EVERYBODY IS SAYING THE NAME OF THE OLYMPIC HOST CITY
INCORRECTLY.
HERE IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, AND NBC HAS MADE THAT CHOICE.
HERE IS A VIDEO OF HOW THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING IT AT THE END
AND DURING THEIR TELECAST.
NOW THE STAGE IS SET FOR RIVALS TO BECOME PARTNERS.
IF ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS.
NBC NEWS, PYEONGCHANG.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
THEIR ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
POINTING OUT THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SAY IT.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY IT PYEONGCHANG AS ILLUSTRATED BY
THIS
VIDEO THAT HAS BEEN GETTING SOME TRACTION.E
I'M STEPHAN KIM, MEDIA WATCH COCHAIR OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION.
WE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM AMERICAN
JOURNALISTS ABOUT THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF THE
OLYMPIC HOST CITY SO HERE IS OUR GUIDANCE.
THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION IS PYEONGCHANG LIKE WHEN YOU
GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
PYEONGCHANG.
HE COULD NOT HAVE MADE IT MORE CLEAR.
IT'S CRAZY.
SO THE RESPONSE FROM SPOKESPEOPLE NBC IS:
THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO SAY
MY LAST NAME AND THE WAY
THAT I SAY IT IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD SAY IT.
THEY SAID FURTHER THAT IT IS CLEANER.
NO IT IS NOT.
IT IS EMPIRICALLY NOT.
PYEONGCHANG ALMOST RHYMES WITH ITSELF, THEY
JUST LIKE IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE HOW WE'VE BEEN PRONOUNCING
THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL WHICH IS ALSO WRONG.
THAT IS IT.
I DO NOT LIKE THAT THEY ARE PERPETUATING THIS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SOUND LIKE SOME ASSHOLE FOREIGNER
PURPOSEFULLY MESSING IT UP.
I WANT TO BE A RESPECTFUL PERSON AND GET PEOPLE'S
PRONUNCIATION RIGHT.
YOU JUST GAVE THE EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU THIS IS
HOW MY NAME IS PRONOUNCED YOU DON'T GO, NO IT'S NOT, I
KNOW HOW IT IS PRONOUNCED.
YOU RESPECT THEM AND SAY THEIR NAME CORRECTLY AT THE VERY
LEAST.
HERE IS THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE BUT I HAVE A RESPONSE, BUT THE
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE IS WE'RE DOING THIS TELECAST FROM LOS ANGELES.
WE HAD THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS NOT PAREE AND WE HAD IT IN
ATHENS NOT ATHENA.
BUT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
IS PYEONGCHANG SOMEHOW MORE AMERICAN?
THE REASON THINGS ARE HERE, ITS GRANDFATHERED WAYS OF
SAYING THESE COUNTRIES SOME LONG AGO.
USED TO BE IN SHAKESPEARE, IT'S NOT DUBOIS IT'S DUBOIS, BUT
THAT IS AN ANGLICANIZED VERSION OF IT WHICH HAPPENED WAY BACK IN
THE DAY WHEN SOMEONE WOULD LEAVE A PLACE, WRITE IT DOWN, COME
BACK
AND SAY, HERE'S HOW YOU SAY IT.
ATHENS, THOSE ARE ANGLICANIZED THINGS.
WE ARE LEARNING IT NOW, WE MIGHT MIGHT AS WELL LEARN IT RIGHT.
THEY'RE ALSO A JOURNALIST INSTITUTION.
YOU SHOULD BE ABIDING BY WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY AS OPPOSED
TO WHAT IS THE WAY I LIKE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE MAKING A CHOICE, THIS IS MY AUDIENCE.
OUR AUDIENCE LIKES TO SAY IT THIS WAY, IT IS EASIER FOR THEM.
THEY ARE IN A POSITION WERE THEY COULD TEACH PEOPLE TO
DO IT CORRECTLY.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE RIGHT THEN WHATEVER I THINK IS
THE RIGHT WAY.
OBJECTIVELY RIGHT.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES MADE.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE OLYMPICS COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN TORINO
IN, WE HAD IT IN TORINO.
THE SAME NETWORK MADE THE CHOICE TO CALL IT TORINO
FOR THIS GAME SO THEY SURE AS HELL CAN MAKE THE CHANGE
TO PYEONGCHANG.
IF YOU ARE NOT SAYING IT PYEONGCHANG YOU'RE SAYING
IT PYEONG WRONG.
THEY'RE PROBABLY OFFENDED.
OR WE CAN DO WHAT THAT ONE NEWS OUTLET DID AND SAY PF
CHANG'S OLYMPICS.
WHO DID THAT?
ABC.
GOD BLESS THEM.