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What's the correct pronunciation of "Lajoie"?

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  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭

    This will lead you to the answer:


    good thread
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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Nap
  • jamesryanbelljamesryanbell Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This will lead you to the answer:


    good thread >>



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  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭

    wiki....

    Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie [la-ZHWAH, or often la-ZHWAY, per the Canadian French pronunciation; or, as he himself usually pronounced it, LAJ-a-way[1]] (September 5, 1874 –

    February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American major league baseball player of French Canadian descent from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In his career as a

    second baseman he was considered one of the greatest players of the fledgling American League in the early 20th century, and the most serious of Ty Cobb's challengers.

    Lajoie was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
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  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Click on the "sound" icon next to "Lajoie" in this LINK.

    As a kid in the '50s, that's how it was pronounced by most of the guys I knew.

    PoppaJ

  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Click on the "sound" icon next to "Lajoie" in this LINK. >>



    that's pretty bad imo
  • mcolney1mcolney1 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    Great question - I always wondered myself. I thought is was La-hoy, but I did fail French in junior high!
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  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    LIE ZSA WAY

    SIMILAR TO HAKEEM OLAJUWON
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    There really is no one way to pronounce "Lajoie." It's not unusual for someone to pronounce their name differently than someone else with the same name, even if they're related. If the Wikipedia info is correct, then even he used more than one pronunciation.
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    In the movie "Cobb" with Tommy Lee Jones, Cobb spoke Lajoie's name with the full French pronunciation. Quite a surprise that there were so many syllables in such a short name.
  • SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭

    It is pronounced "Nathan Huffheins."
  • FavreFan1971FavreFan1971 Posts: 3,103 ✭✭✭
    Smith
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭


    << <i>In the movie "Cobb" with Tommy Lee Jones, Cobb spoke Lajoie's name with the full French pronunciation. Quite a surprise that there were so many syllables in such a short name. >>



    i remember that from the movie too
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