I before U, except after T
Since there’s been some talk about comment moderation, along with proper spelling, this seems like a good opportunity to write this note. As you know, some employees of the Mariner organization have names that can be mildly difficult to spell (Zduriencik, Rizzs, etc.), but we expect that if you care enough about the Mariners to discuss them here, you should care enough to spell them correctly or use an acceptable shorthand.
The pair people have struggled with the most in the past, probably because they have a superficial similarity but the pattern is reversed (and then you have to remember which is which), are Piniella and Pineiro. Nowadays, we have another pair a bit like that who have been coming up through the system, Tuiasosopo and Triunfel. People seem to get Matt right, partly because shortening to “Tui” is an easy save, but Carlos gets butchered constantly.
It’s hard to know what the future holds for Triunfel. What position will he ultimately play? Will he recover from his injury well enough to compensate for the lost development time? How much power will he develop? Is he a future star, or a future Jose Lopez? Is all this going to happen for the Mariners, or will he become a trade chip? Whatever the outcome, though, it’s at least time to start getting his name right.
Aye toatalley agre wit u.
My mnemonic for Triunfel is to remember out hope that he show defense, offense, and grit -s ort of the holy Trinity. And if he were god-like, he would be Triunfel.
That only works for the spelling of his name. Phonetically “triune” will lead you astray.
Oh, to be able to see the moderation queue on this one.
We still have a Maikel, and a Jharmidy hanging out there in the system amongst others that could provide some fun in the future.
What are acceptable shorthands for Zduriencik? Is Zalphabet acceptable?
What’s more shorthand than “Z.”
Steve Nelson is Michael Scott?
Acceptable shorthand for Jack Zduriencik:
He who is not named Bill.
That bald guy.
Jack (Don’t ask me about the mini sirloin burgers).
Sir. As in: “Thank you sir, may I have another.” (Only people named Dayton Moore and David Dombrowski may use this shorthand, though new applicants are being accepted based on merit)
It doesn’t exactly help that every member of the media who discusses prospects refers to Triunfel as TRUE-in-fell.
Also, Niehaus is on the list, right?
Absolutely Niehaus is on the list.
is RARRR an acceptable shorthand for Radio AnnouncerR Rick Rizzs?
How about and all-time Mariners spelling lineup?
C Skip Jutze
1B Bruce Bochte
2B Giomar Guevara
3B Dale Sveum
SS Rey Quinones
LF Tom Paciorek
CF Ron Roenicke
RF Ryan Radmanovich
DH Greg Pirkl
UT Bret Heffernan
RHP Mike Trujillo
LHP Lee Guetterman
RP Rich Monteleone
CL Tom Niedenfuer
Acceptable shorthand for Jack Zduriencik:
He who is not named Bill.
That bald guy.
Jack (Don’t ask me about the mini sirloin burgers).
Wasn’t the previous guy also bald. How about the other bald guy.
Zduriencik isn’t that hard once you think of it as Zd – that “auto row” city by the airport – cik
Niehaus is German (house of, uh, knees?) and in German “when two vowels go walking, the second one does the talking”
I think you can find starting pitchers that are harder to spell — Mr Snow listed one of the notables in the intro. And Skip Jutze seems much less likely to give problems than Guillermo Quiroz.
Also, you didn’t list a manager but if you didn’t want to slot Lou in you could consider Jim Lefebvre.
Joser, it’s House of Never. Sorry for how ominous that sounds.
Google likes to translate ‘nie haus’ to “never home”.
…fitting for a career like that I guess.
I think that’s where my highschool girlfriend lived.
lol! awesome Joser.
Don’t forget the Dave approved GMZ for Zduriencik.
When was that?
Best laugh of my week. Thanks.
I check this site on a daily basis to hear more about my beloved M’s but I find it a little offputting to suggest that, since I can’t, off the top of my head, spell Jack Pzuerencikzx’s crazy polishey name or pronounce the names of the entire roster of the High Desert Mavericks, that I don’t care. I’ve endured too many Bavasi blunders to be called apathetic, thank you very much.
GOO MAYRINURZ!!
Actually, that’s not really true. A German “ie” is pronounced like a long German “i” (which sounds like an English “ee”). When spelling, the letter “i” in German is pronounced like the English letter “e”, which has been a neverending source of confusion for my bilingual children.
And for the translation, literally “never house” (“never home” would be “nie zu Haus”), but in all likelihood, it is a variation of “Neuhaus” (new house) which is a fairly common name (both place and person) in Germany.
It’s not that we expect people to know everything about High Desert. It’s that we want to have intelligent conversations, and that requires that if somebody wants to talk about the advanced Class-A team, it’s on them to get at least some basic background knowledge (that means knowing we’re not in Inland Empire anymore).
I donno who any of these guys are but I’ve always been a big fan of Grant Winstrom and Matt Hasselback
I think your pan might be a little too dead there.
Don’t forget the Dave approved GMZ for Zduriencik.
Congrats, Dave! You’re notoriety is now such that you get a definite article before your name: I like it…The Dave.
Speaking of your notoriety (“his fame is expanding faster than the known universe”?), here in Chicago the afternoon guys (Boors and Bernstein) on 670 The Score talked up (and quoted at length) your Fangraphs piece on the Cubs signing John Grabow. They instinctively felt they didn’t like it, and your piece confirmed it for them.
Oh, jeez. That should be your notoriety…ugh
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Tuiasosopo still gives me fits. I keep thinking it’s double “s’s” and double “p’s” like in Mississippi.
I see we’ve been saved from any further struggles with Jakubauskas.
Let’s not forget the immortal Scott Spiezio. If that’s even the correct spelling. Of course, just mentioning him might/should lead to moderation most days.
They have a valid point, especially since with that Interweb thingy, you can either look up the name or cut and paste it from somewhere.
By the way, didn’t there used to a handy spelling guide link for some of these names on the home page?
Fiftyone,
you spelled “Spiezio” right. Trust me, I have to spell Italian-ancestry names all the time.
With “Triunfel”, I’ve never had a problem spelling it. The pronunciation, though, I’m still not sure about.
“Tree-UN-fel”? “TRY-un-fel”? I wonder which syllable gets the emphasis.
But I’ve always had foreboding that it resonates with similarity to “try and fail”.
…unless I’m really off-base and it really is “TRUE-en-fel”.
Which wouldn’t be my number one guess, I admit.
I was under the impression that Derek pretty much banned GMZ from it’s inception. Now Dave is approving it? I find that to be highly doubtful.
I’d say it falls more along the lines of “barely tolerated because none of the mods feel like having a three-page argument with someone who feels their civil rights are being infringed”.
*Laughing heartily at the “civil rights” infringement.*
Jeff, you can be a rather amusing fellow from time to time.
Also, we have a winner! Congratulations to fwbrodie in the AFL championship game thread, the first person to get a comment moderated on account of this rule.
Another reason I don’t miss you, Richie Sexton!
Who’s this Sexton fellow?
Who’s this Sexton fellow?
I don’t know, but the name sure rings a bell. I think he pretty much dug his own grave, though.