Thomas Jefferson University apologizes after commencement presenter flubs graduates' names

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Thomas Jefferson University has apologized after a commencement presenter flubbed graduates' names in a viral video.
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[@montvilleo]

How does someone this ignorant make it in front of a microphone during a COLLEGE graduation ceremony ??? Unbelievable !

[@kelenolis4565]

This is gonna be an SNL skit haha

[@vsanchez7158]

And it was the school of nursing. Those students worked hard.

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

The announcer works at Thomas Jefferson University and can’t even pronounce the name Thomas?! No way. This had to have been done on purpose. Nobody can be that dumb. It just isn’t possible.

[@artiept]

Thomas Dumas

[@linonations]

Poor students and their parents, I feel bad for them, not only children but their parents names also MASSACRED

[@apriljk6557]

A A Ron! 😂😂

[@andred.4664]

Sounded just like the GPS I used in my car back in 2005 before GoogleMaps and Waze were a thing.

[@azforlifetime]

This is completely BS! A true reader would have stopped after the first name and question what is written on these cards. They would not have embarrassed themselves like this.

[@servenet299]

This is a level of imbecility even my Down Syndrome brother is far above. Where did this creature emanate from? Who put her up to this. This "university" should be forever scorned for such a debacle. Thomas Jefferson U. ... oh right...rotfl

[@charlesmoore8445]

Like a Key & Peele skit

[@kurtrobinson1926]

This is why college is not worth a dime . I've seen what graduates from college look like today. Wouldn't hire one of them.

[@servenet299]

Truth!

[@dougclem7711]

Did they not go through a practice? I bet the graduates did.

[@bryannewman9478]

I love when the presenter finally stumbles upon saying “Thomas” it’s as if she’s solved some sort of enigmatic riddle, like she’s shocked

[@oMoM-dj2cg]

Seems intentional and not accidental

[@garetjax2768]

For the first time in history the names were finally pronounced properly. I don't understand why the parents are acting so immature and churlish.

[@bryannewman9478]

Well played 😅

[@artiept]

lol Thomas? Elizabeth?

[@Squeezeatea]

She's actually not mispronouncing the names, she's saying them in Simlish!

[@lancecahill5486]

Maybe it’s time to have a real American speaker at the ceremony.

[@farhanramadhan4450]

The speaker is a real American, look it up silly

[@lancecahill5486]

@@farhanramadhan4450 Are you trying to be funny?

[@farhanramadhan4450]

@@lancecahill5486 No? Why did you think so?

[@lancecahill5486]

@@farhanramadhan4450 Because a real American would NEVER mispronounce Thomas, Molly, Elizabeth.

[@farhanramadhan4450]

@@lancecahill5486 I will give you one more chance before I make fun of you, look it up first

[@greatwhitesharkey8764]

UNIVERSITY RIGHT?? PATHETIC! NEXT!

[@Luciphers_Workshop]

Ta Muu May........ thomas lol

[@hadguy1]

They need to pay back the graduation fee the graduates paid along with their final years tuition. Also include a letter of apology from that Dee e eye hire.

[@servenet299]

Was any administrator, any "organizer"...FIRED?!! Please don't tell me no was was held accountable for this unforgivable fiasco.

[@jet23851]

If anyone had brains they would have stopped it after the 2nd one. The lady is the back go Thomas!! Cmon people.

[@johno6590]

Rather than reading like an adult

[@fredalackenspeil9371]

Maybe she can’t read

[@SimpleThings888]

Here is what I don't understand, with all the people who take videos of everything, why are there no video from a different angle that show who this presenter is, and how she is conveniently blocked from view by someone standing at the podium. Seems very odd.

[@aryonnagrier5730]

there’s no way …

[@ShafiqRahaman-f7r]

The presenter sounded DEI hire. There is no way someone with brains doesn’t stop and get the physical list and read from that.

[@wannabe41]

They should have included both the phonetic spelling and the actual spelling of the names on the cards used by the presenter. I was wondering why she was able to correctly pronounce “Brutosku” but messed the heck out of “Thomas.”

[@lancecahill5486]

Phonetic spelling for Sarah or Molly or Elizabeth? This is an American university, not the university of the Congo or Afghanistan. Thomas Jefferson University should have had an American as its announcer.

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

Apparently, they did have both the actual spelling and the phonetic spelling on the card. The story is going viral and reported elsewhere. People are saying she was only focused on reading the phonetic spelling. Even so, that should be enough to pronounce it correctly. I think she was protest pronouncing.

[@margiemarge419]

Pop 1:05 ​@@AJXOXO-vz1pn

[@andrewzegura6502]

Key and Peele sketch in real life

[@ClaireLuRose]

This is intentional.

[@KPD017]

Was she drunk??? I feel bad for the students and their families.

[@898792]

Insubordinate and churlish! Lol

[@SK-mz4cq]

Sheeet

[@jpb1231000]

DEI in action!

[@NPCHSN]

DEI’s finest.

[@jahshjahsh2002]

Aphrikan aksent? We need more uplift to only one special group, us, please more support and help yall. Others don't matter, one may think, but this is not the case. The case is that we is just the best and the most deservant of love and care.

[@danielacinderella9501]

😂😂😂

[@damikey85]

I don’t think the person mispronounced on purpose, however yall got some one of a nationality that has somewhat good English pronounce these names. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Semper_Iratus]

It happens, be gracious. 😊

[@ruthsaunders9507]

Na. She made her point and it wasn't kind.

[@servenet299]

Exactly. I've seen grad ceremonies that went like this a number of times. What's all the fuss for?