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no_hypocrisy

(52,567 posts) Fri Jun 20, 2025, 04:00 AM Jun 20

It's pronounced with a "short i" vowel sound. Like iridescent. Like if. Like igloo.

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Memo to Karoline Leavitt: The country's name is NOT eye-ran. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jun 20 OP

RWers mispronounce things/names purposefully, as a troll job. RockRaven Jun 20 #1

And she's from NH Mopar151 Jun 20 #2

"conservative intellectual" Skittles Jun 20 #4

An oxymoron. 2naSalit Jun 20 #6

They think so! Mopar151 Jun 20 #11

They are proud of their ignorance and lack of education. Irish_Dem Jun 20 #3

I can remember RWers referring to Iraq as "EYE-RACK" Chipper Chat Jun 20 #5

She makes an effort to offend intelligence, she's very good at it. dem4decades Jun 20 #8

I Ran! FSogol Jun 20 #9

When I heard her yapping yesterday, I also thought Ilsa Jun 20 #14

That's the official Republican pronunciation, see... MineralMan Jun 20 #10

I'm betting she also likes EYE-TALIAN food. Totally Tunsie Jun 20 #12

Ear-rawn. Ear-rock. nt Ilsa Jun 20 #13

She's an Eye-dee-ahhht. nt Ilsa Jun 20 #15