BREAKING: Trump calls on Kasich to change spelling of his name

[Lief 🗽]

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/723914027483582467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

How will this affect the race in Pennsylvania?

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

what XD nice one

[Senator-elect Spark]

Maybe Trump should change his last name back to Drumpf.

[Shadows]

Hope you are getting some of the Super pac money for online trolls! 1M$ is a good amount!

[Lyin' Steve]

Haha I've noticed this the entire campaign.  Halperin & Heilemann still keep pronouncing it ka-sitch.

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Hope you are getting some of the Super pac money for online trolls! 1M$ is a good amount!

I'm fairly sure you've been told this already, but you are f--king delusional.

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's fitting coming from Drumpf.

[Ljube]

Well, since Kasich is of Slavic origin (half Czech and half Croat), his name should probably be pronounced similar to what Trump proposes.

[dax00]

The 'a' in 'Kasich' should be like the first 'a' in 'pasta', then. Maybe change the 'ch' to a 'č'.

[Ljube]

The first 'a' in 'Kasich' should be like the first 'a' in 'pasta', then. Maybe change the 'ch' to a 'č'.

I think you got it. Plus the s could be an s or a sound like sh.

[PeteB]

All Trump is doing is pushing Eastern European stereotypes which will ultimately hurt him with many white blue collar voters, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

It also shows that in spite of Trump's bombastic announcements, there really are no substantial skeletons in Kasich's closet - hence the childish attacks.

[libertpaulian]

If that's the worst Trump's got against Kasich, you know they've already brokered a deal for a Trump/Kasich ticket.

[Ljube]

If that's the worst Trump's got against Kasich, you know they've already brokered a deal for a Trump/Kasich ticket.

Of course they have. Kasich is still in just to play the spoiler for Cruz.

[Indy Texas]

Donald Trump's German Drumpf ancestors Americanized their surname when they came to this country. Why couldn't John Kasich's Croat ancestors do the same?

[Shadows]

Hope you are getting some of the Super pac money for online trolls! 1M$ is a good amount!

I'm fairly sure you've been told this already, but you are f--king delusional.

1M$ is being spend in this campaign by Super Pacs on Clinton trolls online - You are making ridiculous statements because you don't understand stuff!

[Panda Express]

Hope you are getting some of the Super pac money for online trolls! 1M$ is a good amount!

I'm fairly sure you've been told this already, but you are f--king delusional.

1M$ is being spend in this campaign by Super Pacs on Clinton trolls online - You are making ridiculous statements because you don't understand stuff!

[Ronnie]

If that's the worst Trump's got against Kasich, you know they've already brokered a deal for a Trump/Kasich ticket.

Of course they have. Kasich is still in just to play the spoiler for Cruz.

If that were the case, I don't think his Super PAC would be spending half a mil to deprive Trump of delegates in MD.

[Baki]

The 'a' in 'Kasich' should be like the first 'a' in 'pasta', then. Maybe change the 'ch' to a 'č'.

This.

The "ch" in Kasich should be pronounced the same way it is pronounced in "chair".

The Croats have a unique letter - "ć" - which is read like the "ch" in "chair".
And since Kasich is partly a Croat, if you write his last name in Croatian it would be "Kasić".

The "-ić" is significant because it is very characteristic for Croatian last names , more than 3/4 of Croatian last names end in "-ić".

What Kasich's family probably did is when they moved to America - they turned the "-ić" into "-ich" to make it easier for people to pronounce, since the english alphabet doesn't have "ć".

I'm a Croat and I did the same with the "-ić" in my last name when I lived in New Zealand.


So basicaly - the way Trump pronounces Kasich is historically accurate.

[Angel of Death]

Yet another reason why The Onion might as well close up shop.

[Slow Learner]

Donald Trump's German Drumpf ancestors Americanized their surname when they came to this country. Why couldn't John Kasich's Croat ancestors do the same?

They actually did it in 1608 when they arrived in Kallstadt.

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Hope you are getting some of the Super pac money for online trolls! 1M$ is a good amount!

I'm fairly sure you've been told this already, but you are f--king delusional.

1M$ is being spend in this campaign by Super Pacs on Clinton trolls online - You are making ridiculous statements because you don't understand stuff!

Why would Clinton pay people to visit Atlas forum? It's not like she'd influence anyone's opinions here. Besides, both Lief and Landslide Lyndon have been around long, long before this election.

[beaver2.0]

Is name is spelled fine.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Republicans are a disgusting failure of a party for letting this repellent tool advance in their primaries.

[Figueira]

I'm pretty sure the name Kasich is Czech, but I'm not sure how it would be spelled in Czech.

[DINGO Joe]

Look, it's really all Kasich's fault.  Do you see Trump running around with an unpronounceable name like Drumpf? No, they had the decency to change it something American like Trump.  Do you think Nuta Kotlyarenko could have become tailor to the stars?  No, of course not, but Nudie Cohn could and did.  Now, if Kasich had had the common sense and courtesy to change his name to something like....Rich, he could have still used some letters of his original last name while sounding American.  Plus, the name John Rich sounds successful whereas John Kasich just sounds unpronounceable.  Total Kasichfail.