Haha! John Kerry cannot pronounce Shamu's name

[steffychun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkwU-9EVYIg&feature=youtu.be

He was so hesistant he just said Foreign Minister. Haha!

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

The Indian Cabinet Ministers names are always a bit of a mouthful.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Shunmugam Jayakumar
Vivian Balakrishnan

Anyway, I think Kerry has more pressing items on his agenda like Syria and North Korea than to be entertaining the likes of Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam (that's K Shanmugan to you and me).

 

[Kohliantye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkwU-9EVYIg&feature=youtu.be

He was so hesistant he just said Foreign Minister. Haha!

Why the fuss......

He could have said:

Welcome to America Dear friend of Harry.

Everyone here in America calls me Kerry.

Your looks are deceiving, unlike that of a Fairy.

Never mind, lets all of us be merry.

Your name don't seem sweet like a cherry.

But we will remember our departed Shane

If you don't insist and I will not resist

To call you SHANE MORGAN from Singapore.

Thank you for the Naval and Air bases.

So what is that you further want Dear Shame Morgan.

 

[steffychun]

The Indian Cabinet Ministers names are always a bit of a mouthful.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Shunmugam Jayakumar
Vivian Balakrishnan

Anyway, I think Kerry has more pressing items on his agenda like Syria and North Korea than to be entertaining the likes of Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam (that's K Shanmugan to you and me).

Haha George Yeo was so much easier

 

[winnipegjets]

Shamu does have the face of a beluga whale. And his body proportion fits as well. Shamu the beluga whale.

 

[Kohliantye]

The Indian Cabinet Ministers names are always a bit of a mouthful.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Shunmugam Jayakumar
Vivian Balakrishnan

Anyway, I think Kerry has more pressing items on his agenda like Syria and North Korea than to be entertaining the likes of Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam (that's K Shanmugan to you and me).

Chengara Veetil Devan Nair or CV Devan Nair,

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam or S Rajaratnam.

Sellappan Ramanathan Nathan or SR Nathan.

Suppiah Dhanabalan or S Dhanabalan

Patmanabhan Selvadurai

Mylvaganam Gnaguru or MG Guru and many more.

Our newscasters on national TV has problems calling the real names but when come to French or german names, they manage to wriggle their tongues.

 

[Kohliantye]

Shamu does have the face of a beluga whale. And his body proportion fits as well. Shamu the beluga whale.

My Dear Winnipegjets,

I am a lover of the sea and protector of such mammals.

Please don't ever equate such a lovely animal with an ordinary human like Shamu.

Worst of all, that human does not even possess the intelligence of a whale.

They like to sue and their true name should be Suemugam

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

Our newscasters on national TV has problems calling the real names but when come to French or german names, they manage to wriggle their tongues.

They should be forced to say the full name. Shows a lack of professionalism (or laziness) on their part.

 

[kingrant]

can try Shame on you. Or Just call him Thamby will do. Or Mama.

 

[steffychun]

how about ah neh

 

[scroobal]

I think Tharman's surname is the hardest to pronounce, too many syllables. I found the old timers good at pronouncing long Indian names.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Chengara Veetil Devan Nair or CV Devan Nair,

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam or S Rajaratnam.

Sellappan Ramanathan Nathan or SR Nathan.

Suppiah Dhanabalan or S Dhanabalan

Patmanabhan Selvadurai

Mylvaganam Gnaguru or MG Guru and many more.

Our newscasters on national TV has problems calling the real names but when come to French or german names, they manage to wriggle their tongues.

Our newscasters listen to bbc to follow the pronunciation of those angmos.
Not many of our ah neh politicians make the world news.

 

[eatshitndie]

because "sham" sounds like a fraud and "shamu" sounds like an orca.

 

[steffychun]

Looking at the video again, the only name Kerry knows is Lee Kuan Yew. Cannot even say Goh or Lee Jr's name. Hahaha!

 

[laksaboy]

Why is that Shamu clown still holding on to the MFA portfolio? And holding on to two portfolios?

Isn't there anyone else decent and competent enough to take up George Yeo's old job?

 

[steffychun]

Chengara Veetil Devan Nair or CV Devan Nair,

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam or S Rajaratnam.

Sellappan Ramanathan Nathan or SR Nathan.

Suppiah Dhanabalan or S Dhanabalan

Patmanabhan Selvadurai

Mylvaganam Gnaguru or MG Guru and many more.

Our newscasters on national TV has problems calling the real names but when come to French or german names, they manage to wriggle their tongues.

Who are Patmanabhan Selvadurai and Mylvaganam Gnaguru

 

[steffychun]

Why is that Shamu clown still holding on to the MFA portfolio? And holding on to two portfolios?

Isn't there anyone else decent and competent enough to take up George Yeo's old job?

He wants to earn double the million dollar salary.

 

[Kohliantye]

Who are Patmanabhan Selvadurai and Mylvaganam Gnaguru

P Selvadurai was the former PAP MP of Kuo Chuan and MG Guru was the challenger to Lee Kuan Yew in Tg Pagar. The former is still alive (as a pensioner) whereas the latter, a lawyer died a few years ago.

 

[steffychun]

P Selvadurai was the former PAP MP of Kuo Chuan and MG Guru was the challenger to Lee Kuan Yew in Tg Pagar. The former is still alive (as a pensioner) whereas the latter, a lawyer died a few years ago.

thanks a lot