How to pronounce "Maher"

Its Realtime Maher for me. I dont care how its pronounced.
 
I'm betting the man knows how to pronounce his own name -- it should sound like "Awuzi-eh". . . simple, really. :)
 
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Jumbo075 said:
For the benefit of fans (and Cowboys announcers who couldn't be bothered to find out on their own), there are two options for how to Maher.

The first is like Bill Maher of HBO, who pronounces his last name like - "mar", similar to "car", or for you golfers, "par.

The second is the way Jason Garrett pronounced it in the press conference yesterday, which is, I presume, the way Brett Maher prounces it himself like - "mare", similar to "dare", or for you bleading hearts out there, "care."

I'm going to use the 2nd pronunciation, since I assume that his coach knows how to pronounce his name properly. But I'm not going to argue with anyone who pronounces it like the most famous "Maher" in America, the HBO talk show host.

What bothers me (and this goes back to when I taught in college, and believed it was a matter of respect to say the names of my students properly), is the idiots like Babe Laufenberg and Bryan Broaddus, who pronounced it with two syllables instead of one. How hard was it for either of them to walk into the locker room and just ask the guy how to pronounce his name?

How lazy do you have to be when you're seconds away from the guy to not even take the time to get his name right. It shows an utter lack of respect for a human being to not know how to pronounce his name properly, when you have direct access to the source. I literally watched a Cowboys Live show yesterday, and they were debating how to say his name. Dave Helman said, "Well, now that he's the new kicker, I suppose we'll have to learn how to say his name." So he wasn't human enough to find out in training camp, Dave? Really? And the press wonders why we hate them...

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I was taught that in college too. My solution was to quit remembering folks name.
 
Jumbo075 said:
What bothers me (and this goes back to when I taught in college, and believed it was a matter of respect to say the names of my students properly), is the idiots like Babe Laufenberg and Bryan Broaddus, who pronounced it with two syllables instead of one. How hard was it for either of them to walk into the locker room and just ask the guy how to pronounce his name?
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Mickey Spagnola is the worst at this actually. He pronounced Prescott as "presskitt" until Dak became a household name. He continued this even after he was corrected several times on air. It is irritating to me if you are a journalist or member of the media and you refuse to pronounce names correctly. It is a basic part of your job and requires little effort to do so. I find it to be disrespectful as well. Media cry when their precious questions are not answered and are quick to point out its part of the athlete's or coach's job to do so. Do your job and learn a damn name.
 
We'll pronounce it however David Buehler tells us to.

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Jumbo075 said:
I have a thing about respecting other people enough to find out how to say their names properly. For those who don't have access to the man himself, I understand not knowing how to say his name. For the people who could just walk in and talk to him, like Babe Laufenberg & Bill Johnson, who announced the preseason games, and Bryan Broaddus and Dave Helman, who were paid to spend a month at training camp, I have much less patience with the disrespect they show.

People actually enjoy me at parties. But if I meet someone new whose name is difficult, I have the courtesy to ask them how to say their name. There was a new woman at my work place whose name is "Icosipentarhos", an obvious Greek name. I simply asked her how to say her name. She wasn't offended. She appreciated that I cared enough to ask, so I could call her by the right name.

I'm talking about respect, not grammar. Names are notoriously non-grammatical in how they're pronounced. Coach Keith Richard pronounces his name ri-SHARD, with the accent on the second syllable, instead of RI-cherd, with the accent on the first syllable. If those in daily contact with the man respect him enough to say his name non-grammatically, why don't they also respect a player enough to learn how to say his name non-grammatically?

So, if being the life of the party means saying everyone's name improperly, then I suppose I'm not fun at parties - because I think showing respect means saying their names the way they prefer them to be said.
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Jumbo, you are 100% right. Street was just being goofy. Justforshitzngigs. I do it too.
 
Americans trying to pronounce names that are not easy peasy like Johnson or Miller is always glorious.
 
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