Dan Darragh Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Big Al pronounces Etienne as E-T-N like it's an acronym. Here's how Etienne pronounces it: https://www.nfl.com/videos/travis-etienne-explains-correct-pronunciation-of-his-last-name-to-steve-smith-sr He also pronounces Ekeler as "Ek-a-ler" which is handy to remember for the next time we have Haiku week around here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) I pronounce Kelce as “Dumb - arse” Edited January 15, 2023 by DJB 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Al is so done in. I honestly think he should retire. He has been great. Just feels like he is done. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Al is fine. He isn’t what he was, but still good enough. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airseven Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 The “crowd was at church” comment was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandalay Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Dan Darragh said: Big Al pronounces Etienne as E-T-N like it's an acronym. Here's how Etienne pronounces it: https://www.nfl.com/videos/travis-etienne-explains-correct-pronunciation-of-his-last-name-to-steve-smith-sr He also pronounces Ekeler as "Ek-a-ler" which is handy to remember for the next time we have Haiku week around here. I don't get it, in the video he says the E-T-N pronunciation is the correct way. He says that back in NOLA on the bayou they have the accent where they say "ay-chen" but he says ETN is the proper way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookie Man Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 YUUUGE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 I thought Al had a "YUGE" performance tonight! Actually, I was glad the game became interesting for him considering the stinkers he has had all season. Etienne's name is old school French so I guess Et tee en would be the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 I would see it as: Aye-Ti-En. Which is close to A-Chen sans the marbles in your mouth. 10 minutes ago, ArtVandalay said: I don't get it, in the video he says the E-T-N pronunciation is the correct way. He says that back in NOLA on the bayou they have the accent where they say "ay-chen" but he says ETN is the proper way. Isn't "E" with an accent in French pronounced like "E" in Spanish? As "A"... First letter "E" is followed by a consonant. It's equivalent is "Stefan/Steven" in English and should have an accent... Probably why they butcher it on The Bayou, get the first syllable and just lazily roll into "Chen." Don't they talk with marbles in their mouth down there? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Al is broke, give him a break 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said: Al is fine. He isn’t what he was, but still good enough. Last night's game was an all-time classic and he called it like it was bingo night at the retirement home. He is not fine. Last night was a disgrace to the game. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEMESOMEBILLS Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, arcane said: Last night's game was an all-time classic and he called it like it was bingo night at the retirement home. He is not fine. Last night was a disgrace to the game. I agree. Would've been much more exciting if someone like Gus Johnson was calling the play by play. God I miss him calling NFL games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 33 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I would see it as: Aye-Ti-En. Which is close to A-Chen sans the marbles in your mouth. Isn't "E" with an accent in French pronounced like "E" in Spanish? As "A"... First letter "E" is followed by a consonant. It's equivalent is "Stefan/Steven" in English and should have an accent... Probably why they butcher it on The Bayou, get the first syllable and just lazily roll into "Chen." Don't they talk with marbles in their mouth down there? 😉 The french city Saint-Étienne is as per that video (I know from soccer) so when he first broke onto the scene at Clemson that is the way I'd say it. Et ee en rather than ee tee en or ETN for short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Al is so done in. I honestly think he should retire. He has been great. Just feels like he is done. no way! I think he is having a bit of a chuckle out there each time. It's refreshing, compared to the vanilla monotone drone of Joe Buck and inebriated slurring of Aikman, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, arcane said: Last night's game was an all-time classic and he called it like it was bingo night at the retirement home. He is not fine. Last night was a disgrace to the game. Hallelujah!!! You're absolutely correct, and it wasn't just last night. It's been at least the last couple of seasons. Michaels is a self-centered old fart who doesn't care about much of anything except his wealth, his comfort, and his convenience. For example: He often mentions the dollar amounts of players contracts. It's obvious he cares about money is impressed by people who get big money. He often slips in comments about what a late game field goal might do to the outcome of bets. He mocked Herbstreet all season long about the podunk towns he had to travel to for the college games. No podunk towns for big Al. Someone said he got stuck with a lot of stinker games this season. You know why people thought they were stinker games? Because MIchaels kept telling us they were stinkers. It was obvious that Al feels entitled - he's a great announcer so he should only get great games to call. Well, no, Al, you are an entertainer, and your JOB is to be sure the show is entertaining. Jimmy Fallon doesn't open his show by telling his audience he has a bad show for them tonight. There's always a story to tell about a game, and it's his job to tell it, not to whine about the fact that he doesn't find the game interesting. It culminated last night, as you said, by his more or less completely blowing his opportunity to call a historic game. You could hear it when the Jags got the TD near the end of the first half. That was a big, big drive. Down 27 is a blowout; down 20 is a football game. He had already decided that the game was over and he had switched into bingo-mode. It was completely ho-hum to him. Then, when the Jags stopped the Chargers on the first possession of the second half, stopped them easily, it looked like the game could be changing, and Al said more or less nothing. Throughout the second half, there was a lot of drama. Important possessions, changes in field position. Then, when it was over, all Michaels could say was that the game was "crazy." That's the only word he seems to be able to find when something exciting has happened - it was "crazy." Guy gets paid umpti-ump millions of dollars a year, and all he can do is talk like a fourteen-year-old kid. If you ever get a chance to hear call another game (I hope I don't) notice how when he tells you how much time is left it seems like he's counting how many minutes he has until he has a break and doesn't have to do his job. It's not "the Gophers have another 1 minute 16 seconds to work with." It's "another 1 minute 16 seconds to the end of the half." He says "of course" a lot. He uses it when he's telling you something he knows you already know, but he doesn't have anything else to say. "Wilson, of course, got that big contract in the off-season." In other words, "you know it and I know it but I'll say it anyway. He got a lot of money. 47 seconds left in the half." "Diggs, of course, came over in that trade with Minnesota. That touchdown with two minutes left put the Bills up by 13 which, for the time being, made a lot of people out there happy, if you know what I mean." Please, please, please. No more Al Michaels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: no way! I think he is having a bit of a chuckle out there each time. It's refreshing, compared to the vanilla monotone drone of Joe Buck and inebriated slurring of Aikman, for example. Oh anything is better than those two. But Al (who has been the best of my NFL fandom) is a shadow of himself IMO. I do think part of it is low energy partners. His two best partnerships were Madden and Collinsworth who are high energy. The Amazon fella and then Dungy last night are not great fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Last night was the first I've seen of Al this season. He's aging like we all are but he wasn't this old coot ready to nap at any second like many on here made him out to be this year. I'd still rather hear him than Collinsworth frothing over Brady's jock, even if the Bucs aren't playing, any day of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Oh anything is better than those two. But Al (who has been the best of my NFL fandom) is a shadow of himself IMO. I do think part of it is low energy partners. His two best partnerships were Madden and Collinsworth who are high energy. The Amazon fella and then Dungy last night are not great fits. I agree. Dungy is zero energy. Over-rated as he was in his coaching career. Need to pair Al with Gus Johnson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 1 hour ago, HOUSE said: Al is broke, give him a break He was lucky to afford 1 vowel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 if I make it to 78 I'll likely have issues with pronunciations among other things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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