The announcers all pronounce it Zavier. So what you said just lends more credence, since I guess Zavier is his preferred pronunciation. It's fans and analysts that say Igzavier.
I've known two in my life, a French Canadian woman who said it "Zay-vier" and a half Latino American boy who did it "Ex-avier"
Doesn't seem like that big a deal lol
I guess it's just very rare for a word to start with X? But the precedence is there with common-ish words like xylophone, xenophobia, xerox, etc. But the weirdest part is that it's not even just an "ex" bastardization, the "igz" is mindblowing.
Yea, people get weird with pronouncing words they see based on spelling. Your original point of it being similar to "savior" still stands. Both Savior and Xavier are formed by the mouth in exactly the same way. The only difference is pronunciation and it's if you vocalize the first sound. If you vocalize the "s" sound from savior you get the "z" sound from Xavier. It's easy but when we see how it's written we do a bunch of extra things and get confused
No? This is the other games thread right?
A player with Hardman's speed is useful to any team. Been back in KC for a few days and he's making an impact play with his speed and picking up 1st downs. It's frustrating Hackett didn't even try to give him snaps to give him a chance to make a big play. It's not like the offense gas been humming along smoothly.
Hackett is an idiot for playing Cobb over Hardman.
Correct pronunciation isn't important to at least 75% of the population. Why learn how to pronounce the guy's name properly?
And don't get me started on the word "exit" (commonly mispronounced as "egg-zit"). It's just like "Xavier", there is no fucking "G" in "exit" and no "G" in "Xavier".
The most famous "Xavier" in fiction is pronounced "Ex-zay-vee-er" so that may be why youre hearing it so much. Of course Im talking about Dr. Charles Xavier aka Professor X. As far as "Ig-zay-vee-er" that just sounds like a california accent version of it.
Announcers have cheat sheets of how players prefer their names pronounced so if it doesn’t bother X it shouldn’t bother us, idk
The announcers all pronounce it Zavier. So what you said just lends more credence, since I guess Zavier is his preferred pronunciation. It's fans and analysts that say Igzavier.
“Ex” kinda sounds like eggs The only Xavier I know in real life goes by “ex-zaiv-ee-er”
Sounds like a lame excuse, or I guess how it really should be spelled, xcuse
Homie it’s the name he told me to call him, the fuck you want me to do?
Let him know he’s wrong, obviously
Haha I know I just wanted to use the xcuse line
Haha
X-Men
That's because it's the letter X as a standalone. If it were B-Men, it would be pronounce "Bee-Men" not "Buh-Men"
oh wow
Xylophone
tbf there are plenty of Xaviers that pronounce it that way
I've known two in my life, a French Canadian woman who said it "Zay-vier" and a half Latino American boy who did it "Ex-avier" Doesn't seem like that big a deal lol
Who cares
I thought it was a play on his Instagram handle: “it.xay”- pronounced as “Its-Zay”-
I'm with you bro, it's weird people can't say his name
I guess it's just very rare for a word to start with X? But the precedence is there with common-ish words like xylophone, xenophobia, xerox, etc. But the weirdest part is that it's not even just an "ex" bastardization, the "igz" is mindblowing.
Yea, people get weird with pronouncing words they see based on spelling. Your original point of it being similar to "savior" still stands. Both Savior and Xavier are formed by the mouth in exactly the same way. The only difference is pronunciation and it's if you vocalize the first sound. If you vocalize the "s" sound from savior you get the "z" sound from Xavier. It's easy but when we see how it's written we do a bunch of extra things and get confused
Lol. And Hackett couldn't use Hardman at all? What a fucking joke.
Did you comment on the wrong post or something?
No? This is the other games thread right? A player with Hardman's speed is useful to any team. Been back in KC for a few days and he's making an impact play with his speed and picking up 1st downs. It's frustrating Hackett didn't even try to give him snaps to give him a chance to make a big play. It's not like the offense gas been humming along smoothly. Hackett is an idiot for playing Cobb over Hardman.
How does that have anything to do with how you pronounce a different player's name?
Oh jfc I'm in the wrong thread. Lol
Xaviers everywhere in shambles
Xcuse me?
Correct pronunciation isn't important to at least 75% of the population. Why learn how to pronounce the guy's name properly? And don't get me started on the word "exit" (commonly mispronounced as "egg-zit"). It's just like "Xavier", there is no fucking "G" in "exit" and no "G" in "Xavier".
Oh got I didn't realize it applies to words where X is in the middle too. I'll never unlearn this disturbing fact
The most famous "Xavier" in fiction is pronounced "Ex-zay-vee-er" so that may be why youre hearing it so much. Of course Im talking about Dr. Charles Xavier aka Professor X. As far as "Ig-zay-vee-er" that just sounds like a california accent version of it.