Some moron on MSNBC keeps on referring to *Sean* as *Seen*

[lynch03]

It's pronounced SHAWN YOU DUMMY, what kind of name is Seen? I doubt it even exists..

[SimpleMan]

1. If you're talking about the weather guy...

...that's how HE pronounces it himself.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Hmmmm

;)
Yup.

[TahitiNut]

14. He could pronounce it as 'fred' and it'd be the legal pronunciation.

No matter how anyone else might pronounce a person's name, the person themself has the complete authority over its pronunciation. If that weatherman wants to pronounce his own name as 'seen' when spelled S-e-a-n, then that's exactly how it's pronounced.

My (middle) name is spelled M-i-c-h-a-e-l and if I decided it was to be pronounced as "judy" then that would be it!


On edit: For what it's worth, T-a-h-i-t-i-N-u-t is pronounced as "handsome," so make sure you spell it as 'TahitiNut' and sound it as 'handsome'!
:evilgrin:

[Maeve]

Judy! Judy! Judy!

Didn't know I could do impersonations, did ya?

[Gormy Cuss]

42. wow. Here I thought TahitiNut was pronounced

smart Alec
:P

[smartvoter]

22. Yes. He used to work here in Phoenix. Drove me to distraction. nt

[incapsulated]

38. Then he's an idiot

I heard this too and was like, wtf??

I lived for years in an Irish neighborhood, with plenty of immigrants, and even with a heavy accent it was never pronounced "seen".

He's a dork.

[ohio_liberal]

3. LOL

I have a brother named Sean. We crack up over SEEN's pronunciation all the time. :D

[enigmatic]

4. His name IS pronounced "seen"

He was a weather guy in Phoenix for years; that's how he pronounces it himself.

[H2O Man]

7. That's right.

It's Irish. It's the correct way to say the name.

[ohio_liberal]

11. It is not

Sean is pronounced "Shan" or shôn if you want to get technical

[H2O Man]

16. Nope. n/t

[ohio_liberal]

26. My Irish/Scottish Mama must've been pronouncing it wrong all these years

;)

S is pronounced SH before E or I: think of Sean (pronounced Shawn).

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:p90pkhDgkDkJ:www.utm.edu/departments/english/everett/496pron.htm+Sean+pronunciation&hl=en&client=firefox-a

[Maeve]

31. It's called a "slender S"

And the rule works if it's after an I or E as well.

[RagingInMiami]

59. I spent 18 months in Dublin and knew plenty of Seans

And not one pronounced it "seen".

Another common name is "Seamus", which translates to "James", and it is pronounced "Shay-mus" -- not "see-mus".

[Catherine Vincent]

30. Probably.

Just like Seamus. It's pronounced Shamus.

[ohio_liberal]

33. Right

Americans don't use the the fada in the name over the a, so it gets pronounced incorrectly all the time.

[Lex]

34. Exactly.

[Sapphire Blue]

49. and Sinead & Siobhan

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. That's the way his name is pronounced. He is often on the Today Show,

and he is always "Seen". I would think if it wasn't right he would have corrected it by now.

[ohio_liberal]

17. Kind of like "Colin" being pronounced "Colon" (Powell)

Parents didn't quite get it right.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Right. I have a nephew named Colin

and he/we would NEVER pronounce it "colon." Just a matter of preference, I guess. I've giggled over this "Seen" guy, too, but if that's the way he wants it...fine.

[ohio_liberal]

23. My son is a Colin too

That goddamned Colon Powell really fucked it up for him. Imagine being called "swollen colon" your whole childhood. :(

[Henny Penny]

50. actually Colon is probably closer to the original Irish pronunciation

of Colin...ie "Co-leen".

Perhaps some Irish people emigrated to the states way back before the Anglicization of their names had been standardised...

Though I have to say "Seen" for "Sean" is a first for me.

[ohio_liberal]

52. Eh?

Colin is variant of Coileán, pronounced "KILyawn"

[SoCalDem]

25. Obviously his mother got his name from a novel

:evilgrin:..that's the way she pronounced it in her head..

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. lol! Good guess! nt

[Lex]

24. You're saying "seen" is the CORRECT way to pronouce "sean"

because it's Irish?

Ummmm. Ok.

[RagingInMiami]

57. No, it's not

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. Sean McGlochlin?

He pronounces it "Seen"

Unless everyone who ever refers to him on-air is getting it wrong and just fucking with him.

