Pronounciation Issue

[mikekim]

Does anyone in here know why certain people (e.g. George Karl, and I think Bill Walton?...among others) insist on calling Robert Horry " y"??

Am I missing something here? Is it like a noWitzki/noVitzki thing? I always thought it was "Oar-ee" but these occasional " y" advocates keep trippin' me up from time to time...

Are they just being dumb about it or what is it?? Sorry, I usually just ignore the " y" sayers and just keep on with my "Oar-ee"...but I think this issue has reached the brink of my curiosity now...it can't be ignored any longer

[The_Worlds_finest]

i dont think im alone on this but i saw we remove Horry and replace it with Big Shot. Infact the nba should retire the name big shot

[mikekim]

how do you edit the thread le?? I want to correct the spelling error, it's kind of annoying me...the fact that i can't correct it

[Scotti]

It's ok though. The misspelling seems to emphasise your mispronunciation point.

[boutons_]

'orry or Horry?

Is this 'onestly a problem?

There are very few words in English where the leading h is silent.
Horry isn't one of them.

[mikekim]

alright, okay...but all I want to know is why then is the most common pronunciation of his name 'Orry?

I just want to know if it's 'Orry or Horry...

[bigfish22]

If it was a pronoun issue then his name would be Big Shot Him

[Marcus Bryant]

What would Freud say?