Unfiltered Story #294098

My Spanish teacher is reading a novel aloud to the class. Some of the scenes in the book take place in a classroom, so once in a while an academic topic will be mentioned in passing, like a commonly studied person or a historical event.

Teacher: “Amur—I don’t know how to pronounce this—Amurgo Vespi?”

Me and guy next to me: “Amerigo Vespucci?”

Teacher: “Yes, that!”

This isn’t the first time she’s struggled to pronounce an unusual name, but it is the first time she’s struggled to pronounce one that is distinctly from a Romantic language.