BBC political correspondent Ben Wright has provided Twitter users with some entertainment after he was caught on camera struggling to pronounce Gina Coladangelo’s name yesterday.
Wright was explaining that The Sun newspaper has published security pictures that allegedly show Matt Hancock in an embrace with lobbyist Coladangelo when he started stumbling over his words.
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“Coladange… Code…Co… Coladange…jaje – sorry, I beg your pardon – Gina Coladag… age… jen… jenlo,” the reporter said, failing until the end to say the name in full.
A tweet about his pronunciation had 10,000 likes at the time of writing.
Some people found the video hilarious while others questioned why British media struggles with foreign names.
Florence Batt said: "Typical xenophobic UK media who can’t get their tongues around forrin names or even bother trying."
Typical xenophobic UK media who can’t get their tongues around forrin names or even bother trying.
— Florence Batt (@ILuvLewisHam) June 26, 2021
Coladangelo https://t.co/kdQczkNgML
Another said: "This isn’t funny. This isn’t ‘quirky’ and it isn’t okay. It’s lazy, it’s rude and it’s showing disregard and indifference to someone’s name and identity. I don’t care who someone is, LEARN HOW TO SAY THEIR NAME."
Here are the best responses:
1.
POV you've got a fresh name and there's a substitute teacher doing registration today https://t.co/2nQCzScFLy
— C. (@CQdB_) June 26, 2021
2.
🤣🤣 take the spuds out of your mouth when your talking will ya 😅😂😂! The more you watch the funnier it gets #BenWright #BBCBreakfast https://t.co/HFZ8zW5Qyg
— Sina Hogan (@sinahogan) June 26, 2021
3.
This brother was fighting for his life 😭😭😭 https://t.co/fC79CXaB18
— Gone Boys International (@SivuseMbingo) June 25, 2021
4.
yeah, i watch the news for this reason, and this reason only https://t.co/JHsB9tZtoJ
— weebles stans roadman pingu (@sixofweebles) June 25, 2021
5.
This is too good not to watch 🤣🤣 #mattgate https://t.co/RSgdgrNdzE
— Natalie 💫 (@NatalieCKJ) June 25, 2021
6.
The reason why the BBC refused to acknowledge the story this morning has been revealed. Their pronunciation unit was unable to supply an acceptable articulation. https://t.co/Pizgv4sJBN
— derek thrower (@dthroat) June 25, 2021
7.
Like we didnt all learn phonics https://t.co/9AtOy3K8CD
— Ezi (@EziProse) June 25, 2021
8.
For an encore he will pronounce Castel Sant'Angelo. https://t.co/b8KJJWxity
— Eccles (@BruvverEccles) June 26, 2021
9.
I bet he longs for the days of just being worried about mispronouncing Jeremy Hunt. https://t.co/TAeS5Ubn2c
— Maria Greenwood (@mariagreenwood1) June 25, 2021
10.
This man glitched for 21 seconds 😂🤣 https://t.co/y7edapVAa5
— BHB ✨ (@ahoefavii) June 25, 2021
11.
British people as soon as a her surname isn’t smith https://t.co/foPwY1upjr
— hot girl summer advocate (@whyyougassed) June 25, 2021
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