i am russin (ruthenian not russian) and have to say slavic language is very dificult in
way of correct pronouncing (for example in ou ruthenian language is four ways how to say I (i И І Ы Ї) so have mercy with thous poor yenkies.....but i have to say that we do care how to correct pronounce the English or German names so they at last should tray to do the same
same thing with semin its siomin, fedorov is fjodorov morozov is marozov, the americans think it sounds cooler i guess to say it the way they do or sumthing
I think your videos would be more helpful and less polarizing if you guys weren't so angry on screen! It's pretty abrasive.
On the subject of properly pronouncing Russian hockey names, I think one must take into account that some of these players purposely anglicize their names. Example: Aleksandr "Semin" was purposely written as so. When Ovechkin gives English interviews, he pronounces his teammate's name, "Semin," not "Syomin."
rofl people pronounce foreign names the way they ARE WRITTEN -------> players should care about their names being written correctly to fit foregn language. In russian if "O" isnt accented then its pronounced like russian "A". So ,correct me if im wrong, it should be something like Ahvechkin :)
@temmy69 Yes, Ahvechkin is more correct that "O." I agree, players should spell their names in English as they wish it pronounced. It is absolutely insane to have "Satan" when what he mean is "Chetan!"
wow, i am sorry but this girl does not know what she is talking about learn russian. OVECHKA from the word sheep there is no A in it. go back to school
Well, first she is Russian, second since several thousand people have seen the video and no Russian has disagreed with her statement, I guess you should go back to school, although learning a language in school is next to impossible, but good luck.
@NoNewsNews do u know russian ????? r u russian? no so dont even comment and defend her. ask her from what word does his last name come from овечка -овца́ there is no A sound in it.
Why does all the Russian names sound like someone is slapping you in the face with an electric flyswatter? The american way of pronouncing Ovechkin is like calm and cool, and this way here is like... well like i said before
Actually i still think its an ovechkin, this is his name in cyleric as you can see Александр Овечкин the first name in english would be pronounced as Aleksandr. The O is pronounced as Oh. so why with the Aeyvitchkin?
@veno09 It is a disgrace that North Americans refuse to pronounce foreign names correctly. Ovechkin would be twice the player if he felt the respect he deserves!!!!
i think it is up to Ovechkin if he want people to pronounce his name with an o or a some people even in the same family pronounce their last name differently i know my family does
NNN, my circles and i've been calling him Ah-vechkin ever since i found this video with 100 or so views. hilarious it is growing and of course, you are correct, sir.
There is no bigger deal. Calling Avechkin, Ovechkin because the russian letter that begins his name happens to look like an "O," demonstrates an appalling ignorance that simply can not be ignored.
In North America his last name is Ovechkin, in Russia and other Countries I'm sure its with the "A" sound. If you were to say my last name in Europe it would sound weird too.... You need to get over it! lol
Did you see Ovechkin's check of Jagr during the Olympics? It seems to me the guy deserves to have his name pronounced correctly. Or just call him "some Russian guy with the puck!"
@NoNewsNews: It really is just an honest mistake. The Russian "O" is pronounced differently depending on whether it's stressed or unstressed in the word it appears. Even learning the Cyrillic alphabet would not help because stress marks are not written in Russian (except in text meant for children or Russian language students). I think it's great you want to educate people, but it's not anything to get angry about. . .unless of course they refuse to start saying his name the right way. o_0
Aaavechkin...Oooovechkin...who cares...that russian girl is smokin hot....and that accent.....i'll get his name wrong on purpose just to see her get mad and hear her correct me....
Вообще-то американцы приавильнее произносят)). Надо "окать", хоть это и смешно щас звучит). Просто если говорить Авечкин, кто-то может и написть так, а это уже другая фамилия будет
Also, Evgenii Nabokov's name is often butchered - His name is stressed like this: EvGYEnii (Евгений) NabOkov (the 'o' is pronounced a little bit like the word 'or') (Набоков)
Well... Ovechkin's name also starts with in "O" in Russian, but many times the Russian "O" is pronounce as if it were a Russian "A"... This is not the case in English... so that may solve part of the issue... but almost all Russian and other foreign names are pronounced differently in English. I know for a fact that English names are pronounced differently in Russian. i.e. Michael Jordan... My name is Alexander, and I prefer that to the "aleksandr" ... Really it's not that big of a deal.
If you get a 124 million signing bonus, you better pronounce his name correctly. Three 50 goal season, Ovechkin is unstoppable. Plus Pronouncing Russian is hard for people who don't know the language, its a good start to pronounce names that are Russian
Actually O-O-vechkin is pretty much valid and classic pronunciation in Russian as well. In modern Russian first O in many regions sounds like "A", but if you say "O", nobody will blame you for that. :) And Varlamov is VAHR-LAH-MOV, not MARV.
