Thank you for this thoughtful response — and you made a great point about assumed pronunciations… | by Keri Savoca

…s job with ratifying falsely pronounced names,
Such as,
Francis Ngannou
Stipe Miocic
Rose Namajunas
José Aldo (Unlike Jalapeño, the “J” is pronounced in his name)
Ilir Latifi (Joe Rogan pronounces it as La-TEE-FAY, often La-TEA-FEE)
And one that I personally fin…
Hey bud,
Great article, UFC Fighters’ names often get mispronounced largely due to the massive…
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Jan 15, 2019
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Thank you for this thoughtful response — and you made a great point about assumed pronunciations, too.
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