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This actual is a great thread that was started because I notice this as well on the very first goal Kadri scored vs Edmonton. I think culturally everyone will bring forward there style of saying it because although it may not cater to all cultures it certainly does to some and it may be a bit of the overall proper pronunciation of the name in their eyes and also for Singh he is used to doing this from his time at Hockey Night in Punjabi. You can't blame the guy, he got into this whole business with Hockey Night promoting more of a diverse approach to the game and he has continued it now into English. We all recall his Bonino call, it had that approach to it, you would never hear Chris Cuthbert using that approach. I have a few examples relevant to Alberta:

1) The late Political Figure Manmeet Bhullar is one...easy to read his name and pronounce it as "Man Meat" makes sense but in fact it's "Munmeet"

2) Listen to Julian McKenzie on the Fan say Jonathan Huberdeau or Nicolas Meloche to me I pronounce it as is but he pronounces both with a hard French accent. Is it the proper way to say it?? Probably, but do some people have an issue with it....quite possibly. To be honest I certainly did when I first heard him say it that way because I thought 99.9% of people won't pronounce it "John-ah-thann Hugh-barrr-doughh" with a hard French accent like he did.

It's a fine line that's for sure.