Re: Brownlow Medal 2022
Reply #101 –
Yep, and I loved Petracca getting screwed off with Gils mispronunciation of his name. Having an Italian background, I love when young people of Euro heritage take the time to correct poor pronunciation of names, it shows attention to detail and that they care about their heritage. Not like peanuts such as Montagna (phonetically Mon-tun-ya) and Rochele (Ro-ke-le) from Adelaide who open tell people to pronounce their name the wrong way. Ricciardo (Rich-ardo) is another imbecile. Its not that hard fellas, have some pride.
Do you get regional differences in pronunciation?
British names can be pronounced differently based on location, status and/or preference. For example, one of my ancestral names is St John (pronounced Saint John) but some Brits pronounce it Sinjin. Then there's McKay (MacKay or Mackeye), Strachan (Strack-an or Strawn and Mainwaring (as it's spelt or Mannering).
I have been quite happy with Gil's attempts to pronounce names. He is a lot better than those who came before but you'd think he would have practised Petracca.