# NPR listeners, anyone else love how Ofeibea Quist-Arcton says Dakar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033 "2010-10-22T18:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/1 "2010-10-22T18:03:46Z")
Any NPR listeners out there notice this: when NPR correspondent [Ofeibea Quist-Arcton](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4513318)is reporting from Dakar, she doesn’t just end her piece with - “Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, reporting from Dakar.” No it’s, "Ofeibea Quist-Arcton _DakAAAAAAAAr_! " Is it just me? I love how she says it. 🙂 I know it’s her Ghana roots coming out in her accent, but it usually comes out loud and in force, sometimes her endings are more powerful than her story’s - but I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/2 "2010-10-22T19:00:09Z")
I usually say it along with her: _DakAAAAAAAAr_! ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/3 "2010-10-22T19:06:17Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > I usually say it along with her: _DakAAAAAAAAr_! Oh yeah, when my wife and I are listening in the car we chime in in unison. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/4 "2010-10-22T19:08:29Z")
Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/5 "2010-10-22T19:32:12Z")
It’s kinda disappointing when she reports from another African city. I miss her usual sign off. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/6 "2010-10-22T23:23:42Z")
Great journalist, wonderful voice, lovely name, and Dakaaaaaaaaar. One of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/7 "2010-10-23T00:15:28Z")
I think I heard her this morning. DaKAAAAAAAR! ETA: Holy mackerel, that was Tuesday. Time flies. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/8 "2010-10-23T02:52:01Z")
It bugs me the way she says it, for some reason. I wonder if it’s a dialectical thing, like the way some Spanish-speakers draw out the end of sentences, or like ‘Valley girls’ turn every sentence into a question; or if ‘Dakar’ is supposed to be drawn out like that. Speaking of NPR, what’s Cloudy O’Sanchez up to nowadays? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/9 "2010-10-23T05:04:06Z")
Yes! something wonderfully throaty and emphatic about it. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/10 "2010-10-24T02:41:33Z")
I wait for it EVERY time! ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/11 "2010-10-24T07:21:23Z")
Egad! there’s a face made for radio. Also, I’ve never seen her name in print before. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/12 "2010-10-24T16:43:40Z")
We have some good ones from correspondents who show up on CBC News: (impressively clenched British accent) “For CBC News, this is Sabina Castelfranco in Reuhm.” (extremely staccato busy-reporter cadence) “Foahr CBC News, this is Steve Futterman in Loahs Anjeliss.” ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/13 "2010-10-24T20:35:52Z")
I listened to a clip on [NPR.org](http://NPR.org) because i don’t recall ever having heard her before. She says it just a bit differently in the body of the story than in the sign-off. But it is still distinct. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/14 "2010-10-25T02:51:51Z")
Wonder how she’d sound reporting on the last words of Joseph of Aramethia. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/15 "2010-10-25T02:53:36Z")
I was reading a book earlier today that mention Drakkar Noir. I heard it in a different voice than usual. DraKKAAAAAAAR! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/16 "2010-10-25T11:24:47Z")
I’m so glad you posted her names. Because for the life of me, I couldn’t even begin to conjure up a spelling for any of them. And put me down as another who loves how she says “Dakaaar!” My mind will often pick up random words and phrases and repeat them a bazillion times in my head, and that one has gotten thrown in the wash a couple of times. I know it should be annoying, but it isn’t. I think the correspondants should all have little voice trademarks like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/17 "2010-10-25T13:16:54Z")
Holistically I can read it, but each letter looks so wrong. but yeah — DAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR. Maybe she should be the honorary president of TLAPD. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/18 "2010-10-25T13:45:14Z")
Oh yeah, count me as a DakAAAAR nut. 😉 And I love hearing her pronounce her name as much as I enjoying hearing \*\*\*Sylvia Poggioli \*\*\*pronounce hers…is it “Sil-vya PO-ZHO-li”? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/19 "2010-10-25T14:36:16Z")
It’s very cool. > [@WordMan](#): > > as much as I enjoying hearing \*\*\*Sylvia Poggioli \*\*\*pronounce hers…is it “Sil-vya PO-ZHO-li”? I think she pronounces it closer to standard pronunciation with a geminated “j” /dʒ/ – /podʒ: o:li/ (po-jjo-lee) ---
**Author:** ![not21anymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@not21anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not21anymore)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033/20 "2013-12-15T04:57:40Z")
Damien Grammaticus! Who calls their baby boy Damien Grammaticus?! - but it’s a great sounding name I think… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-listeners-anyone-else-love-how-ofeibea-quist-arcton-says-dakar/558033.md?page=2)