@Backstromgrl1219 lol mv..who look all 3 nominated this year sedin dominate all year long come to playoff ...CHOKEE.sidney crosby vs sens he was unbelievable ..againts the habs CHOKEE and u know what happened to ovechiken so i prefer have real player in the playoff than all this 3 choker lolll
@rumit55 haha im not a ffkn faggety pens fan im habs fans and btw..i think he got 2 points..2 pints crosby 10 points ovechkin for the first 5 games only!!!!!!! after Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Dude, I'm Russian too and before teaching somebody, you better learn how to transliterate, transcript and spell, because your pronunciation does not make any sense in English and Russian whatsoever. In modern Russian it's Ah-Vech-Kin. You'll kill yourself trying pronounce Aey... Geeze. Sorry folks, not all Russian are dumb as this one.
To the lady in blue, stop whining. It would be nice if one is from a foreign country, to have his/ her name pronounce properly, but you have to except that something people will pronounce your name wrong, if they speak a different language, then you.
She sounds like a leprechaun first of all and the 'O' in Russian is not always pronounced like an 'a'... hence the reason the cyrillic alphabet has an 'a' as well... p.s. us Americans do not care.
@stinkydrawers29 Actually, all people from english speaking countries are completely useless in pronouncing names right. It does matter. I don't want to be called something that isn't my name.
hey every time he is interviewed and they introduce him he doesn't correct anybody so that might be the way it's said and i'm not going to take the word of some dumb bitch that didn't even remember his first name so until he says we're wrong i'm saying Ovechkin
It's true that in Russian it's pronounced Avechkin because anywhere there's a letter O we say A, but it's not a big deal really. There are tons of NHL players whose names are mispronounced in English a lot worse. For example, Boston's Slovakian D Zdeno Chara is not Chah-rah, but Ha-rah with the first sound being a hard H like the first sound in Khabibulin (Chicago's Russian goalie).
ok every1 hold up. The reason his name is pronounced with an "O" in english is probably because in russian it's also spelled with an "O", but it sounds different. In the russian alphabet, there is both an "O" and an "A". It even looks the same as in english, but the "O" in russian sounds more like an "A". End of discussion, next topic everyone!
Seriously. Butthurt linguists can piss off. The kid is amazing, his skills are unparalleled, and honestly...if he gave a shit, he would have corrected people.
His entire career, people pronounced Patrick Roy's last name wrong, but he told the media to use the "Wah" that we know him by.
The reason Russians don't let us know how to correctly pronounce their names is because they believe we are ignorant North Americans incapable of getting the name right. So why bother.
NO YOU GET IT RIGHT! He's my fav player and he calls HIMSELF Ovechkin. If you play or knew anything about hockey we, us people that play, pronounce it OVECHKIN! Get it right!
it just shows that americans disrespect to other countries names. How the fuck u think he calls himself ovechkin. I know that every russian calls him avechkin and its a big difference.
Its really not a big deal, i'm russian and pronouncing russin names for english speaking people is hard. Like Kozlov you really pronounce is as Kazlov. If anything make an argument about how Semins name is pronounced.,Its Siomen. Now other sashas name is always misspronounced but really its not a big deal.
That Russian Bitch is ridiculous. She is telling us how to pronounce it IN RUSSIAN. In english, according to english rules, we are all pronouncing it correctly. Tell the russian bitch not to correct US on OUR ENGLISH.
Firstly, she a very nice kind woman, not a female dog. Secondly, it is absurd that Ovechkin is pronounce Ovechkin because the first letter of his name happens to look like an O. His name is pronounced Avechkin, and we should respect that.
Clearly if you had a point you would make it without ad hominem.
Ask someone who knows a thing or two about it. Ovechkin, as it is pronounced here, is the way that it is pronounced on english. Maybe in russia it wouldnt fly, but here it's proper. You pronounce things in english if you speak english. The pronunciation "Avechkin" or whatever is how you pronounce his name as it is spelled in russian, with russian letters that don;t even exist in english. Look it up, then get back to me. One thing to consider, why does Ovechkin never complain about it?
There's no such thing as pronouncing the names in English. The names should be pronounced as close to how they sound in the original language as possible, IMO. For example, when Hasek started playing in the NHL everyone said his name as it was written in English, but then we he became a star they corrected it to the proper Czech pronunciation of Ha-shek. Also, Boston Krejci is not pronounced as in English, but as in Czech Kray-chee.
you're fakin' stupit vitun urpot hankikkaa elämä vittu mull on matikan koe maanantaina Perkele!! so shut the fug upp!! jee mull on nälkä snägärille tappelee heja
As a huge hockey fan, I wanted to point out almost all announcers just guess or go by what they've heard for pronounciation. Even "Sakic" is pronounced wrong it's actually closer to "Sak-eech"- I think, but I sure someone else will give another pronounciation.
