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Originally Posted by Textcritic
But Singh is IndoCanadian, and he is fiercely proud of that heritage. Unless Kadri has a problem with it, why shouldn't he be allowed to show this tiny piece of his own cultural diversity?
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It shouldn't be "unless Kadri has a problem with it". You shouldn't pronounce a player's name incorrectly just because you feel like it until they tell you it bothers them.
The correct path - and lots of announcers and media people do this - is to just ask the player directly, or ask the team to ask the player, how they want their name to be pronounced. For example, Elias Petterson's name is pronounced "Uh-lee-ahs Pehtt-air-shohn", but he was asked and said he would rather they just pronounce it in a North American accent. So they do.