OK, this is completely juvenile, but admit it — when you saw the
photo of the news anchor with the amazing name being shared all over
social media this week, you laughed, right? A little? Cannot help.
It’s one of those inside-jokey, if-you-know-you-know kind of things.
But if you do know, Hanna Battah is pretty much the best name you’ve
heard in a long time.
It might be even better than Sterling Silva, Pua Ting, Marlon Blando
and all those other classic Hawaii names. Hanna Battah brings out that
puerile fourth-grade glee, the kind that makes you snort-laugh in church
or get in trouble with your brothers in the back seat of the car while
Dad is driving. “The lady’s name is Hanna Battah. Heh heh heh. You think
it’s a joke but it’s snot.”
Hanna Battah is a reporter and anchor at KBAK-TV in Bakersfield,
Calif. She’s a recent University of Missouri School of Journalism grad
who moved to California in November. She brought her awesome name with
her.
To make it even better, she pronounces her last name “bah-TAH” so it
sounds all fancy. Pardon me, Hanna BatTAH, would you have any Grey
Poupon? Heh heh heh.
Apparently, she was not aware of the funny punny sound of her name
until this week, when things got downright viral in Hawaii. Somebody
screenshotted her image from the nightly newscast, her fabulous name
displayed across the bottom, and sent it out on social media. The image
was shared and shared, got thousands of “likes” and brought out every
nose, mucus and picking joke known to man.
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