How to pronounce Shapiro

[jammen]

I hear Flo and other sites saying Shapiro with a long i.  This would be an unusual pronounciation of a traditional name.  Does anyone know how Meyer says his family name?

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[Hammerlock3]

i had assumed they were correct, but pyles is really dumb, despite the nerd persona.

[Hammerlock3]

also, when he was burning down Andonian Shapyro would have worked, a little overstated now.

[BigRedFan]

45 minutes ago, jammen said:

I hear Flo and other sites saying Shapiro with a long i.  This would be an unusual pronounciation of a traditional name.  Does anyone know how Meyer says his family name?

It's a Delaware/Maryland pronunciation.  I thought they had it wrong until I heard him on camera checking in at the matside table.

[1032004]

11 hours ago, jammen said:

I hear Flo and other sites saying Shapiro with a long i.  This would be an unusual pronounciation of a traditional name.  Does anyone know how Meyer says his family name?

They’ve had multiple conversations confirming the long i is correct.

[Gus]

Shah-pie-roh 

[Lipdrag]

This just in from the Pronunciations Pronouncement Department:

The other freshman phenom's name is pronounced Messenb-rye-nk.  At least in Delaware and Maryland.  Let's all get on our Aussie accents for these wrestlers.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

3 hours ago, Gus said:

Shah-pie-roh 

His sister went on the flo insta to confirm this exact pronunciation.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

15 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

It's a Delaware/Maryland pronunciation.  I thought they had it wrong until I heard him on camera checking in at the matside table.

Philly, too

[scribers]

Typically is shah pier roe. Which is usually of Hebrew background 

[BigRedFan]

1 minute ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Philly, too

I grew up in Bucks County (just north of Philly), and we certainly didn't pronounce it the way Meyer does(I was classmates with Eileen Shapiro).

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

9 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

I grew up in Bucks County (just north of Philly), and we certainly didn't pronounce it the way Meyer does(I was classmates with Eileen Shapiro).

ok

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

https://thisislowermerion.com/shah-peer-oh-sha-pie-roh-how-do-you-say-shapiro/#:~:text=Everywhere else%2C the name Shapiro,not Shah-PEER-Oh.

[BigRedFan]

4 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

https://thisislowermerion.com/shah-peer-oh-sha-pie-roh-how-do-you-say-shapiro/#:~:text=Everywhere else%2C the name Shapiro,not Shah-PEER-Oh.

Cool, nice find!

[Plasmodium]

It is not Shuh-peer-oh?  That is how we hillbillies roll.

[Wrestleknownothing]

32 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Philly, too

I had twin brother bosses from Philly a few years back that did the opposite (and maybe that is the Philly thing?). I have a hard A in my last name, but they always said it with the soft A. The first time I heard it I didn't realize they were talking about me. It always made me chuckle.

[ionel]

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

I had twin brother bosses from Philly a few years back that did the opposite (and maybe that is the Philly thing?). I have a hard A in my last name, but they always said it with the soft A. The first time I heard it I didn't realize they were talking about me. It always made me chuckle.

Thought you dropped the hard "A" for a soft "no." 

WrestleknowAthing ... 

[ugarles]

3 hours ago, Plasmodium said:

It is not Shuh-peer-oh?  That is how we hillbillies roll.

if hillbillies are starting to pronounce jewish names i'm already driving away

[flyingcement]

3 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

I grew up in Bucks County (just north of Philly), and we certainly didn't pronounce it the way Meyer does(I was classmates with Eileen Shapiro).

I grew up around Philly but on the southwest side and never heard it pronounced ShaPIEro ever.  He should just admit he can't pronounce his own name

[ionel]

3 hours ago, Plasmodium said:

It is not Shuh-peer-oh?  That is how we hillbillies roll.

you going hard i there? 

[PortaJohn]

4 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

I grew up in Bucks County (just north of Philly), and we certainly didn't pronounce it the way Meyer does(I was classmates with Eileen Shapiro).

What type of Bucks County guy were you?  Warminster tough guy?  Central Bucks Farmer?  Upper Black Eddy weirdo? Quakertown "that's in Bucks County?" Northeast Philly but its Bensalem?

[flyingcement]

Just now, PortaJohn said:

What type of Bucks County guy were you?  Warminster tough guy?  Central Bucks Farmer?  Upper Black Eddy weirdo? Quakertown "that's in Bucks County?" Northeast Philly but its Bensalem?

He always struck me as more of a Council Rock guy

[BigRedFan]

1 minute ago, PortaJohn said:

What type of Bucks County guy were you?  Warminster tough guy?  Central Bucks Farmer?  Upper Black Eddy weirdo? Quakertown "that's in Bucks County?" Northeast Philly but its Bensalem?

None of those.  Levittown.

[PortaJohn]

Just now, flyingcement said:

He always struck me as more of a Council Rock guy

Ahhh, Council Rock.  Where the teachers make Lawyers salaries.  Great wrestling community

[BigRedFan]

1 minute ago, flyingcement said:

He always struck me as more of a Council Rock guy

Close; I went to high school in Newtown, but not CR.