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Names You Can’t Pronounce In The NFL

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Posted by Luca Esposito on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 11:40 pm
This item was posted in Club Seat's Top 5 and has 5 Comments so far.

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This list is dedicated to the guys that make you wonder what the hell the announcer just said, and how the hell he knew how to pronounce it.

5. Legedu Naanee – WR – Chargers

Pronounced: LEG-a-doo Nah-NAY

While watching a Chargers game I couldn’t help but smirk everytime they said his name.  I kept thinking it sounded like a good horse name in the Kentucky Derby.  What’s better is that he even looks like a “Legedu”, or as I like to call him, “Lego Dude.”

4. Brandon Manumaleuna – TE – Chargers

Pronounced: Ma-nu-ma-li’u-na

He could have been higher on the list if his first name didn’t ruin it for him.  Too bad.  What were his parents thinking giving him a name like Brandon to precede Manu-manu-whatever-that-says?  If you’re following, that makes two players now from San Diego.  Sucks to be you, Norv Turner.

3. Touraj “T.J.” Houshmandzadeh – WR – Seahawks

Pronounced:   HOOSH-men-ZAH-da

We all knew this one was coming.  Housh is a nice guy when you consider that he shortened his first name for us so we can at least manage 1/100th of his name.  Poor guy can’t even get his full name in the Madden video game.  TJJJJJJJ Who’s Your Momma. Championshippp.

2. Oshiomogho Atogwe – S – Rams

Pronounced: oh-SHIM-ago a-TOG-way

The start of his name pretty much sums up the way I feel when simply thinking about how to pronounce it. “Oh shiiii”… I’m in trouble.

1. Nnamdi Asomugha – CB – Raiders

Pronounced: Nahm-Dee Aso-MU-Wah

Two “N’s” to start a name?  That’s terrible.  He kills us with what I like to call the “double-whammy,” meaning you aren’t going to get his first, or last name right.





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5 Comments

  1. Proff
    September 22, 2009, 11:56 pm

    Hahaha this shit is hilarious. No wonder why people come up with nicknames

  2. Joey Hines
    September 23, 2009, 2:22 pm

    haha I was gonna say if you didn’t put Nnamdi that man has the hardest name for sure, or at least of people who actually play.

  3. Eric Evans
    September 24, 2009, 11:27 am

    Lego Dude hahaha

  4. September 25, 2009, 11:59 am

    Did Matt Jones not make this list because he’s a FA?

  5. October 20, 2009, 1:20 am

    [...] a hit to the pocket book.  The Jets’ James Ihedigbo (whose last name could have landed him in this post) threw a right cross to the face of Bills tight end Derek Fine and missed.  I don’t [...]

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