Originally Posted by
cb1111
I believe the concept is that Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi may not know how to pronounce the name without hesitation of the passenger whose boarding pass he stole. Accordingly, If the boarding pass says Joe Schmidlapp and he says Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi then the TDC should determine that it doesn't sound like Joe Schmidlapp.
Originally Posted by
themicah
I assume you're being facetious, but just in case... TSA asking people to pronounce their names has nothing to do with whether they pronounce it correctly or not. They're looking to see if you hesitate or stumble in pronouncing it, or perhaps give the wrong name altogether.
There is a person with the last name of Nguyen, who immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam.
There are two legitimate pronunciations of that name. One of them is "Win."
I am sure the TSA agent at SOW has a thorough understanding of transitioning a Vietnamese surname from that language to U.S. English and why Nguyen sounds like "Win."
