Vanessa Ruiz, who told viewers she was raised in a household where both languages were spoken and has lived in different U.S. states as well as Europe and Latin America, found herself on the defensive for proper pronunciation
“I’m not impressed with you. I hear the ‘certain way’ of speech when I’m out and about, wondering sometimes if I was transported to Meh he co,” Bob Jorgensen responded on herFacebook post. “Please speak with out your accent! I hope I didn’t offend, but I love the first amendment without second hand accent.”
According to AZCentral, someone tweeted at her, “You are a news person. Not a mariachi. Speak english.”
One man simply wrote, “Go back to Mexico.” According to Ruiz’ 12News bio, she was born in Miami and spent her childhood in Colombia.
This week, Ruiz said on her Facebook page she is surprised by the firestorm her pronunciation has generated.