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[mdubz]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Kadri clarified the pronunciation of his name when he came here . somehow announcers are still getting it wrong . it's also not a big deal and most of us don't actually care

people defensive about it care a LOT though apparently and it's making something that wasn't a big deal awkward now

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[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

Cassie Campbell got rightfully roasted around here because she was annoying. It's an asset for a broadcaster to not be annoying.

Singh doesn't get a pass "just because."

It's the pretentiousness that's annoying, not the sounds.

I think it's pretentious to get annoyed by it

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by neo45

It seems like you care a lot more by calling people racist for calling out Singh being super pretentious. Who’s really overreacting here


Singh is totally the guy who calls it Barthelona after going there for 6 weeks

No I don't actually care, and that's the point. I've been reading this #### for weeks now and it's stupid. It needs to be buried, full stop.

Originally Posted by BoLevi

Cassie Campbell got rightfully roasted around here because she was annoying. It's an asset for a broadcaster to not be annoying.

Singh doesn't get a pass "just because."

It's the pretentiousness that's annoying, not the sounds.

Hahaha, #### you. I see you for who you are.

[mdubz]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

To be honest, I barely throw it around ever because I think it's lame.

However,

When a bunch of white dudes are criticizing a Sikh brown man for adding a little extra R roll on his pronunciation of a name he's likely more familiar with, I just shake my head.

Again, who ####ing cares. It's a slight difference in pronunciation away from the English norms. If that ruins your night, and you have to call the broadcaster a "try hard", you might just be a racist.

No one has even mentioned race aside from you. I'm sure everyone complaining would still complain if it was Rick Ball doing it.

[nik-]

Rob Kerr got lit up for his PBP too and no one is whiter than Rob Kerr.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by btimbit

So how about that hockey game

the game is secondary to this crucial and important debate over a slight r-roll and who is allowed to say anything about it

[SutterBrother]

Reminds me of Roger Millions and Tanguay.

[Your Calgary Flames!]

Calgary wins 5-4

[Samonadreau]

So hear me out,

Geoff Ward went all Buffalo Bull and kidnapped Sutter and now he is wearing a Darryl suit behind the bench. Would make sense.

[AC]

My wife is Polish with a complicated original surname.

When people ask how it's pronounced, she gives them the simplified English way of saying it since 99% of people don't roll the R correctly. I suspect Kadri's situation is very similar.

Hell, remember when Alex Chiasson said it was ok if people in Calgary used the wrong English pronunciation instead of the very French sounding correct one? I bet Kadri is perfectly fine with the English pronunciation, but it's equally fine for Singh to pronounce it more correctly to the way Kadri's family likely does.

[dammage79]

For me it's Jarring. That's it. Change is weird for the first while. Then it just goes away. Kind of like the teardrop for the selfie cameras on a phone. It sucks for a while then it all just blends in eventually.

[CroCop]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Got it. You're a xenophobe. Fantastic.

Like the instrument with the different length wooden blocks and soft fuzzy mallets?

Come on now. Let’s lighten up

[MikePatton]

Originally Posted by mdubz

No one has even mentioned race aside from you. I'm sure everyone complaining would still complain if it was Rick Ball doing it.

As an Indian dude, I can tell you race didn't need to be mentioned for it to be present in this conversation and felt by me.

Anyway, thank you, Cali.

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[Karl]

Jesus christ. Stop bickering over and over about hockey announcers and let's talk about how awful Damon Severson can be sometimes. Nice play to gift wrap the 2nd goal. Too bad Ruff wasn't impressed!

[Yobbo]

It's the world we live in now. You can't say much of anything without someone getting offended nowadays. Take me back to the 70's and 80's when the world was a much better place.

[Infinit47]

Originally Posted by Yobbo

It's the world we live in now. You can't say much of anything without someone getting offended nowadays. Take me back to the 70's and 80's when the world was a much better place.

You mean a much better place for white dudes, not so much for anyone else.

[Yobbo]

Originally Posted by Infinit47

You mean a much better place for white dudes, not so much for anyone else.

Not what I meant at all actually.

[Mathgod]

This thread is really something

NSFW!

[transplant99]

[Your Calgary Flames!]

Originally Posted by AC

My wife is Polish with a complicated original surname.

When people ask how it's pronounced, she gives them the simplified English way of saying it since 99% of people don't roll the R correctly. I suspect Kadri's situation is very similar.

Hell, remember when Alex Chiasson said it was ok if people in Calgary used the wrong English pronunciation instead of the very French sounding correct one? I bet Kadri is perfectly fine with the English pronunciation, but it's equally fine for Singh to pronounce it more correctly to the way Kadri's family likely does.

I agree with this. As my surname is polish as well I have clients who want to try and pronounce it correctly and have clients who say it as best they can in English. I take no offense to it.