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Title: Fernando Abad
Post by: OregonStrosFan on January 20, 2010, 12:18:31 am

Levine blogs about an interview with Wes Clements, and has a bit to add about Fernando Abad (http://bit.ly/8BmigW). 

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: mrpink on January 20, 2010, 11:52:43 am

Does anyone know how to pronounce this kid's last name?  Is it A-Bad, or a-baud, or maybe awb-ed? 

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: Duman on January 20, 2010, 03:48:19 pm

Quote from: mrpink on January 20, 2010, 11:52:43 am

Does anyone know how to pronounce this kid's last name?  Is it A-Bad, or a-baud, or maybe awb-ed? 

A-bod (not as A-Rod but like the "a" sound in about).

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: mrpink on January 20, 2010, 06:54:04 pm

Thanks.  It drives me nuts when I can't pronounce it right.  I had Bogusevic wrong for like two years.

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: Reuben on January 21, 2010, 08:19:52 am

Quote from: mrpink on January 20, 2010, 06:54:04 pm

Thanks.  It drives me nuts when I can't pronounce it right.  I had Bogusevic wrong for like two years.

Please share the correct Bogusevic pronunciation with us. (Bah-GUH-sah-vitch? Bog-OO-seh-vick?)

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: mrpink on January 21, 2010, 08:58:35 am

Quote from: Reuben on January 21, 2010, 08:19:52 am

Please share the correct Bogusevic pronunciation with us. (Bah-GUH-sah-vitch? Bog-OO-seh-vick?)

I've heard JD and others pronounce it bo-ga-SEH-vick so that's what I'm sticking with forever.  I previously said Bah-GUH-sah-vitch like you wrote.  I guess he's not Bohemian.

Title: Re: Fernando Abad
Post by: VirtualBob on January 21, 2010, 02:58:47 pm

Quote from: mrpink on January 21, 2010, 08:58:35 am

I've heard JD and others pronounce it bo-ga-SEH-vick so that's what I'm sticking with forever.  I previously said Bah-GUH-sah-vitch like you wrote.  I guess he's not Bohemian.

He is definitely not Bohemian with that name, and if he were, he would pronounce it BO-guh-suh-vitch.  He is either Slovenian or (maybe) Croatian with than spelling, and the correct pronunciation would be bo-guh-SYAY-vich or bo-ga-SYAY-vik (the stressed syllable should be like "say" but with an extra "y") depending on a variety of factors.  Given that he is now thoroughly American bo-ga-SEH-vik is not too far off the mark.