), and to what end? No one would know who the heck I'm talking about. ETA: if I were speaking to Spanish speakers, I would absolutely make the attempt. Only without the Argentinian accent that would change Carri-yo to Carri-zho
) to modern English speakers and they would have no idea to what ancient Roman orator I refer. When I say how much I adore Donovan, I want Anglophones to know of whom I speak:yes:
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This.
I have no problem with an attempt at correct pronunciation. I do have a problem when I feel it is at the expense of the skater, and merely to show off the linguistic skills of the commentator.:noshake:
It is no secret that I adore Donovan Carrillo:luv17: Donovan's first name in Spanish, between the accent on a different syllable, the long o versus the short o, and the mysteries of the "bcorte" to an English speaker, is not at all pronounced like Donovan in English. When speaking to fellow Anglophones, I could pronounce Donovan Carrillo as it's pronounced in Spanish (even trilling my r's, which given all my years in French I'm rather good at trilling my r's
That's my issue. I could go around saying "Kikero" (the correct original pronunciation
that someone is not going to suggest that when NBC correctly spells Michaud's first name on screen as Trennt, the only reason is to show off NBC's spelling skills.)
But then you are wasting all of that tasty popcorn!
The title is hilarious to be honest. I'm generally OK with Johnny's commentary except his lost objectivity over certain skaters that he doesn't seem to like but Tara's noisy nasal voice drives me crazy sometimes regardless of what she says. She needs to clear her unstable voice up in my opinion if she wants to be seen as a professional commentator which I don't feel from her.