As much as I like to know the correct pronounciation of names, the condescending attitude was unnecessary. Besides, if it was really that much of an issue, I'm sure Mr. Ovechkin would have corrected us all by now.
i like these pronunciation videos! do more :):) i would love to hear the Russian pronounciation of my name, Tatiana. As I've probably been saying it wrong my whole life.
When the Russian "O" isn't stressed it sounds like an "A". Take the Russian word for window for example, "окно" looks like it should be pronounced ohknoh but the stress is on the last O so it is pronounced ahknoh.
I think they asked us to pronounce their names the way we presently are... in Montreal we said Kovalief at first but it switched to Kovalev, same thing with Kostitsyn (Kastitsyn)
There are rules to Russian pronunciation. We are fully capable of pronouncing the names as they would in Russian. It is patently ridiculous for North Americans to have their own incorrect pronunciations.
i dont care... if they want to be called like they are in Russia, then they should say so... i mean its ur opinion, but its theirs names... My name is Simon, and I am a French Canadian, when I am with other frenchies, I want them to pronounce it the french way, but when I am with english ppl, I want them to pronounce it the english way. Think about it, its probably the same...
Everything that I've ever seen and read about the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet is that:
"O" is pronounced like o in hello
"A" is pronounced "ah" like the "a" in car.
However, I did find reference to "O" being pronounced like the "al" portion of chalk...but even that varies between British or American pronunciations.
The "o" is pronounced like "a" when the "o" is in an unstressed syllable--as in the hockey player's name, овечкин. The stress is on the 2nd syllable: o-VECH-kin.
As bad as North Americans are in pronouncing foreign names wrong, they wouldn't be doing it if Ovechkin actually spells it in English it exactly the way it sounds in Russian. Secondly, if Ovechkin actually corrected it the first time it was pronounced wrong in English, that would have also helped.
It'S impossible for him to use Latin letters first to spell it right and it's even more impossible considering it will be read by english speakers.
It's not an A, it's not an O. It's near an english A, but it's more of an hard french a like you would hear in Quebec or a clear à in France. I can't even see of a Latin reference which is correct.
But, if you say Avetchkin, it will already be better than Ovechkin.
The O in Ovechkin comes from the fact that the Russian letter looks like an "O," but actually sounds like a soft English "a." No one in Russia would call him "O"vechkin. So why are we doing it?
i am russin (ruthenian not russian) and have to say slavic language is very dificult in
way of correct pronouncing (for example in ou ruthenian language is four ways how to say I (i И І Ы Ї) so have mercy with thous poor yenkies.....but i have to say that we do care how to correct pronounce the English or German names so they at last should tray to do the same
brankonastas 9 months ago
same thing with semin its siomin, fedorov is fjodorov morozov is marozov, the americans think it sounds cooler i guess to say it the way they do or sumthing
phreddy87 9 months ago
I always thought alexander ovechkin was pronounced "Crosby's Father"
skew06 10 months ago
they sound drunk
shaggylemonsQ 1 year ago 2
Nice lesson!
celibuko 1 year ago
0:27 .... im not sleeping tonight....scared the shit out of me
peterwalker96 1 year ago
I think your videos would be more helpful and less polarizing if you guys weren't so angry on screen! It's pretty abrasive.
On the subject of properly pronouncing Russian hockey names, I think one must take into account that some of these players purposely anglicize their names. Example: Aleksandr "Semin" was purposely written as so. When Ovechkin gives English interviews, he pronounces his teammate's name, "Semin," not "Syomin."
10storeylovesong 1 year ago
Why you mad though?
TakinBaccSunday 1 year ago
This guy is way too angry...
TakinBaccSunday 1 year ago
People pronounce my last name wrong all the time. I don't think Ovi cares. Besides, Ah-vi doesn't sound as good
marth1800 1 year ago
That is one hot Russian chick.
Supermassively 1 year ago
rofl people pronounce foreign names the way they ARE WRITTEN -------> players should care about their names being written correctly to fit foregn language. In russian if "O" isnt accented then its pronounced like russian "A". So ,correct me if im wrong, it should be something like Ahvechkin :)
temmy69 1 year ago
@temmy69 Yes, Ahvechkin is more correct that "O." I agree, players should spell their names in English as they wish it pronounced. It is absolutely insane to have "Satan" when what he mean is "Chetan!"
