Tag: Name Pronounciation

Brett Favre may be the simplest example. The NFL had Junior Seau. The NBA has Giannis Antetokounmpo and Victor Wembanyama. MLB has Shohei Ohtani and Xander Bogaerts. Even my low hockey IQ recalls Mark Messier and Jonathan Toews. And it’s not just men—Nadia Comăneci and Martina Navratilova qualify too. All share something: phonetically challenging names.…