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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 703208" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Yes. </p><p></p><p>Also, Samoan and Tongan names quite often have an apostrophe between two vowels. The apostrophe denotes a <em>"glottal stop"</em>, a vocal gap in the pronunciation. Commentators often miss this out, for example, when pronouncing Ma'a Nonu's first name, they call him <em>"Mah"</em>. His first name is spelled <em>"Ma'a"</em> and it is pronounced.... <em>"Mah ah"</em>. </p><p></p><p>Another example is Rodney So'oialo. Hearing ignorant commentators pronounce it <em>"Soyahlo"</em> really chaps my arse! Its pronounced <em>"Soh oh oyahlo"</em></p><p></p><p>Earl Va'a</p><p>Ilaisa Ma'asi</p><p>Sateki Mata'u</p><p>Ti'i Paulo</p><p>Leo Lafaiali'i</p><p></p><p>There is really no excuse for commentators and journalists not getting these names right, its just laziness. They have relatively easy access to these players; some of them even have them on their mobile phone contact lists. If the player's name has an unusual spelling, its a simple matter to just ask them how its pronounced?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 703208, member: 20605"] Yes. Also, Samoan and Tongan names quite often have an apostrophe between two vowels. The apostrophe denotes a [I]"glottal stop"[/I], a vocal gap in the pronunciation. Commentators often miss this out, for example, when pronouncing Ma'a Nonu's first name, they call him [I]"Mah"[/I]. His first name is spelled [I]"Ma'a"[/I] and it is pronounced.... [I]"Mah ah"[/I]. Another example is Rodney So'oialo. Hearing ignorant commentators pronounce it [I]"Soyahlo"[/I] really chaps my arse! Its pronounced [I]"Soh oh oyahlo"[/I] Earl Va'a Ilaisa Ma'asi Sateki Mata'u Ti'i Paulo Leo Lafaiali'i There is really no excuse for commentators and journalists not getting these names right, its just laziness. They have relatively easy access to these players; some of them even have them on their mobile phone contact lists. If the player's name has an unusual spelling, its a simple matter to just ask them how its pronounced? [/QUOTE]
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