Assignment for G-Fafif (or anyone else who accepts!)

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: From my night chillin' with Todd Zeile, just another Mets fan these days.

Very nice!

Since you're clearly more connected than most (or all) of us here, do you mind if I give you an assignment? We need to find out, definitively, how to pronounce "Jeurys". It's absurd that he's been a star for the Mets for several years now, and we don't know how to say his name!

Gary Cohen says "Jay-or-reese". Howie Rose says "Jairis" (First syllable rhymes with "chair", second syllable rhymes with "hiss".) I recently heard Sandy Alderson refer to him as "Joris" (rhymes with "Boris"). And I recall Daniel Murphy referring to him as "Yoris" (rhymes with Joris which rhymes with Boris.)

My guess would be "Hey-oris", which rhymes with "Hey! Boris!"

[Edgy MD]

My preference: hee-YOOR-ees.

[Guest d'Kong76]

[crossout:3o934qjk]I'm[/crossout:3o934qjk] I say it like Cohen, only not as well of course.

Edited April 21, 2017 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

If this were fifty years ago, we could just go with "Jerry Familia just popped Bob Clemente to Joe Reyes...wait, Joe dropped the ball! You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third."

[Guest cooby]

Oooh good idea!

[Guest themetfairy]

G-Fafif wrote: You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third."

Or Willy Flores.

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: If this were fifty years ago, we could just go with "Jerry Familia just popped Bob Clemente to Joe Reyes...wait, Joe dropped the ball! You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third."

That doesn't sound like someone who's accepting the assignment!

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: G-Fafif wrote: If this were fifty years ago, we could just go with "Jerry Familia just popped Bob Clemente to Joe Reyes...wait, Joe dropped the ball! You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third." That doesn't sound like someone who's accepting the assignment!

Probably blew my chance at solving this mystery in December 2014. But if he and I cross paths again, you betcha!

[soupcan]

G-Fafif wrote: If this were fifty years ago, we could just go with "Jerry Familia just popped Bob Clemente to Joe Reyes...wait, Joe dropped the ball! You gotta wonder when Bill Flores will see some time at third."

Spent some high school years in L.A. My favorite was Lasorda always saying 'Pete' Guerrero.


For the record, I've always pronounced it as 'JUR-eese' Like the word 'jury' with an 'eese' on the end.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Baseball Reference wrote: Pronunciation: \Jer-ISS fa-MEAL-ya\

I don't know if this is the definitive answer, but the accent on the second syllable surprises me. I'm also skeptical of the J sound at the beginning.

We need to somehow get this from the horse's mouth. (And no, I'm not saying that Familia is a horse. I'm just saying that he has a mouth.)

[MFS62]

Thinking back on my Spanish classes in school, I remember that "J" is pronounced like an "H". (As in Jose is pronounced "Ho-say".
So all those pronunciations that say a "Jay" sound may be wrong. Ben might be the closest to correct.
Hust saying.

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

J can also be kinda silent like in juego where it's melded into the ue.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think in that case it's a very soft H, as in "Juan", which is, very subtly, "Hu-an".

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think in that case it's a very soft H, as in "Juan", which is, very subtly, "Hu-an".

You are right using an "h" sound, which is why heu-rees sounds right to me. (I is pronounced like an e).

J can also be kinda silent like in juego where it's melded into the ue.

Kase is right, too, but I don't know how to show two quotes in one reply other than a copy and paste.

Later