LovinBlue's Football Rant of the Day: Players' Names
by LovinBlue on May 15, 2010 6:36 PM EDT
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PrintI was running errands today and, as usual, listening to Sirius NFL Radio. Like most of their spots, today's show offered an opportunity for people to call in and ask football-related questions. One gentleman called in, claiming to be a "HUGE!!!" Packers fan, and going on and on about how happy he was that the Pack decided to bolster their O-Line in the draft. He's watched every game for as long as he remembered, has been following the team in the offseason, and was tired of Aaron Rodgers having to scramble and take sacks, etc., etc., etc.
And then he said it...
I mean I'm just SO happy they took Bryan Beluga in the draft, I can't wait for the season to start!
Insert needle scratching across a record here. Um... WHAT DID YOU SAY? Your team spent its most valuable pick in this year's draft, at #23 no less... AND you claim to be a "HUGE" fan of your team... AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF THE PLAYER THEY SELECTED?
I honestly don't know how the radio show hosts refrained from correcting the caller, as I would have jumped in before he could finish his sentence to do so. In fact I practically screamed it out loud in the car. In the words of the ESPN crew, "C'mon, man!" I mean it's not like the guy's name is "Nnamdi Asomugha" or "Will Ta'ufo'ou" or "Michael Hoomanawanui." His name is Bryan Bulaga. Say it slowly with me..... BRY---an----Bu----LA----ga.
I urge everyone to show the proper respect to these young men who have worked very hard to achieve the level of professional athlete... and learn how to pronounce their names. There are some difficult ones on the Colts: Tuihalamaka and Tyshovnytsky don't exactly roll naturally off the American tongue. "Guice" is deceptive in its pronunciation, and even "Skolnitsky" can be a bit tricky. But with a bit of practice, you can get it right and not make a fool of yourself should you ever call into Sirius NFL Radio while LovinBlue is listening.
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YEA!
what’s wrong with people. Like how hard is it to say TJ Whosyourmama…
/shows self out.
"One day, a man has everything. Then the next day, he blows up a billion dollar space station. And then the next day, he has nothing. Makes you think, huh, Kipp?"
- Captain Zapp Brannigan
Couldn't agree more!
I was just going to call in to talk about our first rounder, Gary Hughes. And maybe Ed Angrier too!
There's a national announcer that can't pronounce Wilfork
or intentionally mispronounces it (can’t remember which one it was.) There’s nothing tricky or deceiving about his name at all, but for some reason he keeps saying “Wil-firk”. So grating, lol.
Keep the faith!
C'mon, LB!
He’s big, he’s white. It was Freudian!
"If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.
But ANYWAY..."
— Chuck Klosterman
by Addai Another Aday on May 15, 2010 7:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Also,
Big and white describes much of the Packer fanbase. Hey-oooooooh!
"If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.
But ANYWAY..."
— Chuck Klosterman
by Addai Another Aday on May 15, 2010 7:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The resemblance is spooky.
"If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.
But ANYWAY..."
— Chuck Klosterman
by Addai Another Aday on May 15, 2010 7:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Disagree. The whale shows more skin color
Same body morphology, though. 
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"How can a pickup truck contain enough mass to unfold into a towering machine? I say if Ringling Brothers can get 15 clowns into a Volkswagen, anything is possible."
put on a jersey and helmet and it looks just like Bryan Beluga
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
Along the same line...
For a laugh, go back and watch the 2nd Colts-Jax game ( the Thursday night one) from last season and listen to the mis-pronunciations and the flat out wrong names called (Darrel Clark, anyone) by the dream team of Bob Papa and Matt ’I’d like another WR, please’ Millen.
Steve Holt!
Misprounouncing a name is one thing...
but misspelling a name is the worst.
“Sessions” is my biggest pet peeve.
That is Bach and it rocks, its a rock block of Bach
by Prince Lawrence Waverly on May 15, 2010 8:33 PM EDT reply actions
Same here along with Richards.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Finals suck.
Heydon, Payton, etc...
It awakens rage.
That is Bach and it rocks, its a rock block of Bach
by Prince Lawrence Waverly on May 15, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
As someone that was guilty of "Sessions" for about 3 months
I have to ask, how is that possibly the worst misspelling? Payton springs to mind first and foremost. Marlin Jackson’s first name was Marlon, Marlan, etc… Tim Jennings name was even spelled ‘starter’ a few times. I mean, people should know that there’s no S on Clint’s last name, but I think its an honest mistake.
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My peeve is Pollack.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.
"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.
by gizzardfanny on May 16, 2010 7:18 AM EDT up reply actions
That one just irks me for some unknown reason.
As for the “Payton” nonsense…sadly that one happens a lot. I suppose I’m desensitized to it. I’m not actually harping on anyone for it, I’m simply saying I’m “that guy” who gets bugged by simple name misspellings. I was being facetious with my rage remark obviously.
But like LovinBlue said…unless a guy has a dozen consecutive consonants in his name, one should at least learn how to pronounce/spell the guy’s name BEFORE one goes on record as being THE BIGGEST FAN OF (such and such).
I’m with you Blue.
That is Bach and it rocks, its a rock block of Bach
by Prince Lawrence Waverly on May 15, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
I think this goes beyond fans
Sports analysts and comentators have that annoying trend as well. I remember Josh Thoimas being called James Thomas once during a Colts game. Keyunta Dawson is always called kenyata Dawson on NFL Networks: Playbook.
Gotta Rec ya'on that!
Ignorance is not an acceptable defense!
Pressure is somethig you feel when you don't know what you're doing!
-Chuck Knoll, as quoted by Peyton Manning
I'd cut the guy some slack
I’m a huge Hawkeye fan – have been all my life – and even I didn’t know how to pronounce his name for about the first year he was on the team. I pronounced it the way it looked: Boo-le-ga. You can never trust the guys who call the games because they get names wrong all the time. Bethea is a great example – they are ALWAYS calling him Beth-A instead of Beth-A-ah.
by the_iowa_hawkeye on May 16, 2010 8:52 AM EDT reply actions
It is pronounced Beth-ay.
Bethea requested the pronunciation change himself.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is the roller coaster that I want to go on.
With the accent on the Ay, i believe.
Careful what you wish for... a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have.
That's just laziness.
I’m typically too lazy to look up the code for the cedilla.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is the roller coaster that I want to go on.
that's a tough one
because Garçon is listed as “Garcon” on NFL’s Web site. So if you are true to his name, you might actually shoot yourself in the foot a bit. So I’m less anxious about that…
How can you not love a team that does this?
hmm I'm shocked LB got through this without mentioning the one that ate at her all offseason
Tyson Al-lou-Al-Lou Not Ah-lou-lou
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
Just how deeply can your senses be wrong? With some VR goggles, a camera and a touch on the back researchers were able to overcome a person's sense of being inside their own body.
I love learning how to say names:
My dad and I while watching football games always try to formulate a team of the best NFL names. Some of the entries (mostly obvious) last season were:
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Lofa Tatupu
Holati Ngata
Devin Aromashadu
Nnamdi
I’d write out the whole team right now but I’m too lazy – Suh and AOA will definitely make the team this season.
"A lifestyle is a terrible thing to waste." - Entourage tagline (Season 3 Part 1)
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