A plea to Fitzy

mimic

Lol.. yes.. the pronunciation of names.. usually islanders have a good time saying those funny names with accents.. NRL is the best place to hear those names though..

Tag-a-tease-e is a favourite

booboo

Not saying I'm perfect in that regard by any stretch of the imagination but make an effort.

I always recall James Lewer-lie playing for the Kiwis when Eastlake was commentating back in the day.

Bones

Who was the new Crusaders wing? Tom-Arnie? Last name Vorloo I think.

MN5

I've heard from a few folk that have met him that Fitzy is a fuckwit of Mike Brewer proportions. His arrogance in not bothering to know anything doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

KiwiMurph

The Melbourne Rebels PA announcer found a new player in the Blues squad that I didn't know about - Steven La-tau - I would have thought Steven's name was quite easy to pronounce...

Billy Tell

Hey guys!

This is Sean Fitzpatrick. You guys know me better as Fitzy. Long time reader first time poster. Thanks for the feedback, I'll make the pronunciation changes accordingly. Then everything will be cow pie. Cheers Fitzy.

Bovidae

@Billy-Tell

You were a "full credit" away from convincing us there.

Billy Tell

@Bovidae said in A plea to Fitzy:

@Billy-Tell

You were a "full credit" away from convincing us there.

It was a post of 2 halves.

Nepia

@booboo said in A plea to Fitzy:

On the subject the Pommie dude commentating the Canes v Wolfies kept referring to Sah-vay-a. Eeek.

Different sport but a bugbear of mine on this side of the deetch is the Canberra player Josh Parparly. Papa'ali'i???

Surely it's easy enough to teach the pronunciation of short sounding vowels
Ah
Ay
Ee
Oh
Oou (How would you spell that ? )
then that you pronounce each vowel
and then try and make an effort.

Aye? Wouldn't Ea(r) be a better approximation?

taniwharugby

@Nepia yeah I also thought the 'oh' was more, 'oa' (like oar but without the 'r')

Crucial

I fully expect Fitzpatrick to now call the Hurricanes captain Dar-neh Coles

Milk

The pronunciation of Maori and Pacific words among main stream New Zealand has come along way since Fitzy last lived in NZ.

Crucial

@Milk said in A plea to Fitzy:

The pronunciation of Maori and Pacific words among main stream New Zealand has come along way since Fitzy last lived in NZ.

True, but he is now paid to watch and comment on NZ games, with tests and Super Rugby. He gets to watch and listen to NZ commentators yet makes no attempt to either realise he is wrong or just doesn't give a shit because his pommy mates don't care either.

I'm not even asking for perfect vowel sounds but obvious ones. e.g. TJ and Nisbo don't pronounce names like Laban or Sumo do but at least make a good effort

Bones

@Crucial that and it's not even Maori/Pacific names he struggles with. I'm pretty sure the name Dane was around long before Fitzy lived in NZ.

Crucial

I see Makko Vunipola has taken the field for England

MajorRage

@MN5 said in A plea to Fitzy:

I've heard from a few folk that have met him that Fitzy is a fuckwit of Mike Brewer proportions. His arrogance in not bothering to know anything doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Dunno who these folks are ... but can't agree at all. Met him a few times and sort of worked with him. Thought he was a great speaker, inspiring and nice guy.

MN5

@MajorRage said in A plea to Fitzy:

@MN5 said in A plea to Fitzy:

I've heard from a few folk that have met him that Fitzy is a fuckwit of Mike Brewer proportions. His arrogance in not bothering to know anything doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Dunno who these folks are ... but can't agree at all. Met him a few times and sort of worked with him. Thought he was a great speaker, inspiring and nice guy.

Norm Hewitt is the only name I'll confirm. He won't mind cos he put it in a book.

Siam

If you meet him just continually call him "Seen Fietz partick" ; fie as in pie, and seen as in bean

Maybe he'll get the message

mimic

This video cracks me up. Reminds me of Fitzy.

kiwiinmelb

What I do find surprising ,

is how bad some game analysis is from our past champions ,

You hear some of it and it leaves you kind of wondering how they were so good

The Silver Fern

A plea to Fitzy