02-24-2013, 01:36 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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C'mon guys, it's not like he called a press conference.
Probably he was chatting with a reporter and somehow the topic came up and he was like, "Uh, yeah, well, ya know, it's actually pronounced 'Jordano' but whatever."
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02-24-2013, 01:45 AM
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#42
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At the end of the day Kevin Weeks still can't get it right.
He constantly calls him JERR-dano.
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02-24-2013, 02:47 AM
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#43
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Powerplay Quarterback
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He can have his proper name when/if he is traded. Just like Lydman. Or Loodman?
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02-24-2013, 07:38 AM
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#44
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: right behind you
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If you let people mispronounce your name for 5 years then that's your fault. T-Bone can suck it! Koko all the way!
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02-24-2013, 08:22 AM
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#45
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheChief
Having an italian family I've got weird looks from a lot of fans sonce I've been pronouncing his name correctly when he was still bunking with the dion.
There is still a few more players that's names are butchered.
Cervenka was one until camp ended.
Cogliano is another one that comes to mind. G is silent. Battaglia was another one bob cole would butcher and has anyone heard mahr try to say Pietrangelo? Butcher.
Bertuzzi has also been pronounced wrong. Former flame goalie muzzatti as well.
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What I took from this post is that Italian is pretty stupid.
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02-24-2013, 08:23 AM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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the name is GIO.
apparently Gabriel LAndeskog wants to be known as Gabe from now on as well
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02-24-2013, 08:55 AM
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#47
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Franchise Player
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Doesn't matter what his name is. Unless he gets a huge facelift to look like Michael Jordan, he still looks like and will always be remembered as Mr. Bean!
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02-24-2013, 09:00 AM
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#48
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
What I took from this post is that Italian is pretty stupid.
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No, Italians just REALLY like to accentuate their Zs
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02-24-2013, 09:05 AM
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#49
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I could swear that in my Italian language classes, one of the pretty straightforward rules was that all the vowels are pronounced. And always pronounced the same. There shouldn't be a silent "I". Dude's pronouncing his name wrong.
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02-24-2013, 09:10 AM
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#50
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Powerplay Quarterback
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If he was playing like a top Dman then yeah I would start calling him what he wants until then he's still Gio.
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02-24-2013, 09:20 AM
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#51
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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at 1.07. Sounds like Jordano to me.
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02-24-2013, 10:12 AM
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#52
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Wait, so if that's how you properly pronounce it, does that mean the ATB commercials are also pronouncing it wrong? You would think Giordano would have had them correct the pronunciation in an ad that's going to be played nationally on TV.
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beat me to it......they should just yank em anyway......They suck as bad as this name change
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02-24-2013, 10:31 AM
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#53
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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holy crap... 1:30... jackman is HUGE!!!!
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02-24-2013, 12:11 PM
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#54
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyuss275
So is his nickname now Jord?
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02-24-2013, 12:15 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: in transit
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Quote:
Originally Posted by InglewoodFan
I could swear that in my Italian language classes, one of the pretty straightforward rules was that all the vowels are pronounced. And always pronounced the same. There shouldn't be a silent "I". Dude's pronouncing his name wrong.
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You obviously weren't paying attention in your Italian language classes!
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02-24-2013, 12:15 PM
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#56
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheChief
There is still a few more players that's names are butchered.
Cogliano is another one that comes to mind. G is silent. Battaglia was another one bob cole would butcher and has anyone heard mahr try to say Pietrangelo? Butcher.
Bertuzzi has also been pronounced wrong. Former flame goalie muzzatti as well.
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This is where you're wrong. Cogliano is pronounced correctly by pretty much everyone. The g is silent in Italian, but that doesn't apply here. The e and zz in Bertuzzi are pronounced differently in Italian, but again, that's not relevant here.
It's not up to you to tell Cogliano how to pronounce his name.
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02-24-2013, 12:44 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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Giordano/Jordano its always going to be Gio.
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02-24-2013, 12:52 PM
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#58
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Draft Pick
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Way he is playing he should change his name to Sally.
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02-24-2013, 02:18 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keenan87
Is this legit? I am having a hard time figuring it out. It took him 4 seasons to fix it??
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He probably didn't want to be a bother and bring it up before. But now that he's become more of an established player (and his especially older Italian relatives probably complain about it a lot), he figured he should let broadcasters know. That's what I'd assume anyway.
As someone who constantly has his last name mispronounced, I'm fine with it.
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02-24-2013, 02:22 PM
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#60
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sainters7
He probably didn't want to be a bother and bring it up before. But now that he's become more of an established player (and his especially older Italian relatives probably complain about it a lot), he figured he should let broadcasters know. That's what I'd assume anyway.
As someone who constantly has his last name mispronounced, I'm fine with it.
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I think he should have done this when he WAS an established player....
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