# For Christ's Sake: It's Spelled BARACK. BARACK, with a C! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122 "2009-01-13T18:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/1 "2009-01-13T18:32:33Z")
How many times now have I seen it on the SDMB spelled “Barak”? I know people make typos, but it’s a repeated error, made by a lot of people. It’s now in a damn thread title. The guy is going to be the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES in seven days. His name has been in the paper, on the internet, on news tickers every hour, multiple times an hour, for over a year. It’s not even that hard to spell; six letters, nothing unusual-looking to an English-speaking person. For fuck’s sake. How hard is it to spell “Barack”? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/2 "2009-01-13T18:34:25Z")
Excellent post, **RikJay**. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/3 "2009-01-13T18:35:34Z")
Fuck yous! I’ll spell is Timmy Obama if I want to! Okay, no, really. It does get annoying after a while. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/4 "2009-01-13T18:36:48Z")
Obama is so far above average he doesn’t even have a “C” _in his name_! How awesome is that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/5 "2009-01-13T18:38:25Z")
But the “C” is silent! Why can’t I just spell it how it sounds?! Buhrok. Now that’s more like it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/6 "2009-01-13T18:39:19Z")
> [@Trocisp](#): > > Fuck yous! > > I’ll spell is Timmy Obama if I want to! is = it? How does one misspell “it”? ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/7 "2009-01-13T18:42:45Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > is = it? How does one misspell “it”? Really, _that’s_ the part of that statement you’re choosing to single out? :smack: I think I was going to go with “I spells it” or something along those lines, but… fast fingers and what not. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/8 "2009-01-13T18:52:56Z")
Yeah, I can get behind that. In a perfect world, we should know how to spell the name of any of our presidents…at least the misspelling of “Barak” is a lot closer to being right than “Shrub” for Bush. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/9 "2009-01-13T19:05:07Z")
But… But… once he makes the national language Arabic, will it make a difference? At this point I would like to thank the next President for my four day weekend upcoming. I’d also like to give a hearty “screw you” to opposing counsel for removing my four day weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/10 "2009-01-13T19:06:29Z")
That’s better than how this conservative moron on my Myspace friends list was spelling his name in her bulletins and blog entries all year: O’Bama. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/11 "2009-01-13T19:10:39Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > For fuck’s sake. How hard is it to spell “Barack”? Considering how many people still don’t know how to spell Hitler’s first name, I’m not surprised. It’s taking longer than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![placebo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@placebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/placebo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/12 "2009-01-13T19:15:13Z")
_dons tinfoil hat_ It’s actually a Jewish conspiracy fomented by Ehud Barak. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/13 "2009-01-13T19:22:40Z")
Who’s Barack Obama? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/14 "2009-01-13T19:24:40Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Who’s Barack Obama? The former junior senator from Illinois. Don’t you watch the news? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/15 "2009-01-13T19:25:20Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > That’s better than how this conservative moron on my Myspace friends list was spelling his name in her bulletins and blog entries all year: O’Bama. See? He’s not a Muslim terrorist- he’s _Irish_! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/16 "2009-01-13T19:29:27Z")
You’d think people would be satisfied just by misspelling Blagojevich. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/17 "2009-01-13T19:31:01Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The former junior senator from Illinois. Don’t you watch the news? Yes, but I know someone who didn’t vote for him because he “didn’t really know who he was” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/18 "2009-01-13T19:32:22Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > See? He’s not a Muslim terrorist- he’s _Irish_! [There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkw8ip43Vk) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/19 "2009-01-13T19:36:06Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The former junior senator from Illinois. Don’t you watch the news? **Former** Junior Senator? What a loser. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122/20 "2009-01-13T19:49:22Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Who’s Barack Obama? Barack _Fucking_ Obama, that’s who. (possibly obscure cheesy guitar reference. Move along, nothing to notice.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-its-spelled-barack-barack-with-a-c/481122.md?page=2)