Ed. here. I don't know who's responsible for the spelling of the one-quarter Black candidate's new nickname (explained here), but I'm guessing he/she/it/xe's a product of American education, where phonics is no longer used to help people spell.
Our style guide here at WWW has been amended to show that Ms Harris's nickname should be spelled "Hock Ptui". That's closer to the actual sound...
And while we're at it... "'Heels-up' Harris" is no longer acceptable. The more accurate appellation would be "'Knees-down' Harris".
Yeah, I know. Name-calling is kind of juvenile. But Walt isn't the one calling President Trump "the Orange Man" or Senator Vance "weird".
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