NoNewsNews 1 year ago
@NoNewsNews Ye! Thats what im talking about! :))
temmy69 1 year ago
@NoNewsNews
It is Shatan;) Šatan, so use SH instead of CH.
but i think it is alright to pronounce the names in the way as it happens now
alfik13 1 year ago
not bad, really
tubedmucho 1 year ago
pronounce Le-a and Jeaushkie
owned0105 1 year ago
pronounce Jheshkie
owned0105 1 year ago
that girl actually looks pretty hot haha :)
trancetechnoboy 1 year ago
she sounds irish when she says ovechkin OOOOOvechkin
vancouvercanucks23 1 year ago
shes drunk
longhorns101011 1 year ago
Well maybe if u had simpler names we would be able to say it correctly.
craytori624 1 year ago
Ahveechkin.
CordyBear1 1 year ago
wow, i am sorry but this girl does not know what she is talking about learn russian. OVECHKA from the word sheep there is no A in it. go back to school
rumit55 1 year ago
Well, first she is Russian, second since several thousand people have seen the video and no Russian has disagreed with her statement, I guess you should go back to school, although learning a language in school is next to impossible, but good luck.
NoNewsNews 1 year ago
@NoNewsNews do u know russian ????? r u russian? no so dont even comment and defend her. ask her from what word does his last name come from овечка -овца́ there is no A sound in it.
rumit55 1 year ago
@rumit55
[авечка] [авца]
Only northern russians pronounce unstressed "o" like "o". Most of us say "a".
Timuriy 1 year ago
@Timuriy a ny tAgda panyatna v kAkuu tu xadil shkAly,
rumit55 1 year ago
@rumit55
В обычную московскую школу.
Timuriy 1 year ago
@Timuriy . Potomy chto y vas accent tam takoi eto ne znachit chto imya menyaetsa xaxa
rumit55 1 year ago
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Timuriy 1 year ago
@Timuriy ladno tu poslushai kak ona iskareghula imya, a potom zdes vse oslu nazuvaut ego tak Avechkin ladno udachi
rumit55 1 year ago
@rumit55
Ты откуда? Из Вологды что ли? В Москве, в Питере, Уфе, Туле, Калуге говорят как на видео. И Букварь так учит.
Timuriy 1 year ago
In sweden we pronounce it "the russian guy who just scored"
floggingmolly4evah 1 year ago 11
@floggingmolly4evah LOL! XD
OkashiiAmerican 1 year ago
Why does all the Russian names sound like someone is slapping you in the face with an electric flyswatter? The american way of pronouncing Ovechkin is like calm and cool, and this way here is like... well like i said before
WFR 1 year ago 5
The Russian language was actually based on the flyswatter. When the electric one was introduced, the Russian language was updated to conform.
NoNewsNews 1 year ago
@NoNewsNews
I bet!
WFR 1 year ago
Bull shit... They prounouced it right its a aw sound
okpapereat 1 year ago
Actually i still think its an ovechkin, this is his name in cyleric as you can see Александр Овечкин the first name in english would be pronounced as Aleksandr. The O is pronounced as Oh. so why with the Aeyvitchkin?
okpapereat 1 year ago
she sounds irish
iHockey28 1 year ago
lOTS O BEER... HMMM
OVECHKIN852 1 year ago
wow! u guys fucking drunken basterds! WOW!
OVECHKIN852 1 year ago
V-A-R-L-A-M-O-V!!!
arakakij 1 year ago
it does not matter how you pronounce it . is diffrent here then in russia. all that matters is he is a good hockey player.
veno09 1 year ago
@veno09 It is a disgrace that North Americans refuse to pronounce foreign names correctly. Ovechkin would be twice the player if he felt the respect he deserves!!!!
DoctorKeir 1 year ago
alexsander avechken is how they saying it lol
2d181 1 year ago
Овечкин лошара, Ovechkin is bullshit
boris77781 1 year ago
i think it is up to Ovechkin if he want people to pronounce his name with an o or a some people even in the same family pronounce their last name differently i know my family does
ellefell 1 year ago
we just say OVI.
veno09 1 year ago
@veno09 apparently its AVI
mattholden514 1 year ago
@veno09 well i guess now it's avi lol
2d181 1 year ago
NNN, my circles and i've been calling him Ah-vechkin ever since i found this video with 100 or so views. hilarious it is growing and of course, you are correct, sir.
WayTooMuchPressure 2 years ago
Wow, they need to chill pill.. Sorry we are not European or whatever.. but seriously why is it such a big deal?
