Rumor: Hirose Rumoured to Sign with Canucks

[Nucker101]

Not a single media person has been able to pronounce it correctly.

Go on….

 

[tiny103]

So... Put him with myers?

 

[Vector]

Go on….

 

[Gstank]

Not a single media person has been able to pronounce it correctly.

A ket O He rose say

Something like that

 

[tradervik]

But what is his hockey nickname? Keeters? Keets?

 

[Vector]

A ket O He rose say

Something like that

Listen to the post directly above yours.

 

[Aqualung]

Not a single media person has been able to pronounce it correctly.

I speak Japanese and it’s absolutely hilarious watching some of these pronunciations. Not hard to research the phonetics beforehand.

 

[Gstank]

Listen to the post directly above yours.

What I posted is what my Japanese Family members said when I asked them

 

[Vector]

What I posted is what my Japanese Family members said when I asked them

And the YouTube clip is my Japanese wife’s voice.

The hardest part is the “kit” part since it’s just not a sound we have in English. It’s like a short “ee” that almost comes out as a “e”.

 

[Josepho]

almost as bad as half of the executives/media still having no idea that the j makes a y sound in the scandinavian languages

 

[wetcoast]

This is how I see him as a well a 7 or 8 Dman in terms of rank in a typical NHL organization but if we sign him I'd be very happy to be surprised..

 

[701]

almost as bad as half of the executives/media still having no idea that the j makes a y sound in the scandinavian languages

Surely they all recall the legend that was Juolevi . . .

 

[kcunac]

so... anytime now?

 

[F A N]

On the topic of pronouncing names, should we try and pronounce names as it sounds natively? It’s often pretty annoying when an English speaker is speaking English and then trying to pronounce a [insert nationality] name the way it would be pronounced in its native language with the correct tone etc.

Kind of like trying to order pasta in English but pronouncing the pasta names like an Italian.

 

[Vector]

On the topic of pronouncing names, should we try and pronounce names as it sounds natively? It’s often pretty annoying when an English speaker is speaking English and then trying to pronounce a [insert nationality] name the way it would be pronounced in its native language with the correct tone etc.

Kind of like trying to order pasta in English but pronouncing the pasta names like an Italian.

I’ve talked about this with my wife and it really comes down how the person wants it pronounced. Zach Parise is a very obvious example. Some players don’t seem to mind two different pronunciations.
For Akito Hirose she just finds it very funny how completely inaccurate some members of the media can be. In an interview both Dhaliwal and Shane Malloy referred to him as Hiroshi and, well, that’s a completely different name.

 

[DFAC]

I’ve talked about this with my wife and it really comes down how the person wants it pronounced. Zach Parise is a very obvious example. Some players don’t seem to mind two different pronunciations.
For Akito Hirose she just finds it very funny how completely inaccurate some members of the media can be. In an interview both Dhaliwal and Shane Malloy referred to him as Hiroshi and, well, that’s a completely different name.

Wait how else do people pronounce Parise?

Pah-reez?

 

[Vector]

Wait how else do people pronounce Parise?

Pah-reez?

His dad pronounced it pah-ree-zay. Shortly into his career, Zach requested people say it pah-ree-zee.

 

[TomWillander1RD]

Japanese names are fairly easy to pronounce so I wonder why some people would have trouble with it. I guess they didn't try hard. By the way, I was curious why Parise doesn't end with é.

 

[Bankerguy]

HE-RO-SAY

but the "r" in "ro" is kinda soft, use your tongue at the top of your mouth, almost like an L but keep the R sound.
The "say" is shortened and almost like "se"

 

[ziploc]

We sure are desperate for tidbits of information.

 

[tradervik]

They way Hirose pronounces his name may not be the original Japanese way. I’m going with Herosay until I hear otherwise.

 

[MS]

I'm pretty sure it's high-rose, guys.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

 

[Josepho]

On the topic of pronouncing names, should we try and pronounce names as it sounds natively? It’s often pretty annoying when an English speaker is speaking English and then trying to pronounce a [insert nationality] name the way it would be pronounced in its native language with the correct tone etc.

Kind of like trying to order pasta in English but pronouncing the pasta names like an Italian.

i dunno you kinda sound like a tool doing this.

i took up portuguese and spanish recently and have met a bunch of people who dont give a f*** if anglophones nail the accent of their name, just as long as they have a general gist of the correct pronounciation.

 

[krutovsdonut]

i have a rule that i don't expend any effort to learn to pronounce or spell a player's name until we have signed them, and i prefer to follow what the player says when dan murphy or similar inevitably asks.

seems like we could replace the last page of postings with a judge smails gif.