From: dave@compassnet.com   
      
   In article , shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
   says...   
      
   > International pronunciation is very interesting. I've been watching the Moto   
   GP and hear some   
   > English people struggle with 'Jorge'. They mostly /try/ to get it right   
   though - unlike the   
   > Italians I've heard say the name. They don't even try and just say 'Yorg'.   
      
   I'll admit that the BT Sport/TNT Sports talking heads are marginally   
   better now when it comes to pronouncing Jorge Martin's name on MotoGP   
   broadcasts, but there was plenty of room for improvement before Jorge   
   Lorenzo retired in 2019. Back then you could always count on hearing   
   "WHORE-GAY" innumerable times.   
      
   For a real nails-on-chalkboard effort, how about when former   
   MotoGP/WSB/BSB rider John Hopkins subbed in as a commentator during a   
   couple of MotoGP races last year and quickly demonstrated that he was   
   utterly incapable of pronouncing the Italian "gn" digraph, repeatedly   
   mangling Francesco Bagnaia's last name with a hard "g".   
      
   I remain mystified as to how one could hear a name being pronounced one   
   way, and then say it a completely different way, but what do I know, I'm   
   a Texan who was once told that I spoke German with a Czech accent.   
      
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