3

      Do you have a link to the full video? (sincerely asking). She may have mispronounced other names too but they edited the video to only show the 'white' names since everyone basically knows how to pronounce it correct in US (so the mistake is more glaringly obvious). Regardless they should never have hired that announcer.

  • @alexateachey9680
    @alexateachey9680 Месяц назад

    Not Dan Abrams quoting Key and Peele 💀💀😂😂

  • @tommy2159
    @tommy2159 Месяц назад

    At least they now all have the absolute best nick name.

  • @-Neutron-Star
    @-Neutron-Star Месяц назад

    It must be a prank by the University!

  • @lads.7715
    @lads.7715 2 месяца назад +1

    Jordan and Peel come true again.

  • @TomCurtis-t2r
    @TomCurtis-t2r Месяц назад +3

    Thats DEI for you

  • @ChuckWagine
    @ChuckWagine Месяц назад

    Sounds like what happened on a San Francisco news channel years ago... "Wee too low, Sum Ding Wong....."

  • @danidesip2432
    @danidesip2432 Месяц назад

    Sounds like they were afraid of a "My name is Comma-luh" not "kuh-mah-luh" moment and tried to hard to at it, but ended up looking stupid in the process

  • @tgeee
    @tgeee Месяц назад

    When you try to be inclusive by using phonetic spellings for everyone, but wind up being exclusive!

  • @Soohoo-rv3sn
    @Soohoo-rv3sn Месяц назад

    Look at the bright side, at least millions of people watched their ceremony😂

  • @mpf5381
    @mpf5381 2 месяца назад +2

    EDI gone awry

  • @SunBunz
    @SunBunz Месяц назад

    I thought the announcer was having a stroke. Is she from a foreign country? Can someone explain WTF is happening?

  • @kramnewton8683
    @kramnewton8683 Месяц назад +1

    DEI hires all around us.

  • @IlIIIllIIllIIl
    @IlIIIllIIllIIl 3 дня назад

    D Nice? No D Nice here today huh?

  • @sx0lx012
    @sx0lx012 Месяц назад

    Is this a Key and Peele's A A Ron tribute?

  • @curiousnomadic
    @curiousnomadic Месяц назад

    This is what happens when someone was taught to read on Common Core principles.

  • @illenedover1774
    @illenedover1774 23 дня назад

    Wokism at its finest. Why cant this woman read?

  • @georgemioch8981
    @georgemioch8981 Месяц назад

    Right, phonetic spelling 😂😂 😂

  • @Uncaged_cricket
    @Uncaged_cricket 2 месяца назад +2

    Wtf 😳

  • @davidburke9596
    @davidburke9596 Месяц назад +1

    Announcer sounds like Biden's younger sister.

  • @justareplica
    @justareplica 2 месяца назад

    She went full “Deedee MegaDooDoo.”

  • @patrick9440
    @patrick9440 2 месяца назад +2

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT FOR YEARS.