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How To Pronounce SotomayorHear the new SCOTUS nominee pronounce her own name.
Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at 11:59 AM ETPresident Obama today nominated Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor's possible nomination has already been batted around the media for weeks now, and as often as not her name has been butchered by cable news anchors. So here she is, saying her own family name at today's news conference.
Name: Sonia Sotomayor
Title: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge; Supreme Court nominee
Last Name Pronounced: "so-toe-my-YORE"
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