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coquelicoq · 8 months ago

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This broadcast dude came across my feed! I guess they could put pronunciation in the player notes

https://youtube.com/shorts/z2wZv1eUFJw?si=fc4ssdziE71b3oNg

thank you so much for passing this on!!! [video of a broadcaster explaining how he keeps track of player names]

of course they COULD put pronunciation in the player notes, but DO THEY?? and if so, using what notation system? that is the question. it looks like this particular nba broadcaster does not. the mystery remains but we inch ever closer to enlightenment.

#maybe i am trying to prove a negative. maybe no one notates the pronunciation and that's why i can't find evidence of it lol #ball #phonetics #asks #not anon #but this is good information because i could guess that they have little printed out cheat sheets but didn't actually know #like maybe they have ipads. i don't know.#i gotta pay more attention to what's on the table in front of the broadcasters whenever they show them for ten seconds #at the very beginning of the game and sometimes at the half. and when the refs come over to explain a contentious call.#of course i'm sure this clippers broadcaster is not representative of every sports broadcaster ever #but every little tidbit i get paints a more complete and vivid picture. thank you for thinking of me!!!!!#evidence we have so far:#1) ian eagle got permission directly from terrence 'fatt' edwards jr. to refer to him as fatt edwards on air #2) one of my followers who works at a music venue asks performers how to say their name before a show and memorizes it #3) mlb has a public-facing database where you can listen to audio clips of players pronouncing their own names #which also gives phonetic transcriptions (not in ipa or any other phonetic alphabet) but only for a subset of the names #4) this pro basketball broadcaster has a printed sheet of notes on players that he refers to during games. no pronunciation listed

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