Do you hate.....

[4merper4mer]

.....when some sportscaster that does not normally speak with an accent, creates an accent when pronouncing a Hispanic name?

 

I do.

 

If you don't hate that, what do you hate!

[Chef Jim]

some sportscasters?

 

!

I pretty much hate them all.

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[WhoTom]

There's a difference between adopting a phony accent and just trying to pronounce a word correctly. For example, my high school Spanish teacher always cringed when someone said "Porta Rico," which is how many Americans pronounce "Puerto Rico." I pronounce the first word "Puerto" (PWARE-toe) because that's how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I'm not using a fake accent.

[4merper4mer]

There's a difference between adopting a phony accent and just trying to pronounce a word correctly. For example, my high school Spanish teacher always cringed when someone said "Porta Rico," which is how many Americans pronounce "Puerto Rico." I pronounce the first word "Puerto" (PWARE-toe) because that's how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I'm not using a fake accent.

The announcers I'm discussing would be named something like Joe Smith and pronounce it:

 

Pwarrrrrrrrrrrretoooooo Rrrrrrrreko

 

I find it quite condescending. They don't pronounce Colin Montgomery's name like they were in Braveheart or Greg Norman's like they were Crocodile Dundee. They are asses.

[WhoTom]

The announcers I'm discussing would be named something like Joe Smith and pronounce it:

 

Pwarrrrrrrrrrrretoooooo Rrrrrrrreko

 

I find it quite condescending. They don't pronounce Colin Montgomery's name like they were in Braveheart or Greg Norman's like they were Crocodile Dundee. They are asses.

 

Yeah, I agree - in that case it's annoying.

 

Crikey! ;-)

Edited May 7, 2017 by WhoTom

[mead107]

Could care less. Most times have the sound turned down.

[RaoulDuke79]

.....when some sportscaster that does not normally speak with an accent, creates an accent when pronouncing a Hispanic name?

 

I do.

 

If you don't hate that, what do you hate!

Si.

[Yo no se]

I had a girlfriend in high school who used to do that. She was part polish,and would put a ridiculous sounding accent on words like perogi. Drove me nuts.

[DC Tom]

[PromoTheRobot]

.....when some sportscaster that does not normally speak with an accent, creates an accent when pronouncing a Hispanic name?

 

I do.

 

If you don't hate that, what do you hate!

 

So you hate an American making the effort to pronounce a foreign name correctly?

[YoloinOhio]

This makes me think of the movie Bruce Almighty

 

"Susan Ortega"

[4merper4mer]

So you hate an American making the effort to pronounce a foreign name correctly?

 

No.

 

I hate fake accents.

[CommonCents]

.....when some sportscaster that does not normally speak with an accent, creates an accent when pronouncing a Hispanic name?

 

I do.

 

If you don't hate that, what do you hate!

How do you feel about hockey guys giving the Canadian annunciation of players names? BERGARON etc. yuck

[KD in CA]

"You shouldn't hate"

 

-R Rich

[unbillievable]

You should pronounce the proper name the way the person says it; accent and all. It's not meant for personal interpretation.

 

For example.

Bob Villa. -in the southwest his name is commonly pronounced "vee-ya", not "ViL-La" -but since he says it differently, you go with his version.

 

What I do hate is when teachers asked what your name was in Spanish. This happened several times and I refused to go along with it. My name stays the same in every language!

 

John is not Juan. George is not Jorge. Mary is not the same as Maria.

Edited May 8, 2017 by unbillievable

[DC Tom]

You should pronounce the proper name the way the person says it; accent and all. It's not meant for personal interpretation.

 

For example.

Bob Villa. -in the southwest his name is commonly pronounced "vee-ya", not "ViL-La" -but since he says it differently, you go with his version.

 

What I do hate is when teachers asked what your name was in Spanish. This happened several times and I refused to go along with it. My name stays the same in every language!

 

John is not Juan. George is not Jorge. Mary is not the same as Maria.

 

Either way, I'm pronouncing your name "un-bi-yeev-able."

[jr1]

LPGA announcers

[4merper4mer]

You should pronounce the proper name the way the person says it; accent and all. It's not meant for personal interpretation.

 

For example.

Bob Villa. -in the southwest his name is commonly pronounced "vee-ya", not "ViL-La" -but since he says it differently, you go with his version.

 

What I do hate is when teachers asked what your name was in Spanish. This happened several times and I refused to go along with it. My name stays the same in every language!

 

John is not Juan. George is not Jorge. Mary is not the same as Maria.

So when you say the name Tony Blair or Paul McCartney do you do a British accent?

 

When you go to a bar and order a Guiness do you sound like the Lucky Charms guy?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

A guy I work with prides himself on being a New Englander, and sometimes speaks with a very thick Boston accent. Except he grew up in Arizona, and didn't move to Massachusetts until he was in his 20's. He's a good dude, but it's really obnoxious.