Do you know the correct pronunciation of "corpsman"?

Yes I do, and Obama has insulted every Marine and Sailor who ever served by his lack of knowledge of those he commands

English Teacher, I am surprised at you. I did exactly as you said others did not: checked the dictionary. You gave an alternate pronunciation for Corpsman that is acceptable, but it is not the pronunciation that Obama used, so your point is irrelevant. If the phonetic alternative included the hard "p" sound, it would have been the way Obama used it. What you pointed out is that it is acceptable to put an "s" sound in there. Obama put a "p" where it doesn't belong. I, however, am not of the mind to chastise him. It's a common mistake and one I am almost sure he won't make again.

I wish I had heard it! I made the same mistake a few weeks ago. There are at least two ways to mispronounce the accepted pronunciation of the word corpsman And, Marine Corps

Kor man is the accepted version.

I didn't hear President Obama pronounce the word.

The questioner was nine when he realized the accepted version of pronunciation. I find that remarkable.

I've heard Marine Core

Marine Cores

coreman, corpseman

I think the correct pronunciation is core'man

thanks

Perhaps some of your language geniuses should have checked the dictionary first. According to Merriam-Webster, "korez-mun" (spelled phonetically to help you out) is an accepted pronunciation of the word.

Main Entry: corps·man

Pronunciation: \ˈkȯr(z)-mən\

Function: noun

Date: 1901

1 : an enlisted man trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment

2 : a member of a government-sponsored service corps

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Do you know the correct pronunciation of "corpsman"?

I was about 9 years old (54 years ago) when I learned that "corps" is pronounced "core" as in Army Corps of Engineers, Marine Corps, etc. I was dumbfounded at hearing our "Dear Leader", with his Harvard education, pronounce it as "corpseman" at least three...

Asia like the country

Consider the source~ Obama is in reality a enigma

Pronunciation: \i-ˈ***-mə, e-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigmat-, ainigma, from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable

Date: 1539

1 : an obscure speech or writing

2 : something hard to understand or explain

3 : an inscrutable or mysterious person

synonyms see mystery

He may have drifted away in Obamaland for a second and came back speaking that African dialect Reid was talking about.

Mr Obama was never in the military The thing that got to me if Mr Bush had done it they would be all over him for it

Lol, yes,it was very amusing to hear it. If it had been Bush,the media would have ran a 2 hour special on it.

You can't blame Obama because the poor guy is used to speaking in Ebonics.