Video : Pete Buttigieg, soaring in popularity, but… how to pronounce his Maltese origin surname …

Maltese-American presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg is stealing US airwaves with his bid for the Democratic nomination for president.

Buttigieg, 37, is the son of the late Prof. Joseph A. Buttigieg, a Maltese lecturer at the University of Notre Dame.

Buttigieg, a Navy veteran and Rhodes scholar, is considered to the dark horse of the Democratic race, but voters’ struggle with pronouncing his name is also propelling him to greater attention.

 

 

Via MaltaToday / The Daily Show 

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