Motown icon Smokey Robinson is going viral for a pretty hilarious mispronunciation.
“The 80-year-old singer recently recorded a nice Chanukah message for a woman who used to live on his street in Detroit,” CBS News reports. “But he botched one of his lines, and the flub has taken Twitter by storm.”
The comical saga reportedly began when Jeff Jacobson and his brother decided to get a video greeting from Robinson as a gift for their mom. “The brothers used the Cameo app, which allows people to purchase short, personalized video shout-outs from celebrities,” CBS News reporter Caitlin O’Kane writes.
“Hey Margo, how you doing? Surprise, surprise,” Robinson says in the video for Jacobson’s mom. “They told me you used to live in Detroit across the street from me, and gosh, that’s beautiful,” he adds.
Robinson then laughs and says, “Nice talking to you again, I guess. But anyway, you’re living in Vancouver now, and they wanted me to wish you happy Cha-noo-ka.”
The music legend adds, “I have no idea what Cha-noo-ka is, but happy Cha-noo-ka, because they said so,” Robinson says cheerfully. “Anyway, God bless you, babe, and enjoy Cha-noo-ka!”
>>Read more here about how Robinson eventually corrected his comical mispronunciation.