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Michaela Onyenwere - UCLA

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I don’t get out much, but when did Michaela OnyenWARE become OnyenWAY-DAY. Whatever you call her she can play for me !
 

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Everybody pronounced it WARE her Fr. year, then added the E sound at the end the next year. I have no idea what the announcer is doing today. Sometimes they make the first half sound like onion. She's only been there for 4 years, it takes a while to figure out how to pronounce a name you know. :rolleyes:
 

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Everybody pronounced it WARE her Fr. year, then added the E sound at the end the next year. I have no idea what the announcer is doing today. Sometimes they make the first half sound like onion. She's only been there for 4 years, it takes a while to figure out how to pronounce a name you know. :rolleyes:
Oh, so what you are saying is maybe next year, Andy "1950's oil slick in the hair" Landers will be able to pronounce Oliva Nelson-Ododa pronounce Oh-doh-duh....? ;)
 

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You can hear Michaela pronounce her name on UCLA's roster page. So, it was probably just a lack of knowledge by the announcers part, not a change in pronunciation.

The name is supposed to be pronounced Own-yen-wed-ay, according to an LATimes article featuring Michaela and her father, Peter, who competed at the Olympics for Nigeria.


 

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The name is supposed to be pronounced Own-yen-wed-ay
That's really not what it sounds like she's saying in that link w/ the pronunciation guide though.



Nobody is saying Chantel Horvat's name correctly...because they aren't using an Australian accent. :rolleyes:
 

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There was a guy recently (on a halftime show, I think) who pronounced it own-ya-wend-ay. The r sound is presumably like it is in Japanese -- not exactly rolled, not exactly pronounced like a d, but stopped.

For those of you who follow the W, Astou Ndour's surname pronunciation has changed at least twice, possibly three times over the last few years, and a couple of them have me shaking my head. Her rookie year, the announcers were pronouncing it like Endor. EN-door. The next year it was do. I think they've been getting closer more recently with something more like (n)doo.
 

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