News Article: PK to be pronounced ''Pay-Kah''

[M.C.G. 31]

They should call him Denzel before they call him Pay-kah. I mean... the players do get to tell the broadcasters how they pronounce their name.

 

[Rapala]

They should call him Denzel before they call him Pay-kah. I mean... the players do get to tell the broadcasters how they pronounce their name.

Yeah,
But only Pierre takes notice.

 

[MXD]

They should call him Denzel before they call him Pay-kah. I mean... the players do get to tell the broadcasters how they pronounce their name.

Hell I'd prefer it if he was called Pernell Karl instead of Pay-Ka.

 

[Not The One]

Meh. It's a well-known fact that the only acceptable way to pronounce hockey names is the american way, whether the name is french, scandinavian, german, swedish, czech, russian or chinese.

Which actually only makes sense with PK... but if francos have been subjected to years of Patty Waaaahh, maybe Pé-Ka isn't so bad.

 

[Brainiac]

Yeah,
But only Pierre takes notice.

Well, it was sort of tradition with the guys at Radio-Canada. We're pretty good with languages and accents here in Quebec. Much better than in France, for example.

And Pierre now says that english speaking announcers are trying to up their game a bit in that department.

But yeah, PK is PK. He's an english speaking guy, from an english speaking place, with an name in english. Bunch of loonies.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

It's Pee-Kay


because god (Pierre Houde) said so

 

[MXD]

Meh. It's a well-known fact that the only acceptable way to pronounce hockey names is the american way, whether the name is french, scandinavian, german, swedish, czech, russian or chinese.

Which actually only makes sense with PK... but if francos have been subjected to years of Patty Waaaahh, maybe Pé-Ka isn't so bad.

It just means Pierre oozes with professionalism, as opposed to 99% of the other broadcasters.

 

[MXD]

It's Pee-Kay


because god (Pierre Houde) said so

It's Pee-Kay because Karl, then Pee-Kay, said so.

 

[Treb]

Makes me think about the journalist that write Kostistyne, Ovechkine etc..

 

[MXD]

Makes me think about the journalist that write Kostistyne, Ovechkine etc..

...That is actually correct. Because russian names are the result of a translitteration and are, broadly speaking, an adaptation.

No serious French media would write "Putin". It's "Poutine".

 

[jfm133]

Double standard. It is good for anglos to pronounce everything the english way, but not the other way around. Clear sign of the assimilation process that is going on. Even the French from France now puts english words everywhere.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I like it, rolls right off the tongue.

 

[TRG]

What the ****

 

[MXD]

Double standard. It is good for anglos to pronounce everything the english way, but not the other way around. Claer sign of the assimilation process that is going on. Even the French from France now puts english words everywhere.

No, it's not, but English people mostly don't complain about this.

 

[void]

Double standard. It is good for anglos to pronounce everything the english way, but not the other way around. Clear sign of the assimilation process that is going on. Even the French from France now puts english words everywhere.

 

[roy munson]

100% guaranteed they'll vote for that "french" GDT I made

Seriously, even as a francophone, I find this very embarassing. Proper names is something I take very seriously and I always double check when emailing. His name isn't Pierre-Karl, it's Pernell-Karl. Period.

 

[Sam I Am]

The use of "Pay-Kah" is sure to spread like wildfire...just like the "hambourgeois".

 

[Bacchus1]

Pay-kah find his new moniker "kinda sexy" ... So let people say what they want.

 

[President XD]

Double standard. It is good for anglos to pronounce everything the english way, but not the other way around. Clear sign of the assimilation process that is going on. Even the French from France now puts english words everywhere.

This irks me so freaking much. You're watching a show on Canal Investigation and it's translated in France and there are so many English words pronounces in French like:

Des talkies walkies
fusil de longue riffle (Long Range Riffle)
Smart "faune"
Dze Voice
Josianne habitait un traileur home

And so on and so forth.. and then they have the balls to criticize Quebec French?

 

[David_99]

 

[MXD]

The use of "Pay-Kah" is sure to spread like wildfire...just like the "hambourgeois".

Names and "food specialties" should always be translated "as is" (in other words, not translated). A "Poutine" remains a "poutine" in English.

And "hambourgeois" was a great solution, compared to "saucipain".

 

[Adamcrazy3]

How come they're not complaining about Condon's pronunciation?

 

[beowulf]

Pure stupidity...but I would not expect anything less from these language zealots.

 

[Nynja*]

Denzel Subban? I'm on board with this. Maybe he'll start playing better if we call him Denzel.

 

[attachetatuque]

Funny, last night I found myself calling him S.T. Subban more than anything.

I literally laughed out loud in the library