Help Needed pronouncing Skaters Names

[cathlen]

Another ISU video: Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres

 

[khughes]

^Where can you ask for a photo/signature? Like, when they're leaving practice sessions?

Sometimes they have signing booths at tournaments.

 

[cathlen]

Marcelina Lech & Aritz Maestu saying their names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sfX2LDMbgg

 

[ice coverage]

Mikhail Kolyada says his name very quickly at the beginning of today's ISU "Wait, What" video:

https://youtu.be/jIvYFYSG1KA​

 

[MGstyle]

I have heard his name being pronounced during Russian broadcasts, it is more like "KoulieDAH", as opposed to the general assumption "KolYAHda".

 

[dorispulaski]

@MGstyle contribted this in the Deniss Vasiljevs fan fest. Deniss says his name:

He made a clip to thank his Japanese fans all in their language. Very impressive how well he recites it, considering that Japanese pronounciation and intonation is extremely particular. Even a Mario Tshirt for a special effect. Can this boy be any more adorable
https://twitter.com/DenissVjpfan/status/726921253156622336
*He is saying "Hello, I am Deniss Vasiljevs. I am so happy to have so much support from you. Thank you so much for always cheering for me. I will continue to do my best. Thank you! With love, Deniss."

eta link fixed, thank you CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

@MGstyle contribted this in the Deniss Vasiljevs fan fest. Deniss says his name:

Doris, just to let you know that because you just copied and pasted the paragraph directly from MGstyle's post rather than using the reply button and then copying and pasting, the Twitter link isn't there in full and so doesn't work.

Here is the link in full:

https://twitter.com/DenissVjpfan/status/726921253156622336

Sorry for correcting you.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[dorispulaski]

no problem, thank you for the correction.

I'll fix the link in my post.

 

[Pracygr]

If it's any help, Google translate often gives very accurate pronunciations of Russian names. Just set it to translate from Russian into any other language, paste a name (in Russian) into the box, and click the speaker icon.

 

[Pracygr]

Here are some names that I tested myself and can attest to (as a native speaker) being accurate:

Evgenia Medvedeva

Anna Pogorilaya

Elena Radionova

Adelina Sotnikova

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Polina Tsurskaya

Maria Sotskova

Serafima Sakhanovich

Just click the speaker icon under the left box.

 

[Mrs. P]

If it's any help, Google translate often gives very accurate pronunciations of Russian names. Just set it to translate from Russian into any other language, paste a name (in Russian) into the box, and click the speaker icon.

Thanks Pracygr! That's a great idea. And welcome to Golden Skate. Post often and post long!

 

[ice coverage]

This 2015 video was not posted yet in this thread, AFAIK:

https://youtu.be/YoEcOTsyg8o​

Anne Line Gjersem says her name at approx. 0:37

Jorik Hendrickx says his name at approx. 0:50.

Isadora Williams says her name at approx. 1:05. (Not very distinctly.)

Natalia Popova says her name at approx. 1:49.​

[Also in this 2015 Olympic Day video (from Brooklee Han) are some former skaters whose names I did not catch :hopelessness:.

The video also has some "repeats" (as far as this pronunciation thread is concerned): Brooklee (with her coach, BTW), Duhamel, Radford, Jason Brown.]

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ETA (on May 13):

Charlie Bilodeau says his name in today's ISU "Wait .. What" video:
https://youtu.be/jDJ4LktXMVU​

 

[cathlen]

Alexander Petrov says his name in ISU "Wait, what": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C84Zum3vQQ&feature=share

 

[dorispulaski]

I added it to his OP

 

[ice coverage]

Aliona Savchenko & Bruno Massot say their names in today's ISU "WAIT...WHAT!!!" video:

https://youtu.be/JisbBP-EG3A

 

[cathlen]

Patrick Myzyk saying his name in ISU "Wait.. What?" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhd7F4HZIbs

 

[cathlen]

I posted already video with Shoma Uno saying his name, but here's the ISU Wait what (it's probably better): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQEb0na0_FY

 

[cathlen]

Team SPAIN in ISU Wait what video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkedSSCGays (Sonia Lafuente, Felipe Montoya & Luis Fenero)

 

[ice coverage]

Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea say their names (in a good-luck msg to the U.S men's water polo team):

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/763390211472535552 (Aug 10)​

Posting the link here b/c it seems to me that non-native speakers of English would not necessarily find the correct pronunciations to be obvious.

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ETA (on Aug 12):

Nathan Chen says his name (in a good-luck msg to the U.S. men's basketball team):

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/764215574041886720 (Aug 12)​

 

[ice coverage]

... Polina Edmunds
https://youtu.be/e7T3dBdTrdg

She says "P'lina", not "PO-lina". :think:

(Only ) ten months after the Polina Edmunds observation and video from Sgoraet/sabinfire, I will follow up with today's video of Polina saying her name (in another Olympic msg):

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/765563624676929536 (Aug 16)​

To my ear, she articulates the first syllable a bit more in today's video. Not much, but a bit.

(To be clear, I am not suggesting/requesting a new pronouncer video from sabinfire. Just making note for the thread of today's video.)

... And I thought(??) I remembered someone way back when making a point of explaining that she pronounces it as "Pawlina??"
But once again, what I think I "know" about someone else's name is meaningless.

I still don't remember where I originally got the notion that the pronunciation for Edmunds' first name is "Pawlina" -- but in her video today, the first syllable does not sound like Paw-.

[It is plausible to me that others named Polina might say Paw-, but Edmunds does not.]

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Off topic, but Adam's Olympic msg was really fun:

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/764827523934846976 (Aug 14)​

(Again, not suggesting/requesting a new Adam pronouncer video from sabinfire. I know you made one at the very beginning of this thread.)