Names - phonetically

[ionel]

  On 11/11/2022 at 5:59 PM, bnwtwg said:

Steve-sun

or

Steve-un-sun

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early on it was Steve-N-sun

[Fadzaev2]

  On 11/11/2022 at 5:06 PM, Fadzaev2 said:

Pantaleo

Pan - tell- e -o

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  On 11/11/2022 at 5:09 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Funny, I was just watching his QF against Retherford last night and the first time the announcer said his name it came out pan-TA-leo. It hurt my ears.

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I've heard it slaughtered more than once.

[D3 for LU]

D3...

Dee-Three

Dee times Three

Triple- Dee

Dee-Cubed

Duh-duh-duh, THAT'S ALL, FOLKS!

[MPhillips]

  On 11/11/2022 at 6:01 PM, ionel said:

early on it was Steve-N-sun

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Only for the dummies...

[Fadzaev2]

Emil Deliere [7] - Princeton

M-eel Del a ray

Greg Wojciechowski [1] - Toledo

Woj a house ski

Dan Cuestas [1] - Cal State-Bakersfield (10-4)

Kway stus

[SetonHallPirate]

  On 11/11/2022 at 1:11 PM, Dark Energy said:

Let’s teach each other the right way to say some of the names out there.

First one - Hamiti

is it —

HAM - It - ee

or

ha MIT ee

??

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Where's the Doc Emrick of college wrestling, @Jason Bryant, when you need him?

[ionel]

  On 11/11/2022 at 6:01 PM, ionel said:

early on it was Steve-N-sun

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  On 11/12/2022 at 2:38 AM, MPhillips said:

Only for the dummies...

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You mean:

[Jason Bryant]

HAM-it-ee

[Plasmodium]

  On 11/11/2022 at 5:06 PM, Fadzaev2 said:

Pantaleo

Pan - tell- e -o

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Pan-ta-lay-oh.   And you have to say with your hands.

 

[Max86]

Big Twelve

Big Ten

[Fadzaev2]

Yojiro Uetake......Yo  Hero You ta key

[ionel]

  On 11/13/2022 at 2:08 PM, Max86 said:

Big Twelve

tin-or-sick-teen-ormaybeonly-fore-teen

Big Ten

fore-teen-or-may-b-sick-teen

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ftfy

[Fadzaev2]

yianni diakomihalis       yanni dee ahk a ma halis  

[MPhillips]

  On 11/14/2022 at 12:01 AM, Fadzaev2 said:

yianni diakomihalis       yanni dee ahk a ma halis  

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yianni - j-aw-n

[gimpeltf]

  On 11/14/2022 at 12:01 AM, Fadzaev2 said:

yianni diakomihalis       yanni dee ahk a ma halis  

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Just the way it's spelled.

[BigRedFan]

TIL that Meyer Shapiro, because he is from PA, pronounces his name "sha-PY-roh" (instead of the everywhere-else "sha-PEE-roh").  That's gonna throw off some announcers over the next five years.

[Plasmodium]

  On 11/14/2022 at 3:49 AM, BigRedFan said:

TIL that Meyer Shapiro, because he is from PA, pronounces his name "sha-PY-roh" (instead of the everywhere-else "sha-PEE-roh").  That's gonna throw off some announcers over the next five years.

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How about Sha-Peer-Oh?

[Fadzaev2]

Then there's Myron Shapiro.....