[Vinca]

6. Ditto what everyone else said, plus here's a funny tidbit.

This guy's got a brother named Shawn. At least that's how it's pronounced. "Seen" and Shawn.

[Beaverhausen]

27. You have to be kidding!!!

that is just silly!

[Radio_Lady]

37. Boy, somebody's parents did a number on these TWO men!

Seen and Shawn --

That's as bad as George Foreman who named ALL of his kids "George"

"How's that workin' for you?"

[lynch03]

8. What kinda f'n name is seen

I know about 5 Seans (shawns) and it's all pronounced SHAWN, who the hell warps the word into "SEEN"??? Who the hell even considers that name in the first place..

[Greybnk48]

18. O.K. lynch, I know you probably didn't mean to have this effect

but I just laughed so hard at your post that I wet myself. Thanks for the laugh!

[Teaser]

9. A simple knowledge of Irish Gaelic

would set "Seen" straight.

[lynch03]

10. Yes that's where it comes from

It's devoted to Sean = Shawn, if you wanna come up with your own wacky name spell it differently then the already mainstream sean = shawn.

[jane_pippin]

12. hahahah. SEAN calls himself SEEN

and THANK YOU because in my opinion, "SEEN" himself is a moran for doing so.

Oh thank you for the laugh, and for letting me know I'm not alone in yelling the same thing you did at my Tee Vee.

:rofl:

[ohio_liberal]

13. His parents probably pronounced it that way

[jane_pippin]

19. I know, I know...let me have my fun. :)

(You're probably right, although it wouldn't be the first time a TV personality changed his/her name to add some pep to it. I mean, did Wolf's parents pronounce "Leslie" "Wolf?" Just sayin')

[ohio_liberal]

20. Oh, please do

I've been saying :wtf: since I saw this guy on TV

[karlrschneider]

28. I heard an interview with Wolf on NPR a few weeks ago, he swore Wolf

is his actual given name, said it is an old family name. I know many people say it's really Leslie but he denied it...so...? I dunno.

[ohio_liberal]

46. Franken started the whole "leslie" thing

It was a joke:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:42_G6xY1-GoJ:the-hamster.com/franken1.html+wolf+blitzer+leslie+franken&hl=en&client=firefox-a

At a panel entitled You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets, Wolf Blitzer admitted that his real name is Leslie Blitzer.

[Individualist]

54. Definitely a moran

when someone doesn't even know the correct pronunciation for his own name. :crazy:

[TahitiNut]

29. I'm a bit disappointed that "LIBERALS" don't recognize a person's right ..

... (actually their AUTHORITY) to pronounce their own name in any way they damned well please!

(tsk, tsk) :eyes: I believe it even applies in court - we each have that authority for our own names.

[Lex]

36. I recognize his authority to pronounce it in 'his' way as long as he

recognizes my authority to laugh my ass off at him for pronouncing it that way!

[ohio_liberal]

47. Lighten up Francis

;)

[Gruenemann]

32. Sean Bean must give him real problems. eom

[maveric]

35. My brother's name is spelled "Sean" and he was plagued throughout

his time in school,with people mispronouncing his name. Many of the teachers in the Boston area were Irish and still couldnt figure it out.

[cynatnite]

39. I've done that...when I was ten years old

:eyes:

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. "My name is spelt 'Raymond Luxury Yacht'

but it's pronounced 'Throat Warbler Mangrove.'"

:yoiks:

[lynch03]

41. hahahah? what??...

[Greybnk48]

43. Please!! Stop!! You're killing me!! n/t

[skygazer]

56. And I am Mr. Smoketoomuch

[seaglass]

45. And look at all the attention he got! n/t

[incapsulated]

48. ah HA! He's just an attention whore!

Good catch. ;)

[mitchtv]

51. Thank God the post came up

I've been teetering on starting one about him ,myself.Seen, indeed. Irish from Jesusland

[CountAllVotes]

53. yep like the was they pronounce Biloxi!

Irritating the hell out of me personally! :grr:

IT is BILOXI! (BILLOXEEE!) NOT BALAXI. :argh:

These people know nothing, I repeat nothing, about the USA nor words and proper pronunciation. It goes with this new neocon "breed" I suppose.

[corksean]

55. His parents may have called him that after the actor Seen Canary

who for a lot of people was the best James Bond of them all.

[skygazer]

58. I knew a family who had a daughter named Theresa

Only they pronounced it Thuh-ree-sa rather than Te-re-sa. Obviously they'd seen it written and didn't know it was a silent "h". :eyes: