Ignorant yankees...

[Produce man]

Okay, Jose Padilla is making news again, and I keep hearing his name pronounced "Puh-dillah". The only one I saw use the proper pronunciation (Pah-deeya) was Molly Hennenberg on FNC. As many hispanics we have in this country, you would think more "journalists" would know such things.

What gives?

[jrat33]

Oh, I thought we were talking about Derek Jeter and A-Rod.

But the over-pronunciation thing can go a little far. For instance, the dude that looks like Skelator on ESPN News (the name escapes me) over-pronounces every Hispanic name, even ones like David Ortiz. "Dah-veeeed Orrrrrteeeeezzz." David Ortiz doesn't even pronounce his name like that.

I tend to turn the channel when he's on.

[Lazlo Toth]

Padilla pronounces it Puh-dill-uh. That's why most news people pronounce it that way. If he pronounced it according to the Spanish pronunciation, we would go with that instead. But in general we pronounce the name the way the person him/herself says it.

Especially when we're in San Pedro.

[Lazlo Toth]

And by the way, if you were correct, it would be "ignorant yanquis."

[Steve Scott]

Don't you remember when Padilla's lawyer made a big stink about this?

It was stressed - very clearly - that Padilla pronounces his name puh-DILL'-uh.

As stated above, pronounce it the way the person himself/herself pronounces it. If they want to pronounce Jones jo-NEES', that's up to them.

[JoinUsForCake]

Originally posted by Produce man:
The only one I saw use the proper pronunciation (Pah-deeya) was Molly Hennenberg on FNC.Way to check your facts before ranting, P-Boy and Fox Noise.

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[RollTide98]

While we're on the topic...

If you're ever covering a sporting event in a little stadium on the plains of Auburn, Alabama, it's not pronounced "Jordan-Haire" as in Michael Jordan. It's pronounced "Jerden"

As in Shug Jordan, Auburn legend.

But with all that said, why be at Jordan-Haire when you could be at Bryant-Denny?

Oh, right...

[Spike]

Originally posted by RollTide98:
But with all that said, why be at Jordan-Haire when you could be at Bryant-Denny?Especially with all the empty seats in Tuscaloosa.

[McCovey Cove Returns]

Originally posted by Produce man:
Okay, Jose Padilla is making news again, and I keep hearing his name pronounced "Puh-dillah". The only one I saw use the proper pronunciation (Pah-deeya) was Molly Hennenberg on FNC. As many hispanics we have in this country, you would think more "journalists" would know such things.

What gives?Your opinion once again ignoring reality.

[RollTide98]

Originally posted by Spike:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by RollTide98:
But with all that said, why be at Jordan-Haire when you could be at Bryant-Denny?Especially with all the empty seats in Tuscaloosa.</font>[/QUOTE]Hence the "Oh, right..." at the end of my post.

[Tripe Face]

Originally posted by Steve Scott:
Don't you remember when Padilla's lawyer made a big stink about this?

It was stressed - very clearly - that Padilla pronounces his name puh-DILL'-uh.

As stated above, pronounce it the way the person himself/herself pronounces it. If they want to pronounce Jones jo-NEES', that's up to them.You are correct it WAS the lawyer who about a year ago said Jose wanted his name pronounced "puh-DILL-uh"... but about a month ago the same lawyer says Jose really does pronounce it "puh-DEE-uh"

I think either Jose or the lawyer is just *****ing with the media's collective mind.

[Produce man]

Originally posted by Last Week as a News Vampire:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Produce man:
Okay, Jose Padilla is making news again, and I keep hearing his name pronounced "Puh-dillah". The only one I saw use the proper pronunciation (Pah-deeya) was Molly Hennenberg on FNC. As many hispanics we have in this country, you would think more "journalists" would know such things.

What gives?Your opinion once again ignoring reality.</font>[/QUOTE]Is that supposed to be a sentence?

[Produce man]

Originally posted by JoinUsForCake:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Produce man:
The only one I saw use the proper pronunciation (Pah-deeya) was Molly Hennenberg on FNC.Way to check your facts before ranting, P-Boy and Fox Noise.

graemlins/sleep.gif </font>[/QUOTE]I did check my facts. You may want to look into it.

[Spike]

http://media2.washingtonpost.com/media/slate/Podcasts/20051122_Padilla.wma

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6729347

[ April 12, 2007, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Spike ]

[TVShootist.]

Originally posted by Spike:
http://media2.washingtonpost.com/media/slate/Podcasts/20051122_Padilla.wma

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6729347Sounds like he has an identity crisis.. flip a coin Jose and make up your mind.

[Spike]

Originally posted by Launching Pad:
Sounds like he has an identity crisis.. flip a coin Jose and make up your mind.That's only half of it. His Islamic name is either Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah. This whole conversation seems a little weird to me, because I was under the impression that if you were an Islamic fundamentalist, you would want to use your Arabic name from that time forward (like Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens). Why does he go by Padilla at all?

[Lazlo Toth]

Sounds like a verse from "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off."

You say puh DEE yuh ....
I say puh DILL uh ....

[jrat33]

Originally posted by jrat33:
Oh, I thought we were talking about Derek Jeter and A-Rod.

But the over-pronunciation thing can go a little far. For instance, the dude that looks like Skelator on ESPN News (the name escapes me) over-pronounces every Hispanic name, even ones like David Ortiz. "Dah-veeeed Orrrrrteeeeezzz." David Ortiz doesn't even pronounce his name like that.

I tend to turn the channel when he's on.Kirk Jimenez. That's his name.

[John M.]

Originally posted by jrat33:

Kirk Jimenez. That's his name.Is the pronouncer on that "HEEM-uh-nez," hee-MEN-ez," or "JIM-en-ez?"

[Produce man]

"heh-MEN-ez"

[ April 13, 2007, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Produce man ]

[jrat33]

I just call him.....

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:704xksqTTflatM:www.postmodernclog.com/skeletor

SKELATOR!