# Brett Who? A sportscaster question...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 3, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778 "2000-02-03T19:43:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778/1 "2000-02-03T19:43:00Z")
Why do sportscasters pronounce Brett Favre’s last name “Farv”? I always thought it was more like “Fahr.” How do they get vr = rv? Does Brett say his own name that way?
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### Author:  [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778/2 "2000-02-03T19:52:00Z")
I believe that “Farv” is how the Packer QB told people he wanted his name to be pronounced.
I supposed you missed the part in “Something About Mary” where Ben Stiller pronounces his name as “Fav-rah”.
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778/3 "2000-02-03T20:16:00Z")
If they pronounced it with a French accent and the way it’s spelled it would be “Favrruh”
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### Author:  [@Scout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scout)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778/4 "2000-02-03T21:45:00Z")
FYI: Brett Favre is from Kiln, Mississippi, which, according to every newspaper and magazine article I’ve seen it mentioned in, is pronounced “kill.” Go figure.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-who-a-sportscaster-question/6778/5 "2000-02-03T23:25:00Z")
“Kill” is the accepted pronunciation of the world “kiln.” The American Heritage Dictionary lists it first, followed by “kiln.” The “n” had historically been silent, like the “t” in “often.”
According to newspaper and other style guides, the spelling and pronunciation of a person’s name always follows that person’t preferred pronunciation. Thus when Prince renamed himself, everyone had to go along.
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