How to pronounce Pete Buttigieg

But while Buttigieg will struggle with building national name recognition, voters will likely struggle with pronouncing his name.

Last year, his husband, Chasten, tweeted a list of possible pronunciations: "boot-edge-edge," "buddha-judge," "boot-a-judge" and "boo-tuh-judge."

In a Medium post from 2016, Buttigieg went with "boot-edge-edge."

Buttigieg's name is Maltese and roughly translates to "lord of the poultry."

But if Buttigieg is too tricky to pronounce, he has an easy work-around.

"Around South Bend, they just call me 'Mayor Pete,' and that's fine with me," he told reporters Wednesday.

CNN's Dan Merica contributed to this report.

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