Why cannot people pronounce "Rigondeaux" correctly?

By the way, as far as French Canadian Boxer David Lemieux is concerned: http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#fr/en/lemieux (Click on the little speaker in the left field)

people who speak english are used to pronouncing sh#t wrong. we do it in constancy. our spelling system is all over the place. if you spell a word in spanish it is almost always spelled exactly how it sounds, with the accent on a certain sylable and all. in english you have to hear the word first. there's just no way to know how to pronounce some words. the result? we butcher words and names, and we don't care about it. ri - gon - doe.

It's pronounced Do-NAi-re... the i is silent.

Craig and Kreg make the exact same sound though. It's not, ai makes an ay sound like Raid. Do you pronounce Raid as red ?

Craig and Kreg make the exact same sound though. It's not, au makes an ay sound like Raid. Do you pronounce Raid as red ?

Can you actually decide how to pronounce your own name though. I mean if your name is Craig you can't just decide its pronounced kreg. So just because someone says that's how my name is pronounced doesnt make it right and I will produce it how it's supposed to be. My names Andrew andI tell people to say my name like Aund-ray-wih. No problems so far.

Can you actually decide how to pronounce your own name though. I mean if your name is Craig you can't just decide its pronounced kreg. So just because someone says that's how my name is pronounced doesnt make it right and I will produce it how it's supposed to be. Craig and Kreg make the exact same sound though.

Can you actually decide how to pronounce your own name though. I mean if your name is Craig you can't just decide its pronounced kreg. So just because someone says that's how my name is pronounced doesnt make it right and I will produce it how it's supposed to be.

Even the cubans say "RigondEAO". It's not a spanish name, it's more french. Who gives a ****

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But he Rigon doe. (if this has been done, im sorry doe)

I've always pronounced is Ri-Gun-Dow lol thats how i say it. Not sure if thats right but Ive heard the name so many different ways I'm sure it is close enough.

You'd think the video of Rigo pronouncing his own name would end this thread, but no, people are still trying to figure out how its pronounced

I've always pronounced is Ri-Gun-Dow

I speak french everyday and here is the way to pronounce Rigondeaux in french the right way: http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#fr/en/rigondeaux Click the little speaker and you will hear it. However, if Guillerme Rigondeaux wants his name to be pronounced another way than I would be the first the call him the way he wants, to me it's a sign of respect. I think the TS is right about the fact that many english commentators don't make any effort to pronounce names correctly. In hockey they butcher all the french names...

As long as Roy Jones or George Foreman aren't commentating, names are usually pronounced correctly.

What about Donaire? I remember in a fight where The Classy pronounced it "Do-Ny-Rrray" now it's always "Do-Nare"

Remember when Pac was just coming up against Ledwaba and Lampley and the gang were pronouncing his name incorrectly ("Pack-kai-o"). Isn't the proper way of pronouncing Donaire's name "Doh-nigh-reh" rather than "Doh-nair"?

I pronounce it Rih-Gone-Doe. Rih, as in "Rihanna" Gone, the word meaning "departed" Doe, as in "he young doe".