Shouldn't his name be pronounced "fav-ra"?
2006-10-09 04:51:46 · 13 answers · asked by Take it from Toby 7 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
It's the French influence on southern Mississippi (and southern Louisiana). It's a Cajun thing. There are parts of far south Louisiana and Mississippi where they don't speak English.
2006-10-09 04:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by Nuke Lefties 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's pronounced Farv? I have been saying Fav-ray for the past 10 years!
2006-10-09 04:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by Leader Desslok 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were being pronounced correctly as a French name, it would Fahv-rah, with emphasis on the first syllable and the final syllable basically fading out. The Louvre is the same - it would be pronounce Loov-rah, with the Rah fading out almost completely.
2016-03-28 02:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has always drove me crazy! I know that sometimes letters are silent in a word or name but how can you completely change the position of the letters when pronouncing??????
2006-10-09 04:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Nunya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a combination French-Creole and Chocktaw Indian....do some research...its actually quite common in that area of the country.
2006-10-09 05:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by Studmuffin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Farv.
2006-10-09 04:54:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we try to Americanize words and names that come from a different language. I am guessing it is French and I have always thought it was "Fov-ay".
2006-10-09 04:57:22 · answer #7 · answered by mickeyg1958 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, Brett is dyslexic, it shows in his game.
2006-10-09 04:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by corpsengineer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reason people say exscape and heighth when it should be escape and height - ingnorance? laziness?
2006-10-09 05:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a French-Acadian (Cajun) thing.....
2006-10-09 06:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