Proper pronunciation for Montagna

[Duggie]

[quote="i_luv_nick_riewoldt"]I thought joey clarified it last year by saying it is Mon-tag-nah?

Because i remember thinking how i had pronounced his name differently for years![/quote
I personally asked him two years ago and he told me Montagna (ie no "nya".).

[Sainternist]

he's a true blue 'strayan bloke. but i will still say "mon-tan-yah" because i'm a stubborn bastard.

So do you say Ree wolt or Ree Volt?

Roo prefers the pronounciation of REEVOLT...

so, because you think it is Ree wolt you will still call him that or call him the way his name should be pronounced?



Like the name Grant- some Grants like theirs pronounced Gr -ant

Others like Gr aaaaaaaant

So what is right? usually the way they like to call themselves!!

Mon tag na likes that so call him Mon tag na

Geezus

I like to go with what sounds legitmate. Mon-tag-nah just sounds crude and uncultured. If Joey suits for people saying it that way, it seems as though he has given up on ignorant "strayans" mispronouncing his name. I also get my last name mispronounced a lot and most of the time I just let it slide, so I know where he is coming from.

Riewoldt I pronounce Ree-volt because it's a german name and the "W" is pronounced like a "V" e.g. famous film director Werner Herzog - his first name is pronounced Ver-na.

[Spinner]

I know this may be a little trivial, but can anyone clarify what the pronunciation for Joey's last name is? Anybody know how he himself pronounces it?

Most people and commentators are pronouncing it "Mon-tag-nah", but I'm pretty sure it's an Italian name, therefore you the "g" would be softened when saying it e.g. lasagne is pronounced "la-san-yah". So it would be pronounced "Mon-tan-yah", am I right?

Joey pronounces it and prefers Montagna.

His nonna (which he said on the footy show) and the correct Italian pronunciation is Mon-tan-ya.


Having an italian surname myself - Dont really bother me how people pronounce my name - as long as it is relatively close to the mark.

[ace]

The name is pronounced Mon tan ya (Italian)
But Joey wants Mon tag na because we're Australian, quoted the man himself.

I still pronounce it J-O-EE

[ace]

I know this may be a little trivial, but can anyone clarify what the pronunciation for Joey's last name is? Anybody know how he himself pronounces it?

Most people and commentators are pronouncing it "Mon-tag-nah", but I'm pretty sure it's an Italian name, therefore you the "g" would be softened when saying it e.g. lasagne is pronounced "la-san-yah". So it would be pronounced "Mon-tan-yah", am I right?

Joey pronounces it and prefers Montagna.

His nonna (which he said on the footy show) and the correct Italian pronunciation is Mon-tan-ya.


Having an italian surname myself - Dont really bother me how people pronounce my name - as long as it is relatively close to the mark.

Well said Spin-na

[Milan Faletic]

I can't help but say Mon-tan-ya but like him I have Anglosized (is that a word?) my surname which is Dutch.

What's even more weird is that my two brothers pronounce our surname differently to me, but one of my brothers pronounces it the traditional way as do my parents.

Because I played a lot of sport, my nickname was basically my surname (the way I pronounce it) with a "y" on the end. Even my friends' kids have been trained to call my by that name, yet my parents and brothers still freak out when they hear that!

My doctor, who is German, pronounces it correctly and loves to say it out loud to stir me up.

[sainter35]

Proper pronunciation for Montagna

Sorted. Thank you, Saints43.

No worries. Next: Proper pronunciation for Southampton 3 Charlton 0.

Most definitely, mate. This would cap off a great weekend of football

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[avid]

I know this may be a little trivial, but can anyone clarify what the pronunciation for Joey's last name is? Anybody know how he himself pronounces it?

Most people and commentators are pronouncing it "Mon-tag-nah", but I'm pretty sure it's an Italian name, therefore you the "g" would be softened when saying it e.g. lasagne is pronounced "la-san-yah". So it would be pronounced "Mon-tan-yah", am I right?

Joey pronounces it and prefers Montagna.

His nonna (which he said on the footy show) and the correct Italian pronunciation is Mon-tan-ya.


Having an italian surname myself - Dont really bother me how people pronounce my name - as long as it is relatively close to the mark.

I say do his whole family a favour and call him Mon-tan-ya.

I'll never bring myself to say la-sag-na, tag-liatelli, Sil-vag-ni, etc, even if the majority go that way.

(And Joey's only a minority of one!)

[Sainternist]

I can't help but say Mon-tan-ya but like him I have Anglosized (is that a word?) my surname which is Dutch.

Yeah, anglicized is a word. And the bad commentators and the plebs are anglicizing Monty's last name when they say Mon-tag-na haha...

[Milan Faletic]

I can't help but say Mon-tan-ya but like him I have Anglosized (is that a word?) my surname which is Dutch.

Yeah, anglicized is a word. And the bad commentators and the plebs are anglicizing Monty's last name when they say Mon-tag-na haha...

Are you saying Joey is a pleb, because he was the one who wanted the commentators to call him Mon-tag-na...

And were you wearing your St K Baseball jacket on Fri night?

[Sainternist]

Are you saying Joey is a pleb, because he was the one who wanted the commentators to call him Mon-tag-na...

And were you wearing your St K Baseball jacket on Fri night?

Not saying Joey is a pleb, but he may have been plebicized in this regard by his peers, who can't pronounce his name properly.

And no, I wasn't at Friday's game. I can, however, think of three people who may have been wearing one of those jackets that attend St.Kilda footy games regularly. One of them is Kaz Cooke's husband. Oh jeez, now I'm name dropping haha... Don't actually own one of those letterman jackets. The club phased them out a couple of years before I started playing for them. They're great jackets though.

Proper pronunciation for Montagna

Sorted. Thank you, Saints43.

No worries. Next: Proper pronunciation for Southampton 3 Charlton 0.

Most definitely, mate. This would cap off a great weekend of football

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Terrific result! Yet another clean sheet for Kelvin Davies. But those 10 points deducted by the league before the season could really come in handy right now

[noob]

i pronounce it as the way its seen. Montagna. mon-tag-na

[Sainternist]

and no doubt you like to toast every new years with a glass of cham-pag-ne and your favourite food is la-sag-ne.

argh...the riff raff!

[degruch]

The name is pronounced Mon tan ya (Italian)
But Joey wants Mon tag na because we're Australian, quoted the man himself.

He apologised to his Nonna when he asked for the Aussie version

Never mess with Nonna... that is sacrosanct, K.

Well, if Nonna Montan-ya doesn't get with the program and change her name to Nanna Montag-na, she can get back on the boat.

[Milan Faletic]

The name is pronounced Mon tan ya (Italian)
But Joey wants Mon tag na because we're Australian, quoted the man himself.

He apologised to his Nonna when he asked for the Aussie version

Never mess with Nonna... that is sacrosanct, K.

Well, if Nonna Montan-ya doesn't get with the program and change her name to Nanna Montag-na, she can get back on the boat.

Maybe he is related to Hannah Mon-tan-ya and she changed her name to Montana.

I think I'll call him Hannah from now on.

[Bernard Shakey]

What can we call Leigh Montagna? I know sounds like Montana, let's call him Joey.

Joey after San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana.

Gotta love Aussie nick names.