Commentators pronunciation of names

[g-thing]

Hopefully I'm not repeating something that has previoulsy been discussed but I'd just like to say it irks me when commentators don't even take the time to learn how to pronounce players' names correctly.

My chief gripe concerns Ricky Petterd. Although I don't know whether I am actually correct but I would have thought his surname is pronounced as "Petted" - the second syllable containing a shwa (indeterminate vowel sound). Gerard Whatley yells out "Pet - ard" and puts huge emaphasis on the "ard" part. Does anyone know how Ricky actually says his name?

Danny Frawley calls Shannon Byrnes "Byrne" most of the time.

And is Bruce McAveny correct when he calls Daniel G from Bulldogs - "Gee - arn - sirra - coo - sa"? They used to say "Gee - an - sirra - cuza".

 

[TorresIsGod]

Glen Jakovich assures everyone it is Chris Marsten. Despite there not being an 'r' in his surname.

 

[Power King]

Mon-tag-na instead of Mon-tan-ya is terrible

 

[Power King]

Glen Jakovich assures everyone it is Chris Marsten. Despite there not being an 'r' in his surname.

This is why the english language is a terrible one, and everyone that has studied another language would agree.

Absolutely ZERO consistency between pronunciation of syllables.

How would you pronounce Masken?

Masten could go either way... pronounce the 'a' as in 'apple', or pronounce the 'a' as in 'mask'

and then some people in this country have the nerve to have a go at people trying to learn english, when it is completely inferior in this regard

 

[goyoucatters]

Mon-tag-na instead of Mon-tan-ya is terrible

Pretty sure when Joey was on the Footy Show recently, he said Mon-tag-na is the 'correct' pronunciation.

My pet hate is the clown who calls Darren Milburn, 'Milbourn' (or 'Milborn', I guess).

Wonder if the players care as much as we do - Joey seemed to indicate he couldn't care less..

 

[cammo78]

Pretty sure when Joey was on the Footy Show recently, he said Mon-tag-na is the 'correct' pronunciation.

My pet hate is the clown who calls Darren Milburn, 'Milbourn' (or 'Milborn', I guess).

Wonder if the players care as much as we do - Joey seemed to indicate he couldn't care less..

other way around...he said his grandparents pronounce it "mon-tan-ya"...but he would prefer "mon-tag-na" or really didn't care either way, as long as they were saying his name...

 

[THRILLHO]

Getting Glen Jakovich to correctly pronounce his own name is quite an accomplishment in itself, so give him a bit of leeway with Masten, okay?

 

[IDIG]

Not sure what is right but the way they pronounce Broughton. I would've thought it was pronounced Browten not Brorten.

 

[goyoucatters]

other way around...he said his grandparents pronounce it "mon-tan-ya"...but he would prefer "mon-tag-na" or really didn't care either way, as long as they were saying his name...

Thanks for the clarification - you nailed what I couldn't quite remember...

 

[amos]

Stewy Jew, grrr that irritates me. Actually, I've found quite a lot of people struggle to push 'D' then 'long u' sound out in Australia.

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[Haydos]

Glen Jakovich assures everyone it is Chris Marsten. Despite there not being an 'r' in his surname.

Thats is how it's pronounced.

 

[Mancey]

Glen Jakovich assures everyone it is Chris Marsten. Despite there not being an 'r' in his surname.

There's no R in "Master" either, and how do you pronounce that?

Think you'll find jako is right on this one

 

[Hot Spenny]

I still don't know who Ryan Hargraves is.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Thats is how it's pronounced.

So it's Maa-Sten as opposed to Mast-En or Mas-Ten

 

[amos]

Masten is like 'fasten your seatbelt'. Any other way would be North American accented.

 

[The_Eagles]

it's Masten as in fast (worsfold pronounced it this way, and so did Chris's dad once), but (one of) his nicknames is Masto as in mass

 

[TorresIsGod]

Thats is how it's pronounced.

That may be so, I was just pointing it out.

 

[Papa G]

Used to hate when commetators pronounced Josh Francou's name the same way the would for Alex Markou, with an ew instead of an O.

 

[Koutafidamedis]

Not sure what is right but the way they pronounce Broughton. I would've thought it was pronounced Browten not Brorten.

A mate of mine was actually pronouncing his name "Bruffton".

 

[quirky]

The two that have annoyed me the most in the last week

Bruce instead of Houlihan saying "Hoolahan" like Who la han

and Brian Taylor calling Nick Suban "Shuban"

 

[Spluff]

I swear to god they say Bojcinski instead of Wojcinski.

 

[goyoucatters]

The other killer is Russell "Robinson".

Is he related to the kid at the Blues?

Don't know who Russell Robinson is, but there's a moderately successful player at the Dees by the name of R. 'Ro-bert-son' who I've seen out there on more than a few occasions...

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Some people still call Roo Ree-wolt.

And is Geary pronounced how it looks, or something like Gerry? Sounds like Gehrig...Got them mixed up shitloads when listening to the radio lol.

 

[goyoucatters]

A mate of mine was actually pronouncing his name "Bruffton".

That's gold!

 

[Crumpler83]

Jakovich has a tendency to pronounce Kyle Reimers' name like "Carl Ree-mus"....gives me the shits.