Is Maier really that hard to pronounce?
by JobDDT on Aug 6, 2008 2:00 AM EDT
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Print"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.
I'm just gonna call him "Punch"
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Aug 6, 2008 3:27 AM EDT up reply actions
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
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
Language lessons?
DP: (Aviles-Callaspo-Butler), (Teahen-Gordon), (Guillen-Buck)
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Aug 6, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
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
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