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Until he does something about it, his name is Chili Bowl.
Oo-drick, Oo-dree, Oo-drah...Oh, I don't care anymore...
While watching some of the DVR of the of the game last night, Bill Land and Sean Elliott were talking about Beno.
Sean was pronouncing Beno's last name the way most of us in here have learned to pronounce it..."Oo-dree". Based on Kori's taped interview with Beno this summer, Beno pronounced it "Ooo-dree".
Then last night, Bill Land said the radio voice of the Spurs Bill Schoening asked Beno to pronounce his last name and Land reported that Beno said "Oo-drah".
Now I'm convinced that it must be all a game for Beno. The next thing you know, he'll soon be calling himself Bee-No just to confuse us more.
Make up your mind...you remind me of Tony Dorsett...or Dorsit....or whatever.
Until he does something about it, his name is Chili Bowl.
Different dialects in different parts of Slovenia pronounce it differently, for example in mountainous regions his name can only be pronounced in hand gestures, so 'Beno' would actually be 6 rhythmic pounds on the chest with each fist, while to pronounce 'Udrih' you have to tug on your nose with two fingers (no thumbs) and circle it 4-5 times (depends on the context) in a clockwork direction while rolling your eyes in the opposite direction.
Thank you for that...whatever that was, Karl.
It's actually prononced "throat-warbler mangrove".
Beno Udrih. You must hear how thats sounds if you wanna to pronounce right! This examples which are given are totaly wrong! OO is ok, but the last part of his surname is not right writen. I think we can not write the right pronunciation. Same thing with his name Beno! Maybe this example works. If you wanna to say Beno tray to say american name Ben (Benjamin) and word no. BEN-NO! It sounds quite right.
Stockton says it "Ooh-drick".
God, sends shivers up my spine when I hear that. Like nails on a chalkboard.
Haha, you guys make it so difficult. Hes last name in Udrih, wich means you guys pronounce it like oo-drich. I m from europe and to us its funny how u guys have hard time with that simple last name. Wonder how u ever learned something like Nesterovič or even Schwarzeneger
Oh and btw where can i get spurs-hawks game in the net (heared beno played well) => yeah i m a big fan
Cya
Dario. I'm not sure you set anybody straight with that. Now, you've added a 4th way to pronounce it. Oo-drich? as in Food Rich without the F? Thanks for nothing.
There is only one correct way to pronounce Beno's name in the Slovenian language (except for the chest puonding which is optional) we say it it ooo-dreeh where the last h is not silent but pronounced the same way as it is in the word o or home. I've noticed some commentator pronouncing it as oo-dreeck which is logical as many languages have a problem with non-silent h at the end of the word. That's the Slovenian pronounciation but it is bound to be "americanized" to a certain level. So if it sounded like oo-drah I can only atribute it to poor sound quality and/or noise.
Last edited by Slomo; 11-14-2004 at 03:39 PM. Reason: poor typing skillz
ch like in your examples is just as wrong, so Mario either doesn't know what he's talking about or he is confusing English and German where ch is pronounced like the letter h in o.
Slomo good example! Nice!
A non silent h a the end of the word is so unusual to many languages that you'll have a difficult time to get people to say it correctly - a good examples are the french who have a big problem saying his name.Haha, you guys make it so difficult. Hes last name in Udrih, wich means you guys pronounce it like oo-drich. I m from europe and to us its funny how u guys have hard time with that simple last name. Wonder how u ever learned something like Nesterovič or even Schwarzeneger
Oh and btw where can i get spurs-hawks game in the net (heared beno played well) => yeah i m a big fan
Cya
I also do not know of an English example of such a word - does anyone?
Germans on the other hand have that a lot - so for them its not a problem.
Thanks, Slomo. You are, indeed, the Slovenian Master. Oo-dreeh it will be from now on.
I'm also glad your name isn't Slomoh.
Yeah, you are right, i mixed german into it. Its kinda difficult if you have to learn all those foreign languages, i bet 3/4 americans dont even speak 1 foreign language (except spanish)
So yea, ooo-dreeh its the best comparison for his last name so far
Many of us in this Forum have adapted and we speak "ducks" fairly well, now.
Mario you should come to the chatroom during the Spurs games, I'd like to introduce to Sequ. You two should get along together real well.
ducks is tough!
but not only we all seem to understand it now, some have started using it as well
Its D like D Day, Door, Damn and stuff. Its pronounced D-a-r-i-o or in slovenian mountain language 2 shakes of the head to the left, 1 really wide smile and punch on the nose, (optional whine afterwards).
Would really like to come to that chatroom, but my work starts in 7am, so i have to get up in something like 6am and nba games are playing in 3am in our time so its kinda difficult to chat like that (unless you are school kid)
BTW: noone knows where i could get spurs-hawks game?
I have Beno himself on tape saying it's OO-DREE
Ask him about the H next time you see him! (I guarantee it should be on the recording as well)
Tell him its tearing his fans appart
Kori is keeping the tape in her "woman purse".
Just say ood-ree- o without the -ello
Schwarzeneger's name is pronounced wrong as well, since the w should be pronounced like a v, the e after the n should be pronounced like a hard a, and the er should be pronounced like eh, with a slight r sound at the end.Haha, you guys make it so difficult. Hes last name in Udrih, wich means you guys pronounce it like oo-drich. I m from europe and to us its funny how u guys have hard time with that simple last name. Wonder how u ever learned something like Nesterovič or even Schwarzeneger
Oh and btw where can i get spurs-hawks game in the net (heared beno played well) => yeah i m a big fan
Cya
Oh and the ch in german really depends on where in germany, switzerland, or austria you are, but it is indeed a unique sound (when english is your first language) if pronounced as it would be in, say, berlin.
I just came up with a way to explain the sound, pretend like you are imitating a cat hissing, soften it up a bit and that is about the sound you are looking for.
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