Harry Caray used to pronounce selected names backwards

by Jack @, Friday, May 15, 2026, 10:15 (10 days ago) @ nedhead

One I remember in particular, was pitcher Phil Gogolewsk: “Ickswellogog!”

Yep!.....O^2

by John @, Northeast Pennsylvania / NYC, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 10:57 (11 days ago) @ NDinVA

as in "O-squared" ????

Very often just pronounced phonetically

by HullieAndMikes, Yelling at Sam Cane, Dunedin, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 07:30 (11 days ago) @ Jay

Names like Bongi Mbonambi, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Mark Nawaqanitawase look pretty intimidating but are actually pretty easy to figure out once you get the hang of it.

there's a video!

by Jay, San Diego, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 06:56 (11 days ago) @ NDinVA

I need to make one of these for "Jay"

"throatwarbler mangrove"

by Jay, San Diego, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 06:41 (11 days ago) @ NDinVA
edited by Jay, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 06:54

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It's pulled from the transcirpt of Tom Brokaw...

by PuppyBowl, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 06:00 (11 days ago) @ NDinVA

...breaking the news of Gerald Ford's death in the event it happened after we were invaded by Zimbabwe.

Spelled backwards?

by nedhead @, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 00:17 (11 days ago) @ NDinVA

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Any ideas on how to pronounce Oluwasemilore Olubobola

by NDinVA @, Yorktown, VA, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 22:48 (11 days ago)

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