And this is from the Cubs: KOH-skay foo-koo-DOUGH-may
Now what his nickname will be is anybody's guess.
Posted by Roman Modrowski on December 12, 2007 04:58 PM|Permalink
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Whatever his name is, eventually some drunk out in the bleachers will embarrass himself along with Cubdom by calling him "blanking dummy" or "blank you dummy". I'm sorry but we have too many idiots in this town where you just know it is bound to happen. Who wants to put money on when it will happen? I say by June 1st.
While everyone wonders how Fukudome will adjust to Chicago, I wonder how Chicago sports fans will adjust to a guy who's name is spelled like something a Blackhawks fan would yell to a former Maple Leafs' enforcer?
And foo-koo-DOUGH-may-faso-latido to you too, bud....nah, it's Fukudome
ummm?....how unfortunate we speak English in America?
My rast name isn't Rake...I don't see a leazon to be a plick about it and tly to collect them every time my name is plonounced long...
Do you know how long it's been since I've actually gotten what I ordered at a drive thru window?...but that's ok, right?...Honestly, I think it's it's funny....but then again, I don't need the jaws of life to take a poop...
Nickname...KoDo
Originally, I wanted KDong, but Dong Fukudome would be snatched up by vivid entertainment immediately...not good...Cuz then someone would try to cut off my hands screaming something about honor...me, trying to run to the nearest hospital with 15 or so stars stuck in my back...I'm rifling thru my bag of food so I can throw my hot apple pie at 'em....of course, it's not in there..
not a racist...a comedian and an actor....but.. if I get the chance to play one on t.v.....break out the sheet, cut out the holes...."Law and Order" here I come...
and I'm still bummed I'll never get my chance to be on "John from Cincinnatti"
I guess I'll always be a frustrated surfer....stupid sharks
Hman, you're on to something, but the dragons you're maybe thinking of are called komodo, and they're from Indonesia not japan. But after thinking on it, maybe Mo'Fuku would work for a nick.
Hman, you're on to something, but the dragons you're maybe thinking of are called komodo, and they're from Indonesia not japan. But after thinking on it, maybe Mo'Fuku would work for a nick.
his name is very easy to pronounce (actually I think you swallowed a syllable in his first name.. seems to me it should be something like koh-soo-kay
Ignorant monolingual Americans are the only ones that have this problem, a problem due to the fact that the English language is highly peculiar in that it is not pronounced as written (in other words, it's not "phonetic")
to anyone even vagely familiar with almost any language. it's pretty easy.
quick lessons for Americans..
"A" isn't ey -- it's ah
"O" is "oh"
"I" is "ee"
"U" is ooh
if you ever want to know what's worse than fingers on a chalkboard.. listen to most gringos speak Spanish.. with their American pronounciation.
W Bush is probably the poster boy...on top of that god awful West Texas accent
Roman responds: I wasn't asking how it's pronounced, I was telling you. It was straight from the Cubs.
Anyone listen to Mike & Mike this morning? Supposedly there's 80 names in the Mitchell report, including Roger Clemens. Barry Bonds is so happy right now! Kind of dilutes his situation a little bit, don't you think?
I hold most of the people in right field to a low esteem. We've had enough things that went on out there to easily know that there is something in the water out there. Do you honestly read most of the comments from people. They are constantly calling people out their name and basically keep up the negativity. If I approach them waiting for that that isn't my fault. One man's smart ass is another man's chum. I just don't care too much for smart-asses. Don't tell me that everyone else wasn't thinking the same thing. If Shaq can mock a fellow NBA player with a ridiculous comment you can't possibly tell me that those guys out in right field won't do the same thing especially with that "liquid courage" raging after a few. I still live with them, you're out in 'Zona with the retirees and the asmatics.
I'm more North Shore, Sweeney...free big fat lines of asbestos before I paddle out into the smelt infested waters
WRD...Heckling and being criticized is part of the business....shutting them out and shutting them up is in the job description...turning critics into fans....that's what ya do...and there's Security for the outta control drunks
Fukudome would be an apt description of Wrigley if it was covered.
The player needs a nickname, like FooKoo, as long as it is pronounced that way in bad times. Even the announced could slip up on occasion.
I understand the occasional heckling but some of the right field fans are known by visiting players and some former players as crossing the line too often. Why is that?
