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Song Parodies -> "Pock-ee-stahn"
Original Song Title:
"Hindustan"
Original Performer:
Campbell and Burr (1918)
Parody Song Title:
"Pock-ee-stahn"
Parody Written by:
Old Man Ribber
The Lyrics
Trust me on this from personal experience! Overly affected pronunciaton for effect is a perfect way to irritate your classmates, colleagues, and associates. If it's a normal part of your speech or accent, that's ok. If it is not, it shows superiority, supercilliousness, and arrogance. So why does President Obama always say "Pock-ee-stahn" rather than Pakistan? This is not a Chicago or Hawaiian (no birther am I!) accent. It's certainly not John McCain's "Worshington" (I say it that way) or Kennedy's charming speech (Cuber, Mr. Speakah!). We always say in Kentucky that the difference between a "vase" and a "vahse" is about fifty dollars! ;D
When the Prez is talking
Something has me balking.
I detect a squawking
Everytime he's heard.
While he is announcing
And his foes denouncing,
He's over-pronouncing
Just one single word!
Pock-ee-stahn! When he says this, is he meaning Pakistan?
Pock-ee-stahn! Is this the real accent of a Harvard man?
Pock-ee-stahn! Does he say this to woo some Near Eastern fan?
Pock-ee-stahn! Is this all his "Charm The Mullahs" plan?
(Instrumental Chorus)
J.F.K. said "Chiner"
But the twist was minor.
Nothing sounded finer.
It was how he spoke.
Bush's speech was vexin'
'Cause he was a Texan.
But O.'s verbal flexin'
Borders on a joke
Pock-ee-stahn! Oh why does he say it this way? I don't know!
Pock-ee-stahn! Do they speak like this back home in Chi-ca-go?
Pock-ee-stahn! Is this over-elocution just for show?
Pock-ee-stahn! When he's finished, is this where he'll go?
The song Hindustan (circa 1918) is an instrumental mainstay for jazz musicians. The version I used is on Youtube, but I strongly recommend the Dixieland band recordings unless you are into curious antiquities. Hindustan also inspired George Gershwin and his then-lyricist Irving Caesar to write a two-step about a purely American location...Swanee! BTW, why stop with Pock-ee-stahn? Why not pronounce Paris "Paree", Vienna "Wein", Munich "Munchen", and Fort Thomas Kentucky "The Hell Hole Of The Universe"? ;D
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Error in the intro - "pronunciation". More to follow...lol. ;D
It seems that Senator McCain, from Arizona, in talking about "Worshington", might have picked up a bit of the Merlin dialect. If you're unfamiliar with that, let me explain that Merlin is the state north and east of Worshington, across the Potomac River from Vuhginyuh.
The correct pronunciation is "Pox-istan."
I think the worst was President GWB's pronunciation of the word nuclear- nuklar or nucular. Gotta love Texans!
Very funny take and lines in this...maybe the Prez's diction is a combo of ebonics and euphonics...ebphonics
You must remember that much of O's early schooling was in Indonesia, where Muslims say Istanbul for Constantinople and Palestine for Israel. Conversely, native Virginians pronounce Staunton as Stanton. ;^) 5s
I love all song parod.ies. That is how I found this great pok I Stan song. I was hunting the lyrics to Hindustan 1918. Excellent! YES he does love that old roommate
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