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Dale Husband

JoeD

First Grade
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Observations after one viewing:

Don't mind him

way better than McIvor

I think the 'try hard' calls are uncalled for. Everyone thinks Rabs is a dick for being a meathead and not even attempting to pronounce the island names correctly yet now people are slamming Husband for doing the opposite?

Maybe thats how Mateo pronounces his name, how do 'we' know?
 

shiznit

Coach
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I agree with Lego Man's comments in the main forum. This try-hard stuff is nonsense, particularly on Mateo. I get what he's trying to do, which is cool, but I would have thought the first golden rule on commentary would be to find out how the player pronounces his name, and out of respect, follow it. Mateo doesn't pronounce it like a transient gimp.
sorry Fek... i agree with you most of the time...

but i gotta say thats a load of bullshit....

Just because Mateo murders his own name it doesn't mean Husband is required to follow suit...

Husband needs to pronounce it how it's supposed to be pronounced.

If Feleti Mateo doesn't know how to pronounce his own name than unfortunately Feleti has to cop this one on the chin and either learn to pronounce it correctly... or cop looking like an idiot because he cant pronounce his own name correctly.
 

shiznit

Coach
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Observations after one viewing:

Don't mind him

way better than McIvor

I think the 'try hard' calls are uncalled for. Everyone thinks Rabs is a dick for being a meathead and not even attempting to pronounce the island names correctly yet now people are slamming Husband for doing the opposite?

Maybe thats how Mateo pronounces his name, how do 'we' know?

who gives a shit how he pronounces his name...

His name is Tongan... pronounce is how it supposed to be pronounced...
 

Iafeta

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It pings me off no end where people try to put their own slant on pronouncing my name... I imagine it'd be slightly infuriating on a professional level. Irrespective of how so called tradition has it, it really is a matter for how the player and his/her family wish the name to be pronounced as.

The rest of his call on the weekend seemed fairly decent. Better than that myth Costigan... amazed they kept shelling out to fly him backwards and forth across the Tasman.
 

shiznit

Coach
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It pings me off no end where people try to put their own slant on pronouncing my name... I imagine it'd be slightly infuriating on a professional level. Irrespective of how so called tradition has it, it really is a matter for how the player and his/her family wish the name to be pronounced as.

The rest of his call on the weekend seemed fairly decent. Better than that myth Costigan... amazed they kept shelling out to fly him backwards and forth across the Tasman.

i understand where your coming from... but if your professional you will call it how its supposed to be called.

any other way will be just confusing... what happens if another couple of Mateo's come through he system and they each pronounce there names differently....

i would actually suggest that it would be ignorant, unprofessional and just plain culturally insensitive if you knowingly mispronounce someones name.
 

Fast Eddie

First Grade
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i understand where your coming from... but if your professional you will call it how its supposed to be called.

any other way will be just confusing... what happens if another couple of Mateo's come through he system and they each pronounce there names differently....

i would actually suggest that it would be ignorant, unprofessional and just plain culturally insensitive if you knowingly mispronounce someones name.

You pronouce someones name how they want it pronounced, its their name.
 

vvvrulz

Coach
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I think its supposed to be maa-teh-o where the general public say muh-tay-oh. Of course only one person came up with "Martel".
 

Meth

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234 posts and you are speaking on behalf of this forum? I don't think so.

He's not quite right.

A lot of people do think of him as a troll- that's true. But the majority of people think of him as a moron.

btw- in 234 posts, he has added more to this place then the racist, senile coot ever has.
 
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