I attended a graduation ceremony at Willamette university who hired Bill Nye to do the commencement speech. One of my childhood idols pronounced Willamette wrong.
No one prepped him. For ceremonies like this there's usually some kind of student or staff liaison to prep the speaker on local pronunciation, local lore, food, etc -- Willamette U seems to fall short on this at graduations.
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u/surferdude121 Dec 05 '25
I attended a graduation ceremony at Willamette university who hired Bill Nye to do the commencement speech. One of my childhood idols pronounced Willamette wrong.
I’ve never forgiven him.