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Is Maier really that hard to pronounce?

"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 reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS

Sarcasmâ„¢. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Language lessons?

DP: (Aviles-Callaspo-Butler), (Teahen-Gordon), (Guillen-Buck)

by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Aug 6, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just call him

Mitch the Magnificent

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Aug 6, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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