# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/8008 "2020-12-24T19:18:00Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> The name that kicked off that thread was, obviously,

Here’s the original thread from Sept 2012. It went to 110 posts.

> [@The best name ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-name-ever/635171):
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> NPR correspondent, [Ofeibea Quist-Arcton](http://www.npr.org/people/4513318/ofeibea-quist-arcton), has THE best name ever. And possibly the best voice, too. When she signs off, the way she says her name and her city, Dakar, is heavenly You can hear her [here](http://www.npr.org/2012/09/10/160864049/for-many-s-africans-strikes-recall-apartheid-era). That is all.

In Oct 2012, this came up:

> [@The best name ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-name-ever/635171/99):
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> [In \*The Atlantic \*online: “Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?”](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/why-do-npr-reporters-have-such-great-names/275493/) Do you suppose they got the idea from us? (I think there was another SDMB thread on NPR names, but I didn’t search for it.)
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> ETA. They DID get the idea from here. The article links to this thread. Cool.

From the Atlantic article:

> Others just like that cozy round way she pronounces her name. “I whisper it along with her when I am in the car—Sil-vyah Poh-zjoly, Rome,” a commentator wrote on a “[Best Name Ever](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-665984.html)” thread.

Okay, I’ve consulted the vet, and this horse is dead.

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