Is Maier really that hard to pronounce?
by JobDDT
on Aug 6, 2008 2:00 AM EDT
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"Mitch May-er"... I think I've heard that 12 times in the last two weeks. FSN, ESPN, MLB.com; all guilty of screwing up Mitch's name.
"Joe-Kim" Soria is another common one. How many games below/above .500 do we need to be before people start pronouncing our player's names correctly?
God help us if Kila Kaaihue is ever called up to the big leagues.
I guess Jason Smith has nothing to worry about, though.
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The weird thing about Kila
I’m pretty sure that the traditional Hawaiian pronunciation of his name is:
Kah-ah-ee-oo-ay
...because they pronounce each of those vowels separately. But in the youtube clips I’ve seen, I’ve heard the NWA and Omaha announcers both pronounce it:
Ky-uh-hoo-ee
That has to be an Americanized version of the original Hawaiian name.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by NYRoyal on
Aug 6, 2008 2:59 AM EDT
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I'm just gonna call him "Punch"
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by NYRoyal on
Aug 6, 2008 3:27 AM EDT
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I'm just gonna call him a beast
To fall is not failure, failure is refusing to get up
by ksuroyals on
Aug 6, 2008 4:34 AM EDT
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Big Kahuna!
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on
Aug 6, 2008 4:04 PM EDT
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poo-poo-platter!
Let's Go Blues!
by powderbluesfor08 on
Aug 6, 2008 6:10 PM EDT
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Oscar Maier, Is that your main "wiener" man.
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on
Aug 6, 2008 10:09 AM EDT
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I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
by jonfmorse on
Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM EDT
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Language lessons?
DP: (Aviles-Callaspo-Butler), (Teahen-Gordon), (Guillen-Buck)
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on
Aug 6, 2008 3:58 PM EDT
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I just call him
Mitch the Magnificent
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by RoyalsRetro on
Aug 6, 2008 11:03 AM EDT
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whats the correct pronunciation on Mitch?
by royalsreview on
Aug 6, 2008 12:43 PM EDT
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Oss-car
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on
Aug 6, 2008 4:05 PM EDT
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