Martinez is NOT pronounced Mar-tin-ez

whatthewhatthewhat wrote:

Gay Marxist wrote:

Ever heard of accents?

Even then, we pronounce the 'Lopes' in Priscilla Lopes-Schliep as one syllable rather than the more common "LO-pez"

Martinez should be pronounced Mar-TEE-nez not MAR-tin-ez.

Priscilla's name is the biggest butcher job of all and primarily Yanks to blame. The Olympic marathon was won by a guy named Carlos Lop-ES so it would seem running announcers would remember the name.

brits need to get tased every time they mispronounce a word. Either they would learn how to speak correctly, or would keep their nasty rotten toothed gobs shut.

pavlovian wrote:

brits need to get tased every time they mispronounce a word. Either they would learn how to speak correctly, or would keep their nasty rotten toothed gobs shut.

You seem very bitter. Has Mummy grounded you again?

It's pronounced: "Lowpesh"

Damn Limeys! wrote:

whatthewhatthewhat wrote:

Even then, we pronounce the 'Lopes' in Priscilla Lopes-Schliep as one syllable rather than the more common "LO-pez"

Martinez should be pronounced Mar-TEE-nez not MAR-tin-ez.

Priscilla's name is the biggest butcher job of all and primarily Yanks to blame. The Olympic marathon was won by a guy named Carlos Lop-ES so it would seem running announcers would remember the name.

I am not sure what either of these posts are saying, but Priscilla herself pronounces her name Lopes, not Lop-ES or LO-pez.

Or LoPesh

Don't forget to roll the r's. It Marrr-tea-nes.

parapapa wrote:

Maybe Americans should come back and talk when they have learnt to differentiate the letter "t" from the letter "d". On a recent American Airlines flight, I was amused to be offered something called "doody" free.

This one took me a while to digest.

Ha ha ha!

This thread is useless without pics!

That's my single, most favorite phrase on this message board.