On Jun 4, 2004, at 2:56 PM, Mathias Schindler wrote:
Ralesk Ne'vennoyx schrieb:
I guess this is simply that you also don’t call George Bush “George” or Medgyessy Péter just “Péter” in a document such as an encyclopaedia.
The equivalent would be more or less writing "George Bush" versus "George Walker Bush", nor?
"George" is also rarely mispronounced in such a way as to be confused with a term sometimes related to anal sex, which seems to be part of the problem mentioned in the edit wars (Sodom vs Saddam).
In a related note, many western speakers can't seem to pronounce Iraq properly, coming up with something that sounds like 'Aye-rack' rather than 'Uir-uk'.
I'm guessing that the (sometimes seliberate) mispronunciation, derogatory tone, and lack of the usage of proper title are combining to offend the particular user who is complaining.
-Bop