Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
I've only heard the name twice, Vic Toews the politician and Johnathan Toews from the Chicago blackhawks. I always hear it pronounced "Tays" or "Taves", mind you it's always on TV so I'm really not sure which or what I'm hearing.
So what's the deal? Am I just deaf, ethnic origin, what? This has bugged me for a while now. Just one of those things ya know?
So what's the deal? Am I just deaf, ethnic origin, what? This has bugged me for a while now. Just one of those things ya know?
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Re: Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
Jonathan Bryan Toews (pronounced /ˈteɪvz/ tayvz; born April 29, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who plays for and is captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Re: Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
LOL - yup, Taves it is. Good Mennonite name, perhaps Dutch.
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Re: Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
And what about Patrick Roy? Not one bit of similarity between the spelling and the pronunciation... what is up with that?
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Re: Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
That's what happens when you're born in Quebec ... confuse the rest of Canada. Patrick Jacques Roy (French pronunciation: [ʁwa]; born October 5, 1965) is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender.
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Re: Pronunciation of the name "Toews"
Try being saddled with a name like Daniel Fuchs.
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