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ArchivesRe: Commonwealth Games jawdropper - Indian?
in reply to a message by তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য
Thanks, Tanmoy - that pretty well confirms my suspicions, though I don't know if they're suspicions of shoddy journalists or imaginative parents. And your semantic breadth is wonderful, as usual.
Over on the Opinions Board, someone from the UK had this to say: "When I saw some of the swimming on TV the other day I'm sure I heard the commentators pronouncing it like She-reeka but I couldn't say for definite. I've also heard her referred to as Se-reeka,(like Serena but Sereka) so nothing like "sick Erica"! I had wondered about her name, didn't realise it was Indian!" Which probably means that I should add confused TV commentators to my list of suspects.
Over on the Opinions Board, someone from the UK had this to say: "When I saw some of the swimming on TV the other day I'm sure I heard the commentators pronouncing it like She-reeka but I couldn't say for definite. I've also heard her referred to as Se-reeka,(like Serena but Sereka) so nothing like "sick Erica"! I had wondered about her name, didn't realise it was Indian!" Which probably means that I should add confused TV commentators to my list of suspects.
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