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Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!)
| Benjamin Grimm Apr 21 2017 04:53 PM |
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Very nice! Since you're clearly more connected than most (or all) of us here, do you mind if I give you an assignment? We need to find out, definitively, how to pronounce "Jeurys". It's absurd that he's been a star for the Mets for several years now, and we don't know how to say his name! Gary Cohen says "Jay-or-reese". Howie Rose says "Jairis" (First syllable rhymes with "chair", second syllable rhymes with "hiss".) I recently heard Sandy Alderson refer to him as "Joris" (rhymes with "Boris"). And I recall Daniel Murphy referring to him as "Yoris" (rhymes with Joris which rhymes with Boris.) My guess would be "Hey-oris", which rhymes with "Hey! Boris!"
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| Edgy MD Apr 21 2017 04:57 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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My preference: hee-YOOR-ees.
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| d'Kong76 Apr 21 2017 05:00 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 21 2017 05:32 PM |
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[crossout:3o934qjk]I'm[/crossout:3o934qjk] I say it like Cohen, only not as well of course.
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| G-Fafif Apr 21 2017 05:15 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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If this were fifty years ago, we could just go with "Jerry Familia just popped Bob Clemente to Joe Reyes...wait, Joe dropped the ball! You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third."
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| cooby Apr 21 2017 05:23 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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Oooh good idea!
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| themetfairy Apr 21 2017 05:26 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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Or Willy Flores.
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 21 2017 05:30 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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That doesn't sound like someone who's accepting the assignment!
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| G-Fafif Apr 21 2017 05:36 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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Probably blew my chance at solving this mystery in December 2014. But if he and I cross paths again, you betcha!
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| soupcan Apr 21 2017 08:47 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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Spent some high school years in L.A. My favorite was Lasorda always saying 'Pete' Guerrero. For the record, I've always pronounced it as 'JUR-eese' Like the word 'jury' with an 'eese' on the end.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2017 12:19 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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I don't know if this is the definitive answer, but the accent on the second syllable surprises me. I'm also skeptical of the J sound at the beginning. We need to somehow get this from the horse's mouth. (And no, I'm not saying that Familia is a horse. I'm just saying that he has a mouth.)
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| MFS62 Oct 01 2017 01:52 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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Thinking back on my Spanish classes in school, I remember that "J" is pronounced like an "H". (As in Jose is pronounced "Ho-say".
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| d'Kong76 Oct 01 2017 02:28 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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J can also be kinda silent like in juego where it's melded into the ue.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2017 02:30 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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I think in that case it's a very soft H, as in "Juan", which is, very subtly, "Hu-an".
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| MFS62 Oct 01 2017 02:45 PM Re: Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!) |
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You are right using an "h" sound, which is why heu-rees sounds right to me. (I is pronounced like an e).
Kase is right, too, but I don't know how to show two quotes in one reply other than a copy and paste. Later
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