Somebody needs to tell Steve Levy that Leicester (the English city) is pronounced “Lester” and not “Laychester”… (Today’s Top Ten plays, Leicester vs. Leeds (I think))
Given the less than brilliant research department over at ESPN (unless it comes to statistics like “most interceptions thrown by a quarterback with a beard”, there must be plenty of worse gaffes… any suggestions?
What? Lemme guess, now you’re going to tell me that Duke’s men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s name is pronounced “Shashevski”.
I’m not going near that one… I’d have guessed at Krizooskee…
UCF’s (University of Central Florida) football coach Mike Kruczek gets his name mispronounced by the administration all the time… including the athletic director. And, I’m pretty sure I misspelled it just now.
I’m just glad that Worcestershire don’t have a football team!
(Wooster-shire) Being from there originally I know what a weird language we have. i can’t even order Lea & Perrins over here because of the pronunciation.
Here I thought this was going to be a thread ragging on Stuart Scott for his asinine commentary and poor attempts at sounding streetwise and hip during the days clips, but I see it isn’t
Well, it should be!
BOO–YA!!!
I used to know someone who pronounced Loughborough as Loogaboroogah.
…but I have to add I don’t know whether he was doing that intentionally or not.
The folks at ESPN constantly mispronounce Andruw Jones’ name. They say “ahn-druw” rather than the normal pronounciation.
Bugs the crap out of me…
THANK YOU! Why the hell do they pronounce it “Ondrew” just because there’s a u in it??? “Andrew” and “Andruw” are phonetically the same!
And I guess this would be the rigt time to chime in with my Marv Albert’s pronunciation of “Najera” rant… it’s not NA-HA-RA for cryin’ out loud!
That’s another goodie… the way he says “Najera” is just funny.
Andruw Jones is from Curacao and AHN-drew is the correct pronunciation of his name.
I think Gary Throne of all people needs the pronunciation lessons. He butchers the vast majority of European hockey names.
I’ve heard Joel Piniero’s first name (he of the Seattle Mariners) pronounced “Jol” (the usual pronunciation) and “Jo-el” (as if it had two syllables).
I’m not sure which is correct. (Correct, by the way, is determined by the player - if he wants it pronounced a particular way, that’s how it’s pronounced.)
There’s another one, with the Angels, but I can’t remember it right now. …
Ah, found it.
Jarrod Washburn, Anaheim.
“JAR-ed” or “Ja-ROD”? I’ve heard it both ways.
The Seattle Mariner broadcasters always pronounce it Jo-el with two syllables, so I would assume that is the correct way for Mr. Piniero.
It’s JAIR-ed. Who the heck would ever pronounce Jarrod as anything except JAIR-ed?
I did hear one of the Sportscenter dudes pronouncing Alfredo Amezaga’s last name as Amegaza. Geez.
Who? Gee, I dunno. Maybe the person whose name it is?
This may come as an extreme shock to you, Neurotik, so you should brace yourself. People can pronounce their names anyway they wish. 
I did misspell it, though. I’ve heard it as JAIR-ed and Ja-ROD. Even so, you can’t tell me one is definitely wrong unless the man himself says it is. Maybe it doesn’t matter to him, and it’s pronounced two different ways.
Exactly!
He does have one saying that I have actually used though: “as cool as the other side of the pillow.”
It’s all the “playah-hatah” crap that I find distracting and uncalled for.
I agree, but the thing is I have NEVER heard Jarrod be pronounced any other way except JAIR-ed. Ever. In my life. Ever.
Maybe it’s because I’m mispronouncing your pronunciation in my head. I’m imagining the name rhyming with “rod.” With heavy distinction between the syllables with the “rod” part drawn out and a really accented.
Anyway, as a lifelong Angels fan it is definitely pronounced JAIR-ed.