Gezzi96 2 years ago 2
There is no bigger deal. Calling Avechkin, Ovechkin because the russian letter that begins his name happens to look like an "O," demonstrates an appalling ignorance that simply can not be ignored.
NoNewsNews 2 years ago
In North America his last name is Ovechkin, in Russia and other Countries I'm sure its with the "A" sound. If you were to say my last name in Europe it would sound weird too.... You need to get over it! lol
Gezzi96 2 years ago
Did you see Ovechkin's check of Jagr during the Olympics? It seems to me the guy deserves to have his name pronounced correctly. Or just call him "some Russian guy with the puck!"
NoNewsNews 2 years ago
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Timuriy 2 years ago
@NoNewsNews: It really is just an honest mistake. The Russian "O" is pronounced differently depending on whether it's stressed or unstressed in the word it appears. Even learning the Cyrillic alphabet would not help because stress marks are not written in Russian (except in text meant for children or Russian language students). I think it's great you want to educate people, but it's not anything to get angry about. . .unless of course they refuse to start saying his name the right way. o_0
OkashiiAmerican 1 year ago
пьяная русская девушка, рассказывает, как правильно произносить имя овечкина ))))))))))))))))
Selfxp34 2 years ago
Aaavechkin...Oooovechkin...who cares...that russian girl is smokin hot....and that accent.....i'll get his name wrong on purpose just to see her get mad and hear her correct me....
Cluez31 2 years ago
Вообще-то американцы приавильнее произносят)). Надо "окать", хоть это и смешно щас звучит). Просто если говорить Авечкин, кто-то может и написть так, а это уже другая фамилия будет
ripwolfram 2 years ago
Also, Evgenii Nabokov's name is often butchered - His name is stressed like this: EvGYEnii (Евгений) NabOkov (the 'o' is pronounced a little bit like the word 'or') (Набоков)
SeahawksFanUK 2 years ago
The first 'o' isn't stressed, the stress falls on 'e' = OvEchkin
SeahawksFanUK 2 years ago
красивая девушка!! овечкин вперед!!!
afdkm333 2 years ago
bert farve?
kilomeister 2 years ago
no one cares
iRyanF 2 years ago
Everyone cares profoundly. There are few things in life as important.
NoNewsNews 2 years ago
Not really..lol Im sure PETA and the WWF can find things more important than pronoucing Alex's name in North America.
Gezzi96 2 years ago
lol
supernova2233 2 years ago
Well... Ovechkin's name also starts with in "O" in Russian, but many times the Russian "O" is pronounce as if it were a Russian "A"... This is not the case in English... so that may solve part of the issue... but almost all Russian and other foreign names are pronounced differently in English. I know for a fact that English names are pronounced differently in Russian. i.e. Michael Jordan... My name is Alexander, and I prefer that to the "aleksandr" ... Really it's not that big of a deal.
stlouie24 2 years ago
I am afraid it is a big deal. The "O" in Ovechkin is an "A." I can think of no bigger deal!
NoNewsNews 2 years ago
shes hot
hockeydude434 2 years ago 10
Who the fuck cares? They are playing hockey in the US, we speak english in the US, so it makes sense to say Ovechkin.
oreangeman 2 years ago
Around Montreal, the analysts take time to ask the player himself how his name must be pronounced.
Learn that it is annoying to hear pronounciation mistakes in your own language, especially big ones.
English speakers always screw the pronunciation of foreign words and names because english is poor in sounds variety.
I laugh when I hear them use the expressions:
à la mode or plat de résistance.
GueorguiJoukov 2 years ago
If you get a 124 million signing bonus, you better pronounce his name correctly. Three 50 goal season, Ovechkin is unstoppable. Plus Pronouncing Russian is hard for people who don't know the language, its a good start to pronounce names that are Russian
HockeyDeke09 2 years ago
GAY......OOOOOvechkin get it right,
x8HaRMaN8x 2 years ago
Theres also Ko VAL chook and semyon VAR LAA MARV. and Nikolai HABIBI BULL IN. thats how u pronounce there names as well.
samrosen93 2 years ago
Actually O-O-vechkin is pretty much valid and classic pronunciation in Russian as well. In modern Russian first O in many regions sounds like "A", but if you say "O", nobody will blame you for that. :) And Varlamov is VAHR-LAH-MOV, not MARV.
alex9044 2 years ago
Ovechkin ..Avechkin ...
you guys pronounce it right ... almost the same as original prononciation
Z971 2 years ago
americans are so dumb they cant even pronounce varlamov, ovechkin, radulov,kovalchuck. I am surprised they pronounce datsyuk and malkin right.
ovechkono 2 years ago
no Ovechkin every time i hear him...
