krc1995 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Eleven years into working in a Louisiana school system, I still struggle with these dang French-Cajun-Spanish names. Few names are pronounced the way they look. I'll start a few easy one: How would you pronounce: Richard Champagne Smith Theriot Simon Here's a few that are a little more difficult: Theodile and after our own all Big 8 linebacker- Etienne, as in Leroy 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The real question is, how would Farmer Fran pronounce them? 2 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 2 hours ago, krc1995 said: Eleven years into working in a Louisiana school system, I still struggle with these dang French-Cajun-Spanish names. Few names are pronounced the way they look. I'll start a few easy one: How would you pronounce: Richard Champagne Smith Theriot Simon Here's a few that are a little more difficult: Theodile and after our own all Big 8 linebacker- Etienne, as in Leroy Here's what I got: Ree-shard Pass Wut Terri-o Sí-moan 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 How would you pronounce: Richard - Deke Champagne - Shawm-pon Smith - Smeet Theriot - Terry-o Simon - Sigh-moan Here's a few that are a little more difficult: Theodile - Teo-deal Etienne - A-tea-en Quote Link to comment
krc1995 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 49 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said: Do you think Earl Campbell would go back and choose a different path? I doubt it. Only reason anyone knows his name is because of the way he ran the ball. 6 hours ago, JJ Husker said: How would you pronounce: Richard - Deke Champagne - Shawm-pon Smith - Smeet Theriot - Terry-o Simon - Sigh-moan Here's a few that are a little more difficult: Theodile - Teo-deal Etienne - A-tea-en Not bad. One more syllable in terr-e-o with accent on 2nd syllable Etienne is 2 syllables aesh-n. Is the best way I can write it Theodile. Toe-deal. Don’t understand why but it is Simon- locally pronounced Cee-moan. Smith was a joke. There are no Smiths Champagne is correct. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 4 hours ago, krc1995 said: Not bad. One more syllable in terr-e-o with accent on 2nd syllable Etienne is 2 syllables aesh-n. Is the best way I can write it Theodile. Toe-deal. Don’t understand why but it is Simon- locally pronounced Cee-moan. Smith was a joke. There are no Smiths Champagne is correct. I thought I had Etienne right for sure. That’s the way they always pronounced his name when he played for us. Quote Link to comment
krc1995 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: I thought I had Etienne right for sure. That’s the way they always pronounced his name when he played for us. I know. I wonder what it was like for him to never have heard his names pronounced like he was used to. Sad update, he lives in the same town as me. My neighbor was telling me that he’s one of the “old” drunk guys that spends his days wandering up and down one of the towns worst ghetto streets and we live in a very violent town. I feel bad and wish there was an outreach program through the University. Maybe there is. Quote Link to comment
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