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[Al DeFlorio]

Well, I suppose if former Pats QB Mike Taliaferro could pronounce his name "Tolliver," most anything goes.

[Greg Berge]

My favorite is "Rich Meager" pronounced "Ma-HAR."

Of course, "Tony Hrkac" pronounced" "HER-cus" isn't bad, either.

[crodger1]

LeNeveu -- he may be from Canada, but BC is pretty far from Quebec (or other French speaking parts of Canada like that little town up in the Cape Breton Highlands -- Cheticamp, was it?).  Sure looks like it should be pronounced French-like, though.

[Ben Doyle 03]

I have to say I've been with your pronunciation since the get-go (Leh-ne-VIEW ). . .but if that doesn't catch on we could always just go with Lenny! Worked for Unddy. . .;-)

[gwm3]

While we're at it, what's with pronouncing the K in Knoepfli?  I don't remember anyone ever saying Kyle K-Nopp.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Personal preferance??? Now that we're on to Knoepfli. . .we should nickname him "Special K." I mean it makes sense, most people don't know if you are supposed to pronounce the K or not. Hence the nickname "Special K.":-D

[DeltaOne81]

Wow, I leave this thread alone for not even one day and it changed into a talk on nicknames... very impressive swing :-) , not that I mind, and I'm particularly honored by the post from "Mr. Radio Guy" himself. If Underhill or LeNeveu (see, got it now :-P ) were to post, I think I could consider my life complete (j/k).

Speaking of odd pronounciations, I'm always be partial to the 'Frenchy' names, such as Roy or Parent (can't even begin to phoenetically spell them - Wah, Paraaaw?). True, it's just their language, but there's gotta be something a little odd about ignoring the given sounds of the letters in the last half of any word, IMHO.

[Al DeFlorio]

Rick and brother Terry(?) Meagher.  (Maybe that's how you get the "Har.")

[Greg Berge]

> Meagher

OK, their 'h' makes it a little less silly.

[RichS]

Actually, it's Rick...either he or his brother Terry spent some time at Clarkson coaching with Cap Raeder I think...but I can't recall which "Ma-HAR" it was.

[Rico]

It's K-nop-fe-li! Like Monopoly!

So.. what is the correct way to say Paolini's name (since I am assuming that PAY-oh-Lee-nee is wrong?). Pow-lee-nee? I dunno.


Reek-o

[jtwcornell91]

Well, it's struck me as an incredibly Swiss-looking name (moreso if you change the oe to an ö) and in German you certainly pronounce the K.  Actually, I find it interesting that the English approximation Ka-nop-fel-i has four syllables, while the German Knöp-fli has only two.  Of course, if you really spell it with an oe in Swiss German, you'd get the three-sylable Kno-ep-fli.  But my impression is that the diminutive 'li' is associated with an umlaut, so Knöpfli has to be the original Swiss name. (Literally, it means "little button", since "ein Knopf" means a knob or button; the standard German version would be Knöpfchen.)

Now for homework everyone practice saying "chüechichäschli".

-- Der Schweizermacher
«Aufs, jetzt, Knöpfli, schiess ein Tor ... schiess ein Tor ... schiess ein To-o-or!»

[Josh '99]

Rico wrote:

It's K-nop-fe-li! Like Monopoly!

Dude, you so stole that from Rich.  :-P

[CowbellGuy]

Guess I should clear up my post before I get tarred and feathered. I'm certainly not criticizing your pronunciation, as you do it the way the players and pronunciation guide say to, as you should. But as for Paolini, I could swear I remembered Sam, Sr. pronouncing it pah-o-LI-ni when Sam was a freshman. And regardless of who pronounces it what, that is the correct Italian way of pronouncing it. Ditto for David. I'm not contesting that he pronounces it LE-neh-VUE, but that name, in particular seems odd. Because if it was spelled LeNevue, it would at least sort of make sense, but since it's eu, it should be pronounced le-ne-vuhh, or well, like http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/sound/e.wav . Anyway, I'll stop now.

[Beeeej]

At the risk of a little self-aggrandizing, I thought folks might enjoy this (it's in context, I promise):

                         October 25, 2000


      The Top 6 Excuses Given by Patrick Roy for Ripping Two Doors Off Their Hinges and Threatening His Wife


 6> "Her foot was in the crease!"

 5> Heard her chanting "Eddie, Eddie!" in her sleep.

 4> Overabundance of pent-up energy due to recent lack of body-checking in the bedroom, if you know what I mean.

 3> "Just trying to kick-save a dinner roll into the dust bin."

 2> "That rotating red light she put on our headboard would drive anyone nuts."


and Topfive.com's Number 1 Excuse Given by Patrick Roy for Ripping Two Doors Off Their Hinges and Threatening His Wife...


 1> "She can't pronounce my @#$ing name!!"



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