Is Brett Favre and idiot? Doink says “yes”

January 31, 2006

This is a little off-topic, and by “a little,” I really mean “alot,” so please bear with me. I came across some most joyous news, coincidentally on the eve that Brett Favre announces that he is seriously pondering retirement from his storied NFL career.

Look: I don’t hate Brett Favre. I just think he’s a moron. Heckuva football player, but for christ’s sake, learn how to pronounce your own name. For years, I’ve been perplexed by the invertedness of the interior consonants in his surname. (moronspeak: he pronounces the “r” before the “v”) I’ve searched and searched in vain for an answer to this conundrum, but the closest I could get was a little port city in France, appropriately named Le Havre which translates to “Harbor.” Needless to say, Favre supporters took little solace in my ability to correctly pronounce the names of obscure French cities, and failed to understand how it was remotely related to the prononciation of Favre’s name.

But today, whilst neglecting the State of the Union Address in favor of the Winter X games on ESPN, I found my holy grail:

There is a French superpipe skier named Laurent Favre, and he pronounces his name correctly. I mean, the “v” sound comes before th “r” sound. As it should be. Further evidence of Favre’s idiocy is presented on his website, where it indicates that his hometown, Kiln, Mississippi, is actually pronounced “kill.” So I suppose we can blame his backwoods upbringing for the fact that he’s been bitchslapped by a frenchy.


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