"Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Dakar" or "Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome"?

[Vagabond]

Which is your favorite?

'"Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Dakar"

To hear "Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome" point your browser here, scroll down to "Listen" and then go to about three seconds before the end of the clip.

 

[Vagabond]

A small but select voting pool, I see.

I could listen to each of these reporters recite the Dakar and Rome phone books, respectively, if such things still exist. Sylvia Poggioli saying "Sylvia Poggioli" makes me , but I have to go with Opheibea Quist-Arcton's rolled "r" in Dakarrrrr.

 

[jeffisjeff]

Some other notable NPR names:

Doualy Xaykaothao

Doualy Xaykaothao is a newscaster and reporter for NPR.

www.npr.org

Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Special correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is based in Berlin. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and read at NPR.org.

www.npr.org

 

[skatemomaz]

This is a tough one. I love listening to both of them. But Sylvia by a slight edge.

 

[slicekw]

These spellings! So cool!
I'm a Sylvia name fan - my love of the way words/names FEEL on the tongue supercedes my love of spelling fun.
I love the way she gets that slight pause in Poggioli, in a way that only a native Italian speaker can do.
But the other three have great spellings

 

[Vagabond]

Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?

NPR’s seemingly exotic names reflect the sweep of NPR’s international coverage and America’s own diversity. Yuki Noguchi isn’t an unusual name for a Japanese woman, and Doualy Xaykaothao might be a perfectly boring name for a Lao-Hmong-American. Neda Ulaby’s first name means “dew” and is fairly common in Syria.

Somehow, I doubt that the name Doualy Xaykaothao could be boring for anyone.