BUT... no matter how you pronounce his name he is still MVP 2 YEARS IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Backstromgrl1219 2 years ago 3
@Backstromgrl1219 and he choke in playoff muahahha go habs go
deathnotefan18 1 year ago
@deathnotefan18 i dont see and habs nominated for MVP this year
Backstromgrl1219 1 year ago
@Backstromgrl1219 lol mv..who look all 3 nominated this year sedin dominate all year long come to playoff ...CHOKEE.sidney crosby vs sens he was unbelievable ..againts the habs CHOKEE and u know what happened to ovechiken so i prefer have real player in the playoff than all this 3 choker lolll
deathnotefan18 1 year ago
@deathnotefan18 gOOD ONE HOW MANY POINTS DID ur CROSBY GOT VS habS?
rumit55 1 year ago
@rumit55 haha im not a ffkn faggety pens fan im habs fans and btw..i think he got 2 points..2 pints crosby 10 points ovechkin for the first 5 games only!!!!!!! after Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
deathnotefan18 1 year ago
it's not bullshit idiot, i'm russian an the correct pronunciation is Aeyvitchkin. dumb american.
bajsalfred 2 years ago
Dude, I'm Russian too and before teaching somebody, you better learn how to transliterate, transcript and spell, because your pronunciation does not make any sense in English and Russian whatsoever. In modern Russian it's Ah-Vech-Kin. You'll kill yourself trying pronounce Aey... Geeze. Sorry folks, not all Russian are dumb as this one.
alex9044 2 years ago
Ovechnikoff.
ffairlane57 2 years ago
Ovechnik.
ffairlane57 2 years ago
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audrix1999 2 years ago
Omg, the girl looks so angry because we don't pronounce a name correctly...
Myriiam74 2 years ago 3
Ahveechkin? Holy sheeeet.
megatrends 2 years ago
It's buuulllshiiit
His name you can pronounce "a" and "o"/ both correct
i'm now because russian
absurdum108 2 years ago
To the lady in blue, stop whining. It would be nice if one is from a foreign country, to have his/ her name pronounce properly, but you have to except that something people will pronounce your name wrong, if they speak a different language, then you.
cw1310 2 years ago
Pretty Russian girl.
stupidsh1t 2 years ago 3
She sounds like a leprechaun first of all and the 'O' in Russian is not always pronounced like an 'a'... hence the reason the cyrillic alphabet has an 'a' as well... p.s. us Americans do not care.
AlphaBlonde71 2 years ago
хахаха Авечкин :D
temmy69 2 years ago
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supercarsremix 2 years ago
i like saying it ooovechkin
grizzlyadms34 2 years ago
was she like drunk or something
jvdv45 2 years ago 2
Give me a freakin' break. What's up with Russian's obsession with pronouncing their names "correctly"?
It doesn't matter how you say it. It is wrong to them. Not just Russian's either. But seriously, who gives a crap?
stinkydrawers29 2 years ago 4
@stinkydrawers29 Actually, all people from english speaking countries are completely useless in pronouncing names right. It does matter. I don't want to be called something that isn't my name.
NHLfreak87 1 year ago
seriously, i'd say whatever she wanted me to say
1530Homer 2 years ago
That chick is right
dima3232 2 years ago
hey every time he is interviewed and they introduce him he doesn't correct anybody so that might be the way it's said and i'm not going to take the word of some dumb bitch that didn't even remember his first name so until he says we're wrong i'm saying Ovechkin
jukhi 3 years ago
OVEN CHICKEN.
jcrist 3 years ago
What about the "v"? Every Russian I've ever talked to (I know a few) simply cannot pronounce a "v" to save their lives, it's always a "w".
bsenka 3 years ago
His short name is not Alex. His short name is Sasha or Shurik
dendesign2008 3 years ago
Correct..
Blappymp 3 years ago
Ever heard an American pronounce Moscow..............?
31oooh 3 years ago
I'm from America. You know, the place where Russian's come and pretend to be American but still pronounce name's in russian accent.... IDIOTS,,,,,
dilltay 3 years ago
Idiots...... go back to Russia then.....
dilltay 3 years ago
Go back to Britain idiot.
ovechkono 3 years ago 2
If I ever end up at a party with these a**holes, please shoot me.
interceptor2795 3 years ago
It's true that in Russian it's pronounced Avechkin because anywhere there's a letter O we say A, but it's not a big deal really. There are tons of NHL players whose names are mispronounced in English a lot worse. For example, Boston's Slovakian D Zdeno Chara is not Chah-rah, but Ha-rah with the first sound being a hard H like the first sound in Khabibulin (Chicago's Russian goalie).
ranndino 3 years ago
i just call him god
horton016 3 years ago 5
it's true.. this man has no dick
Pablensen09 3 years ago
you should learn english if you know a thing or two about it. english letters, what are they? хиллбиллы!
kilomeister 3 years ago
Shes so hot!
