How to pronounce the Secretary General’s name

(via : New York magazine)

So all those “mooning” jokes at the UN finally reached the ears of the secretary general ?

Note:

Briefly, I worked as an auditor for a UN project. While auditing Value Added Tax redemptions (the UN is tax exempt because its a well-heeled humanitarian organization). I discovered they were filing VAT claims for individual purchases (5 reams of paper, a computer mouse, 50 rolls of toilet paper and so on). For most of these items, the cost of processing the VAT was higher than the VAT itself.  I was subsequently relieved of duty for suspected insanity. (Though at at point I was merely acting like a true vulgarian)

2 Responses to “How to pronounce the Secretary General’s name”


  1. 1 31337 May 2, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    oh look! its the moon!

  2. 2 Wicked Whispers May 3, 2008 at 1:17 am

    I don’t see what’s funny. This simply arises from a misunderstanding of how Korean people name themselves.. Surname-First-Middle name, which is unlike western style First-middle-surname.


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