Heard the most difficult name butchering in last night's Flames vs Isles game

[Fig]

It sounded like he randomly started drowning underwater while saying the name.

 

[Maple Leaf]

did j stutter

 

[TruePowerSlave]

I mean, most pronunciations of Finnish names are nowhere close to the proper ones either.

It's an impossible language to get right without a ton of practice for a native english speaker

 

[Wasted Talent]

Button's attempt at pronouncing Jokiharju has to be up there as one of the worst.

 

[IamNotADancer]

I knew Baba Booey was an Isles fan but I had no clue JD Harmeyer had an interest in announcing

 

[PullHard]

Button's attempt at pronouncing Jokiharju has to be up there as one of the worst.

Harky yoohoo

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

Button's attempt at pronouncing Jokiharju has to be up there as one of the worst.

Lmfao... Oh man. That has to be one of the most hilarious but also most disrespectful name butcherings of all time. Harky- Yoohoo. Smfh.

 

[saintunspecified]

We NYI fans are used to Butch destroying names, the english language ("blindlessly" used this week to describe a pass) so we are kind of used to hearing this stuff.

Butch is pretty fluent for a non-native English speaker. And that's a good thing because nobody else speaks his native language.

 

[BigEezyE22]

Sounds like the kind of butchering I'd do....

Then I again I have a stroke every time I try to spell Lechyshyshynsnchn

You talking about that Limp Dicksquiggle guy?

 

[njdevils1982]

"milan loo-sick"

-don cherry

 

[Straight Fire]

Would've bet the house on the butcher being Hrudey lol

 

[MMANumminen]

Finnish classic Teppo Winnipeg

 

[MMANumminen]

Button's attempt at pronouncing Jokiharju has to be up there as one of the worst.

Harky Yoohoo lmao

 

[Caser]

LOL Varlamov isn't even that hard of a name to pronounce. There are like bunch of harder names in the NHL

It's not the first issue with Varlamov though, I still remember the famous "Steve Varmalov" pronunciation when he signed with the Avs and I also see that someone in this thread remembered "Valarmov" as well.

 

[Bleedred]

I'm not sure if his tongue just got tied up and he was having a bit of a moment or what.

Varlamov is a player that's been in the league for closer to 15 years than anything.

 

[NorthernBridge7]

 

[It Takes 2 To Tango]

Oliver Lawssum-Tawssum

 

[NorthernBridge7]

Oliver Lawssum-Tawssum

Nugent-Thompsons

 

[Norwegianoiler]

Oliver Lawssum-Tawssum

Dress Skull.

Also, whatever sodomy of a name North Americans are doing when they say Grzelczyk.

 

[The Panther]

Greg Millen is almost as bad at names as he was at playing goal in the NHL.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Shveshnikov

 

[NYR94]

Sounds like he just got tongue tied. Some guys don't even try to get names right. Love hearing Olczyk say Zuhbinijad...

 

[sting101]

Immediately thought Harm Singh.

In fairness its usually the wrong player more than miss pronounced from Harm....he's bad

 

[CraigBillington]

My Father is notorious for this. "That Billington is a really good goalie." I swear he's so much like Don Cherry in every way lol

Thanks to your father

 

[Diglett]

Nobody will ever beat Mark Lee and his iconic bungling of names.

Never forget Sam Cogliano and the Corey Power Potter Play.