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I hear Sully saying "Oh that's puce" every time they say his name.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑18 Sep 2025 23:09 pmIt is not “pee us”. It’s pronounced P'YOOS.
It’s pronounced similar to the color puce.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uLa8bHb1wUo
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Hazelwood72
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Now batting for Pedro Borbon…Manny Mota…
Mota…Mota…Mota
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It’s not just Blues players who do this. It’s part of hockey culture, even in beer leagues.a smell of green grass wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025 06:37 am So I guess the Blues players can't throw an endearing "Y" on the end of the name like they always do.
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yup... guys added an er to the end of mineHazelwood72 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 10:47 amIt’s not just Blues players who do this. It’s part of hockey culture, even in beer leagues.a smell of green grass wrote: ↑19 Sep 2025 06:37 am So I guess the Blues players can't throw an endearing "Y" on the end of the name like they always do.
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Well he’s wrong. Mailloux himself says the Ls are silent, the Canadians broadcasters don’t pronounce the Ls and I’ll note that hockeyreference.com is a good source for correct pronunciations. They also have it as:
Pronunciation: \LOH-guhn MAY-YEW\
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this one wins
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yeah it's a whole language, French. it turns out these French words are pronounced French.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 11:20 amWell he’s wrong. Mailloux himself says the Ls are silent, the Canadians broadcasters don’t pronounce the Ls and I’ll note that hockeyreference.com is a good source for correct pronunciations. They also have it as:Pronunciation: \LOH-guhn MAY-YEW\
"you wanna argue with Jamie Rivers" was special
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I read "special" in the Church Lady's" voice.seattleblue wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 16:32 pmyeah it's a whole language, French. it turns out these French words are pronounced French.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 11:20 amWell he’s wrong. Mailloux himself says the Ls are silent, the Canadians broadcasters don’t pronounce the Ls and I’ll note that hockeyreference.com is a good source for correct pronunciations. They also have it as:Pronunciation: \LOH-guhn MAY-YEW\
"you wanna argue with Jamie Rivers" was special
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I was only a few weeks younger when I got into a heated dispute about whether Mailloux was being called baby Parayko,
weird how I did actually read that because not only does Jamie Rivers know how to pronounce French better than the French, he apparently has no concept of Parayko's skillset relative to Mailloux' skillset. They are both defensemen, they are both Blues and they play RD, and one is younger than the other. That's the extent of how they are alike. They are opposites right down to their character as young men.
weird how I did actually read that because not only does Jamie Rivers know how to pronounce French better than the French, he apparently has no concept of Parayko's skillset relative to Mailloux' skillset. They are both defensemen, they are both Blues and they play RD, and one is younger than the other. That's the extent of how they are alike. They are opposites right down to their character as young men.
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also I think his point about the 'y' is that if it's "puce-y" ... you see ... ?
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are you thinking of poutine? no wait that's me. I'm thinking of poutine. man I should make some poutine this weekendtheograce wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 17:38 pmSounds Frenchseattleblue wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 17:36 pm also I think his point about the 'y' is that if it's "puce-y" ... you see ... ?
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Not a big poutine guy, although there’s a place in Quebec that is pretty epic for it (that I loved).seattleblue wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 17:41 pmare you thinking of poutine? no wait that's me. I'm thinking of poutine. man I should make some poutine this weekendtheograce wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 17:38 pmSounds Frenchseattleblue wrote: ↑20 Sep 2025 17:36 pm also I think his point about the 'y' is that if it's "puce-y" ... you see ... ?