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08-23-2021, 08:05 AM
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Yes, Lajoie is a French-Canadian name. They pronounce it Lah-zhwah. You could say Lah-jwah as well, but it's usually said a little softer than that. There is a popular Canadian comedian who used to be on the tv series 'The League' who is named Jon Lajoie, and that's how he pronounces it as well.
For the others, I used to say Goo-Dee when I was a kid, but over the years I've heard just about everyone else say Gow-Dee. And Bowman is pronounced like Bo Jackson or a bow in your hair, not the bow of a ship. 
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08-23-2021, 08:22 AM
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I always heard GOW - Dee (like rhyming with Cow Pee)
and BO - Man (Like rhyming with Roman)
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08-23-2021, 08:33 AM
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Never thought of how it was pronounced.
Very interesting These threads are unique and entertaining.
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08-23-2021, 09:08 AM
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Yes. Correct French enunciation is La-zhwah, but he was always called La-joe-way by any contemporaries whose voices I've heard.
Eddie Cicotte is "SEE-cott" as per the player's own phonetic spelling of it when asked the question. Wagner's nickname(s) were mangled more than they should have been. You have his own teammates, rivals and younger players he coached using Hans, HAHN-uss, HOE-nuss, etc. I think most of us know it's the latter, although that's really strange, as it was a bit of a play on Johannus, which has never been pronounced Yo-HOE-nuss.
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08-23-2021, 11:05 AM
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Gowdy
Bowman Lazhaway
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08-23-2021, 11:26 AM
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I heard Ryan Dempster on a Cubs broadcast earlier this year - he’s apparently a longtime collector and was talking about bidding on a 1933 “Goodie” Jimmie Foxx. Dempster is Canadian, so maybe that’s like “aboot.”
Last edited by ASF123; 08-23-2021 at 11:26 AM.
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08-23-2021, 12:10 PM
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But Cicotte, in Italian, is pronounced: Chee-CO-tay. So, applying to Lajoie, how his name was pronounced in France or French Canada might not be what was used in the English speaking USA.
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08-23-2021, 03:46 PM
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Quote:
https://www.howtopronounce.com/italian/cicotte
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08-23-2021, 03:58 PM
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Yes, really. They are wrong. Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0-a0JkcnhA Note, they are pronouncing "ciccotti" So the first two syllables are as I said, but the final syllable on youtube is "tee" because that's how the vowel "i" is pronounced. Think "spaghetti" for example. The vowel "e" is pronounced "ay". So, as I said, we have chee-CO-tay. From your website, they pronounce the word cinque (meaning the number 5) correctly, with the leading "ci" : https://www.howtopronounce.com/italian/cinque Last edited by Mark17; 08-23-2021 at 04:13 PM.
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