{"id":18235,"date":"2019-03-25T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T23:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=18235"},"modified":"2019-09-30T16:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:16:34","slug":"how-to-pronounce-and-not-pronounce-tre-maison-dasan","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-and-not-pronounce-tre-maison-dasan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce (and Not Pronounce) &#8220;Tre Maison Dasan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the three &#8220;stars&#8221; of the documentary\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/tre-maison-dasan\/\">Tre Maison Dasan<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Maison is a funny, charming, hyper-articulate 11-year-old whose Autism Spectrum Disorder presents itself through his ever-active mind and deep love for those around him. He also very much wants you to know how to properly pronounce his name and the names of his fellow stars in the title of Denali Tiller&#8217;s film. Thanks to Denali and her team for this funny, informative video that we think should become its own web series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Despite how it may look, \u201cTre Maison Dasan\u201d is not French! Maison is here to break down the pronunciation. Tune in April 1 to see these three boys on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PBS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PBS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDEPENDENTLENS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDEPENDENTLENS<\/a> at 10\/9c. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TreMaisonDasan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TreMaisonDasan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalVisitingDays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalVisitingDays<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hN7mYjODsk\">pic.twitter.com\/hN7mYjODsk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tre Maison Dasan Film (@TreMaisonDasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreMaisonDasan\/status\/1108503811197415427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the three &#8220;stars&#8221; of the documentary\u00a0Tre Maison Dasan,\u00a0Maison is a funny, charming, hyper-articulate 11-year-old whose Autism Spectrum Disorder presents itself through his ever-active mind and deep love for those around him. 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