Catchy song will teach you how to pronounce Pete Buttigieg

'A song to help you stop saying it wrong.'
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Catchy song will teach you how to pronounce Pete Buttigieg
Mayor Pete Buttgieg Credit: Getty Images

With the 2020 presidential race already heating up for Democrats, one of the most perplexing questions has been how to pronounce the name of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Butt-i-gig? Beyoo-tee-geeg? It's a tricky one but thankfully there's now a helpful guide to getting it right and it's in song form.

The ditty is courtesy of Aaron Nemo, a writer at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where Buttigieg has actually already made an appearance. It's nice to see things come full circle.

A longshot when he entered the race, Buttigieg has since generated a lot of buzz with profiles from the Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and plenty of other places. Not that an early buzz is an indication of a future nomination; just ask Ben Carson.

But it's hard to deny the fascination around the young mayor with a funny name and a Twitter celeb husband, especially in such a crowded field of Democratic heavyweights.

So watch the video on repeat to learn how to pronounce Buttigieg because the first debates are just a few months away.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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