I had been wondering why President Obama leaves the “y” off of words and substitutes a short “i” (he says “ih” instead of “ee”, as in “property”–which he pronounces as “propertih”). That’s very weird for someone who grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. I was also puzzled by his hissing “esses” at the ends of [...]

I had been wondering why President Obama leaves the “y” off of words and substitutes a short “i” (he says “ih” instead of “ee”, as in “property”–which he pronounces as “propertih”). That’s very weird for someone who grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. I was also puzzled by his hissing “esses” at the ends of [...]