You’re thinking of the *triple salchow *in figure skating. But I can see why you are.
I lived in New York State like twenty years ago and every Tuesday night, they had various women reading the winning numbers aloud. One of those women was Yolanda Vega, and she had a really great way of saying her own name. I remember one radio station even had a contest to see if any of the listeners could duplicate her delivery. (I did a Google search and found this New York Daily News article on her.)
Yep. I listened to her for the first time last week when she did a report on African miners. I re-listened three times simply because of her voice and accent.
I doubt we were at the same party, but we’ve done the same.
I whisper it along with her when I am in the car - Sil-vyah Poh-zjoly, Rome.
I always liked Boutros Boutros Ghali, especially if you pronounce Ghali like you’re Gomer Pyle.
Me too, especially since she pronounces it like Dub-leena. Dub-leena Shock-ra-bordy, I always find myself whispering on the subway, listening to the podcast.
And I always try to anticipate how hard and long Ofeibia Quist-Arcton is going to hit the second syllable of Dakar and say it along with her. “Dakarrrrrr!”
What’s wrong with us? 
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I always liked Boutros Boutros Ghali, especially if you pronounce Ghali like you’re Gomer Pyle.
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That’s how I pronounce it in my head, too.
Terri Gross’s name is fairly pedestrian, but she sure knows how to say FRRRRRRRRRResh Air!
stateside, Nancy Ann Cianci is definitely a contender.
Well, from now on I will.
Way back in the day, I used to tune in to Air America’s “Morning Sedition” purely to listen to Sue Ellicott.
Hinojosa still has a program on NPR called, I think, Latino USA, and I agree that when she speaks Spanish it’s like liquid gold.
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There’s a woman who reports from Asia whose name I enjoy - Doualy Xaykaothao, pronounced dwa lee sy ky tao.
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I believe she pronounces it dwa-ha-lee sai-kow-tow, where the “ha” in the first name is barely breathed. I’ve never looked it up so I didn’t know how it was spelled, but all three syllables in the last name are given the same emphasis when she says it.
Roddy
I was distracted and lost my edit window but, keeping with the OP, I was quite fond of the flow of “Ellicott” as well as her voice.
She always sounds to me as if she has to catch herself to keep from saying “Roma”. As for her wonderful name, well, that sounds like something foodies brag about eating on a trip to Italy: “Oh, Jim and I found this little trattoria off the Via Rospigoli that made the best Sylvia Poggioli! It’s so much better with fresh basil and buffolata mozzarella, you know…”
I was surprised the first time I saw Don Gonyea’s name in print. NPR names being what they are, I was sure it had some exotic spelling, like “Ghoenjeah”, with an umlaut or two. Just like I’m certain that the big bosses at NPR are putting the screws to the host of All Things Considered, to get him to spell his name “Hrothbeart Tsei-Ghall”.
Ethnic Chinese who matriculated in my alma mater:
Edgar Allan Pe
Johnathan Livingston Sy
Christian Dee-Ong
Washington Dy-Sy
Chica Go
Earvin “Magic” Tiongson
Zdeno Chara.
I also could listen to Sylvia Poggioli say her name on infinite loop. I don’t even need to hear her speak Italian; just her name will do.
Damn you! Now I’m going to hear “psoriasis” every time.
Wolf Blitzer.