Imavitamin 3 years ago
lol fun video
jizzkizzkill 3 years ago
Its quite simple really
In some words we pronounce the written russian "О" as the russian "А"
Both the russian "O" and "A" sound different than the english ones (btw the "O" in russian sounds nothing like "A" (2 pantibandit1233))
The written "Овечкин" is pronounced "Авечкин"
(The written Ovechkin is pronounced Avechkin)
1234Phoenix4321 3 years ago
ok every1 hold up. The reason his name is pronounced with an "O" in english is probably because in russian it's also spelled with an "O", but it sounds different. In the russian alphabet, there is both an "O" and an "A". It even looks the same as in english, but the "O" in russian sounds more like an "A". End of discussion, next topic everyone!
pantybandit1233 3 years ago
девчонка симпатичная
alouette87 3 years ago
thats how they pronouns it russia
razzarp 3 years ago
....who cares?
Seriously. Butthurt linguists can piss off. The kid is amazing, his skills are unparalleled, and honestly...if he gave a shit, he would have corrected people.
His entire career, people pronounced Patrick Roy's last name wrong, but he told the media to use the "Wah" that we know him by.
If Ovi cared, he'd let us know.
YoungMielke 3 years ago
The reason Russians don't let us know how to correctly pronounce their names is because they believe we are ignorant North Americans incapable of getting the name right. So why bother.
His name is Avechkin. Get it right!
NoNewsNews 3 years ago
NO YOU GET IT RIGHT! He's my fav player and he calls HIMSELF Ovechkin. If you play or knew anything about hockey we, us people that play, pronounce it OVECHKIN! Get it right!
nhl2k90 3 years ago
it just shows that americans disrespect to other countries names. How the fuck u think he calls himself ovechkin. I know that every russian calls him avechkin and its a big difference.
ovechkono 3 years ago
Hmmm...Russians roll their r's when they say "New York" or "California". . . is that disrespectful?
blazerr 3 years ago
do they write it in a different way? Ha no but they missed spelled his name.
ovechkono 3 years ago
What do you mean mispelt his name? It is an O, o's are just sometimes pronounced like 'a' in russian.
Circuitboardsoul 2 years ago
No, its how to pronounce all the Rs in russian..
Blappymp 3 years ago
Its really not a big deal, i'm russian and pronouncing russin names for english speaking people is hard. Like Kozlov you really pronounce is as Kazlov. If anything make an argument about how Semins name is pronounced.,Its Siomen. Now other sashas name is always misspronounced but really its not a big deal.
madboost35 2 years ago
Avechkin - this is like moscow people say it.
nevermind
milleniumfalcon79 3 years ago
That Russian Bitch is ridiculous. She is telling us how to pronounce it IN RUSSIAN. In english, according to english rules, we are all pronouncing it correctly. Tell the russian bitch not to correct US on OUR ENGLISH.
betweenscylla 3 years ago
Firstly, she a very nice kind woman, not a female dog. Secondly, it is absurd that Ovechkin is pronounce Ovechkin because the first letter of his name happens to look like an O. His name is pronounced Avechkin, and we should respect that.
Clearly if you had a point you would make it without ad hominem.
NoNewsNews 3 years ago
Ask someone who knows a thing or two about it. Ovechkin, as it is pronounced here, is the way that it is pronounced on english. Maybe in russia it wouldnt fly, but here it's proper. You pronounce things in english if you speak english. The pronunciation "Avechkin" or whatever is how you pronounce his name as it is spelled in russian, with russian letters that don;t even exist in english. Look it up, then get back to me. One thing to consider, why does Ovechkin never complain about it?
betweenscylla 3 years ago
There's no such thing as pronouncing the names in English. The names should be pronounced as close to how they sound in the original language as possible, IMO. For example, when Hasek started playing in the NHL everyone said his name as it was written in English, but then we he became a star they corrected it to the proper Czech pronunciation of Ha-shek. Also, Boston Krejci is not pronounced as in English, but as in Czech Kray-chee.
ranndino 3 years ago
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31oooh 3 years ago
lawl
emy2257 3 years ago
hehe!!
