Ron Perlman - The five stages of Buttigieg

[IndyOp]

The 5 stages of @PeteButtigieg

1. Who?
2. South Bend?
3. What did he say?
4. Rhodes Scholar, war hero, openly gay, supremely American.
5. Pitch perfect, innovative, brilliant, inspirational.

I’m evolving...

https://mobile.twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1118157615660355588

[True Dough]

1. And by "who"

that includes "how do you say his name?" That stage was inevitable and it's not over yet because there are still large segments of the population that haven't been Pete-ucated. But I get tired of people stumbling over his name. I don't know how he doesn't!

[IndyOp]

2. He has a sense of humor about his name

Announcing his candidacy last Sunday he mentioned wondering as a teenager whether his name would be stumbling block for the rest of his life. 😀

https://store.peteforamerica.com/collections/best-sellers/products/boot-edge-edge-t-shirt

[honeylady]

3. Buddha Judge. That's how he says it is pronounced in his book n/t

[patricia92243]

4. What is so interesting is that eventually we will say his name so easily that

we will look back and think "why was that so hard?"

If we as a nation can say "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" without a blink of an eyelash, Buttigieg will be a snap.

[IndyOp]

5. I am getting close to being able to say it easily -

For weeks I practiced boot-edge-edge, but it didn’t come naturally unless I visualized the phonetic spelling while I said it.

And now - just as you said I can’t understand why I had such trouble with it.