A Change in NPR Pronunciation for Padilla
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Occasionally, NPR changes the way we pronounce the name of someone in the news. In the case of alleged terrorist Jose Padilla, NPR had been pronouncing it puh-DILL-uh, and has changed to puh-DEE-yuh. Our librarian discusses the change, along with NPR's overall policy for deciding how to pronounce the names of people, places and things.
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