What started as a inside joke between Christiane Amanpour and Australian war corespondent Michael Ware (i.e. purposefully rendering "Afghanistan" as "Offgonnistonn" whenever on camera) is now in danger of changing the international pronunciation and official spelling of the war-torn country. The two journalists claim they were just trying to trick Wolf Blitzer into following suit, but they seriously underestimated the gravitas of their own accents and the desire of the Afghani people to re-brand their country.