смешное видео
Diddidonut 3 years ago
да!
kylemartin55 3 years ago
when your in north america its pronounced ovechkin like you know and when your in russia you say it like what ever the fuck your blabbing about
washingtoncapitalsss 3 years ago 2
lol haha
bobthedan 3 years ago
you're fakin' stupit vitun urpot hankikkaa elämä vittu mull on matikan koe maanantaina Perkele!! so shut the fug upp!! jee mull on nälkä snägärille tappelee heja
I'm from sweden
ltzx 3 years ago 2
shes hot
sneeky7 3 years ago 3
wow its russian pronounciation these guys are making to big of a deal about it
oilersfan194 3 years ago
Also his teammate Alex Semin is actualy pronounced "Syomin", its "yo" not "e" as in semen..
EvilBanker666 3 years ago 3
same as coward is pronounced "caward".. that makes no sense either...
JaWa7o7 3 years ago
As a huge hockey fan, I wanted to point out almost all announcers just guess or go by what they've heard for pronounciation. Even "Sakic" is pronounced wrong it's actually closer to "Sak-eech"- I think, but I sure someone else will give another pronounciation.
lenny1317 3 years ago
im pretty sure its not sakeech cuz hes canadian not german.
traviswonch 3 years ago
hmm... well.. isn't the r sound of Aleksandr suppose to be rolled too like in portugese/spanish?
douirotoaoiro 3 years ago
People, calm down; they are obviously being funny in the video--they aren't actually mad.
XarisGuitars 3 years ago
As much as I like to know the correct pronounciation of names, the condescending attitude was unnecessary. Besides, if it was really that much of an issue, I'm sure Mr. Ovechkin would have corrected us all by now.
wittyreparte 3 years ago
i like these pronunciation videos! do more :):) i would love to hear the Russian pronounciation of my name, Tatiana. As I've probably been saying it wrong my whole life.
lovehertothebone 3 years ago
They complain that they get the sound of one letter slightly wrong.
They get the finnish names COMPLETELY wrong. not just one vowel. Pedantic twats.
theroundman9 3 years ago
When the Russian "O" isn't stressed it sounds like an "A". Take the Russian word for window for example, "окно" looks like it should be pronounced ohknoh but the stress is on the last O so it is pronounced ahknoh.
googlewebsite 3 years ago 4
Yeah.. don't know why it's so difficult for some people to comprehend.
stlouie24 2 years ago
this is really rude... calm down
sl7215 3 years ago
I think they asked us to pronounce their names the way we presently are... in Montreal we said Kovalief at first but it switched to Kovalev, same thing with Kostitsyn (Kastitsyn)
sl7215 3 years ago
There are rules to Russian pronunciation. We are fully capable of pronouncing the names as they would in Russian. It is patently ridiculous for North Americans to have their own incorrect pronunciations.
NoNewsNews 3 years ago
i dont care... if they want to be called like they are in Russia, then they should say so... i mean its ur opinion, but its theirs names... My name is Simon, and I am a French Canadian, when I am with other frenchies, I want them to pronounce it the french way, but when I am with english ppl, I want them to pronounce it the english way. Think about it, its probably the same...
sl7215 3 years ago
so what do you think about what I said?
sl7215 3 years ago
Everything that I've ever seen and read about the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet is that:
"O" is pronounced like o in hello
"A" is pronounced "ah" like the "a" in car.
However, I did find reference to "O" being pronounced like the "al" portion of chalk...but even that varies between British or American pronunciations.
manorrd 3 years ago
The "o" is pronounced like "a" when the "o" is in an unstressed syllable--as in the hockey player's name, овечкин. The stress is on the 2nd syllable: o-VECH-kin.
XarisGuitars 3 years ago
As bad as North Americans are in pronouncing foreign names wrong, they wouldn't be doing it if Ovechkin actually spells it in English it exactly the way it sounds in Russian. Secondly, if Ovechkin actually corrected it the first time it was pronounced wrong in English, that would have also helped.
aiaiyo 2 years ago
It'S impossible for him to use Latin letters first to spell it right and it's even more impossible considering it will be read by english speakers.
It's not an A, it's not an O. It's near an english A, but it's more of an hard french a like you would hear in Quebec or a clear à in France. I can't even see of a Latin reference which is correct.
But, if you say Avetchkin, it will already be better than Ovechkin.
GueorguiJoukov 2 years ago
Alright then y don't we say KAVALEV instead of KOOOOvalev. U guys are dead wrong.
AK27445094 3 years ago
The O in Ovechkin comes from the fact that the Russian letter looks like an "O," but actually sounds like a soft English "a." No one in Russia would call him "O"vechkin. So why are we doing it?
NoNewsNews 3 years ago
that russian chick? DO WANT!!
shaggy2332 3 years ago
It's not that bad the way people pronounce Ovechkin's name. Kovalchuk is totally wrong pronunciation. It's actually: kaval'chjuk.
jenix89 4 years ago