Most Commonly Mispronounced Names in BJJ?

[wastedyouth]

Like the title says, what names do you hear mispronounced most often? And more importantly what's the correct pronunciation?

 

[phillys-finest]

I used to call jacare -Jay Care. Thats before I started watching bjj and heard it...what do you want im not some Portuguese expert.

 

[The13]

Stephan BonnEr

 

[swirldog]

How can Royce (Rolls Royce) not be no this list?

 

[notafighter86]

romulo barral

 

[Mise En Place]

Xande

 

[KGB256]

How can Royce (Rolls Royce) not be no this list?

You could run right down the list of Gracie Family members with R names. Royce, Rickson, Rorion, Rolls, Rener, Ryron, etc.

 

[Im so Moldy]

Whoseemore Paul Yaris

 

[King Creatine]

Galvao.

I'm still not completely sure how to say it. Gal-vone?

 

[yovan]

Terere

 

[Ice 9 Cobra]

I can't pronounce rorian or Caio correctly for the life of me

 

[Oliver Geddes]

I'm still confused how Caio ends up as 'Ciao'.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Roger Gracie.

 

[mr violent]

I'm still confused how Caio ends up as 'Ciao'.

I'd imagine it being pronounced like Kai-Oh, and spelling it with a C doesn't seem that far-fetched?

Xande, to me, seems to be the hardest to pronounce, or any of the ones with 'ao' at the end. Galvao, i've heard with the 'ao' being pronounced as 'oh' (Gal-Voh), and as 'ow' (Gal-Vow).. weird stuff.

Edit: there's a local brown belt with the last name Nguyen, and for the life of me, I can never remember how to pronounce that.

 

[dmesser2]

Galvao.

I'm still not completely sure how to say it. Gal-vone?

Gal (like southerner slang for girl) -vow

 

[Oliver Geddes]

No, it is pronounced Kai-oh. But a bunch of people say Ciao like goodbye. Which puzzles me.

 

[dmesser2]

You could run right down the list of Gracie Family members with R names. Royce, Rickson, Rorion, Rolls, Rener, Ryron, etc.

I like when people take it a step too far and start pronouncing american names like Raphael lavorto jr with the H sound as the R

 

[wastedyouth]

Thank you Mr. Violent for actually taking the time to try and sound these names out, which was the purpose of this thread. Galvao`s name is pretty hard, as is Caio`s. Is Monteiro pronounced mon- tea -arrow?

 

[Oliver Geddes]

Mon-tay-row, I believe.

 

[wastedyouth]

So is it Hoff- ael (Rafael) Mendes?