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India newsreader fired for pronouncing China president Xi Jinping's name as 'Eleven' Jinping

Posted on 23 September 2014 | 4,053 views | 12 comments

 

 

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Pronunciation cost an Indian newsreader his job when he mistakenly said China president Xi Jinping's name as 'Eleven' Jinping.

 

According to Indian Express, the TV news reader from Doordashan, a public service broadcast in India, mistook 'Xi' to be the Roman numeral 11.

 

It is understood that he has since been fired.

 

The mistake happened during a late night bulletin, generally read by casual newsreaders as the regulars do not prefer to work at that time.

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Too bad Xi Jinpin is not from Rome but China.

 

For our culture there are a lot of Chinese names around so it's not an issue for us to pronounce something that starts with "X" but other foreigners will definitely struggle when they applies it into English or their own language.

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India newsreader fired for pronouncing China president Xi Jinping's name as 'Eleven' Jinping

Posted on 23 September 2014 | 4,053 views | 12 comments

 

 

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PHOTO: Youtube screengrab

This article is contributed by the Stomp Team.

 

Pronunciation cost an Indian newsreader his job when he mistakenly said China president Xi Jinping's name as 'Eleven' Jinping.

 

According to Indian Express, the TV news reader from Doordashan, a public service broadcast in India, mistook 'Xi' to be the Roman numeral 11.

 

It is understood that he has since been fired.

 

The mistake happened during a late night bulletin, generally read by casual newsreaders as the regulars do not prefer to work at that time.

 

The head of this Tv channel tweeted that they are "upgrading" to avoid these errors in the future [crazy]

 

How to "upgrade" newsreader? :D

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The head of this Tv channel tweeted that they are "upgrading" to avoid these errors in the future [crazy]

 

How to "upgrade" newsreader? :D

Get SIRI READ LOL

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Too bad Xi Jinpin is not from Rome but China.

 

For our culture there are a lot of Chinese names around so it's not an issue for us to pronounce something that starts with "X" but other foreigners will definitely struggle when they applies it into English or their own language.

 

That's true but wouldn't you expect a newsreader to be more worldly?

 

He isn't some indian farmer from the country-side you know?

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That's true but wouldn't you expect a newsreader to be more worldly?

 

He isn't some indian farmer from the country-side you know?

 

Some news channel in some countries are not worldly hor.

 

Don't think Sg is worldly. Everyone else is worldly too.

 

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That's true but wouldn't you expect a newsreader to be more worldly?

 

He isn't some indian farmer from the country-side you know?

 

 

Quite incredible for a TV news reader to make such a mistake.

 

Luckily she did not gaffe on Jinping to Jumping.

 

Also shows that XJ not that famous as MJ

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