[Mabadiliko] English Pronunciation

Monday, May 27, 2013
I don't want to come across here as being pedantic but I heard  President Uhuru Kenyatta say something that I can't excuse. Uhuru attended university in Boston and has no excuse to mispronounce such a simple English word. He was giving a speech at the AU conference in Addis.

He wanted to pronounce the word  ERA

He said (I'm using Swahili as base for pronunciation):  i-ra

He should have said:  e-ra

Thank you.

Courage

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