It's like Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Red Sox, which is pronounced "Dice-K". Why do they put a "u" in their names if they don't want us to pronounce it? :-P
Roman, I don't care what the Cubs say about how it's pronounced.
It's some PR hack repeating back what he/she THOUGHT the intepreter said... they probably missed something, and they're probably foreign language ignorant as well.
Ask your Polish grandma how it's pronounced and she'll tell you without the help of the Cubs PR dept.
Roman, I don't care what the Cubs say about how it's pronounced.
It's some PR hack repeating back what he/she THOUGHT the intepreter said... they probably missed something, and they're probably foreign language ignorant as well.
Ask your Polish grandma how it's pronounced and she'll tell you without the help of the Cubs PR dept, so long as she has a passing knowledge of some Japanese names.. Her phonetic background will get her thru the rest.
Roman responds: Both of my Polish grandmas are dead, otherwise I'd be afraid to see how they'd pronounce this one.
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Whatever his name is, eventually some drunk out in the bleachers will embarrass himself along with Cubdom by calling him "blanking dummy" or "blank you dummy". I'm sorry but we have too many idiots in this town where you just know it is bound to happen. Who wants to put money on when it will happen? I say by June 1st.
Posted by: William R. Donald | December 12, 2007 05:27 PM
While everyone wonders how Fukudome will adjust to Chicago, I wonder how Chicago sports fans will adjust to a guy who's name is spelled like something a Blackhawks fan would yell to a former Maple Leafs' enforcer?
Posted by: John | December 12, 2007 05:59 PM
And all the little-leaguers in Japan will be wearing 'foo-koo-DOUGH-may' jerseys, proud to be subsidizing his Cubs contract.
Posted by: Julie B. | December 12, 2007 06:48 PM
And foo-koo-DOUGH-may-faso-latido to you too, bud....nah, it's Fukudome
ummm?....how unfortunate we speak English in America?
My rast name isn't Rake...I don't see a leazon to be a plick about it and tly to collect them every time my name is plonounced long...
Do you know how long it's been since I've actually gotten what I ordered at a drive thru window?...but that's ok, right?...Honestly, I think it's it's funny....but then again, I don't need the jaws of life to take a poop...
Nickname...KoDo
Originally, I wanted KDong, but Dong Fukudome would be snatched up by vivid entertainment immediately...not good...Cuz then someone would try to cut off my hands screaming something about honor...me, trying to run to the nearest hospital with 15 or so stars stuck in my back...I'm rifling thru my bag of food so I can throw my hot apple pie at 'em....of course, it's not in there..
No thanks
Besides...I think KoDo is a dragon or something
Posted by: Hitman | December 12, 2007 07:55 PM
How long before someone calls Hitman a racist?
Posted by: Julie B. | December 12, 2007 09:10 PM
not a racist...a comedian and an actor....but.. if I get the chance to play one on t.v.....break out the sheet, cut out the holes...."Law and Order" here I come...
and I'm still bummed I'll never get my chance to be on "John from Cincinnatti"
I guess I'll always be a frustrated surfer....stupid sharks
Posted by: Hitman | December 12, 2007 09:32 PM
Hman, you're on to something, but the dragons you're maybe thinking of are called komodo, and they're from Indonesia not japan. But after thinking on it, maybe Mo'Fuku would work for a nick.
Posted by: Wilhelm | December 13, 2007 02:04 AM
Hman, you're on to something, but the dragons you're maybe thinking of are called komodo, and they're from Indonesia not japan. But after thinking on it, maybe Mo'Fuku would work for a nick.
Posted by: Wilhelm | December 13, 2007 02:05 AM
I love it.
Posted by: Sweeney | December 13, 2007 03:06 AM
his name is very easy to pronounce (actually I think you swallowed a syllable in his first name.. seems to me it should be something like koh-soo-kay
Ignorant monolingual Americans are the only ones that have this problem, a problem due to the fact that the English language is highly peculiar in that it is not pronounced as written (in other words, it's not "phonetic")
to anyone even vagely familiar with almost any language. it's pretty easy.
quick lessons for Americans..
"A" isn't ey -- it's ah
"O" is "oh"
"I" is "ee"
"U" is ooh
if you ever want to know what's worse than fingers on a chalkboard.. listen to most gringos speak Spanish.. with their American pronounciation.
