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Old 07-28-2007, 01:23 AM   #18
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Re: Prospect Name Pronunciations

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Originally Posted by RedsUp View Post

Valiquette : Va-lee-kett (french-canadian)
Votto : V'auto (italian) like a fine car
And if I look at Dumatrait, wich is french in origin, it would be : Du (the U sounding like in Durham)-ma-tray but in plain american it is like the above.

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Now you know that you don't pronounce names the way they should be based off of the origin.

Votto, if pronounced the italian way should be Voe-toe. Heck, my own last name is not pronounced the way it should be.
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