W Bush is probably the poster boy...on top of that god awful West Texas accent
Roman responds: I wasn't asking how it's pronounced, I was telling you. It was straight from the Cubs.
Posted by: Bogey | December 13, 2007 03:31 AM
If he succeeds, North Siders will pronounce it, "Fuu-kuu-whi-sox."
If he fails, South Siders will pronounce it, "U-suc-kee Fuu-suc-kee."
Posted by: Seedy Backslash | December 13, 2007 08:40 AM
Anyone listen to Mike & Mike this morning? Supposedly there's 80 names in the Mitchell report, including Roger Clemens. Barry Bonds is so happy right now! Kind of dilutes his situation a little bit, don't you think?
Posted by: Julie B. | December 13, 2007 08:53 AM
Willy...why you always so negative...and hold your fellow chicagoans in such low esteem?
Posted by: bculz1 | December 13, 2007 11:21 AM
Kdome is good.
DoughBoy?
K-Dough?
Posted by: bculz1 | December 13, 2007 11:24 AM
HITMAN THE RACIST KOMODO DRAGON
Posted by: bculz1 | December 13, 2007 12:13 PM
I hear the breaks at Montrose pier are going off this winter. I think those are smelt though not sharks .
Posted by: Sweeney | December 13, 2007 12:20 PM
LOL - only 16 hours! Leave it BC....
Why does he need a nickname anyway? Foo-koo-DOUGH-may just rolls off the tongue!
Posted by: Julie B. | December 13, 2007 12:37 PM
Do people from the east asiatic hemisphere use Steroids?
Posted by: bculz1 | December 13, 2007 01:04 PM
the immortal harry (god rest his soul) would tie his tongue in knots on this one
Posted by: dale/fl | December 13, 2007 06:12 PM
I hold most of the people in right field to a low esteem. We've had enough things that went on out there to easily know that there is something in the water out there. Do you honestly read most of the comments from people. They are constantly calling people out their name and basically keep up the negativity. If I approach them waiting for that that isn't my fault. One man's smart ass is another man's chum. I just don't care too much for smart-asses. Don't tell me that everyone else wasn't thinking the same thing. If Shaq can mock a fellow NBA player with a ridiculous comment you can't possibly tell me that those guys out in right field won't do the same thing especially with that "liquid courage" raging after a few. I still live with them, you're out in 'Zona with the retirees and the asmatics.
Posted by: William R. Donald | December 13, 2007 06:24 PM
culzie and sweeney ...LOL...LMAO
I'm more North Shore, Sweeney...free big fat lines of asbestos before I paddle out into the smelt infested waters
WRD...Heckling and being criticized is part of the business....shutting them out and shutting them up is in the job description...turning critics into fans....that's what ya do...and there's Security for the outta control drunks
I like Kodo
Posted by: Hitman | December 14, 2007 02:28 PM
Fukudome would be an apt description of Wrigley if it was covered.
The player needs a nickname, like FooKoo, as long as it is pronounced that way in bad times. Even the announced could slip up on occasion.
Posted by: Joe Melosi | December 17, 2007 01:50 PM
I understand the occasional heckling but some of the right field fans are known by visiting players and some former players as crossing the line too often. Why is that?
Posted by: William R. Donald | December 17, 2007 11:33 PM
It's like Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Red Sox, which is pronounced "Dice-K". Why do they put a "u" in their names if they don't want us to pronounce it? :-P
Posted by: juliepie | December 18, 2007 09:16 AM
Roman, I don't care what the Cubs say about how it's pronounced.
It's some PR hack repeating back what he/she THOUGHT the intepreter said... they probably missed something, and they're probably foreign language ignorant as well.
Ask your Polish grandma how it's pronounced and she'll tell you without the help of the Cubs PR dept.
Posted by: Bogey | December 21, 2007 03:56 PM
Roman, I don't care what the Cubs say about how it's pronounced.
It's some PR hack repeating back what he/she THOUGHT the intepreter said... they probably missed something, and they're probably foreign language ignorant as well.
Ask your Polish grandma how it's pronounced and she'll tell you without the help of the Cubs PR dept, so long as she has a passing knowledge of some Japanese names.. Her phonetic background will get her thru the rest.
Roman responds: Both of my Polish grandmas are dead, otherwise I'd be afraid to see how they'd pronounce this one.
Posted by: Bogey | December 21, 2007 03:57 PM