Quincy Guerrier physically ready to play college hoops

[OrangeXtreme]

Guerrier awaits word from the NCAA on whether his application to attend SU on a basketball scholarship will be approved in time to enroll this semester. If not, he will stay in Thetford until Syracuse’s summer sessions.

 

[690West]

How do you phonetically say Guerrier?

 

[Cuse'91]

How do you phonetically say Guerrier?

I'm pronouncing it like the mineral water Perrier, only put a G at the front of it?

 

[sufandu]

How do you phonetically say Guerrier?

I would guess you say it on the phone the same way you say it face to face.

 

[Townie72]

How do you phonetically say Guerrier?

Guer-ri-ere

Think of the pronunciation of two French words you probably do know.

La Guerre (War) for the "Guer" part
Derriere (Buttocks) for the "rier" part as in der·ri·ère

 

[sufandu]

It'll be nice to have a physical player on our front line again. When is the last time we had a kid come in with that kind of build?

 

[orange79]

How do you phonetically say Guerrier?

Class of 2019 - G Quincy Guerrier (QB) SIGNED WITH SYRACUSE

Oops, sorry - this one: Class of 2019 - G Quincy Guerrier (QB) SIGNED WITH SYRACUSE

 

[jncuse]

Guer-ri-ere

Think of the pronunciation of two French words you probably do know.

La Guerre (War) for the "Guer" part
Derriere (Buttocks) for the "rier" part as in der·ri·ère

Nope. There is a reason there is an e at the end of derriere and it makes it a totally different sound.

Its much more subtle "r" sound at the end, when there is no e.

 

[690West]

Nope. There is a reason there is an e at the end of derriere and it makes it a totally different sound.

Its much more subtle "r" sound at the end, when there is no e.

So basically, we still have no idea. So you're saying its GARY-AY?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Gare-ee-er, come out to play-ay.

 

[Townie72]

Nope. There is a reason there is an e at the end of derriere and it makes it a totally different sound.

Its much more subtle "r" sound at the end, when there is no e.

I just talked with a friend in Paris who is fluent in French.

Turns out I was wrong, but so is the "Ger-ree-ay" approach.

Seems like the Perrier people have populariized the "Per -ee -ay" pronunciation even though the average Frenchman would find that as annoying as Per-ee-er". Perrier realized it was a word Americans just wouldn't be able to pronounce properly.

According to this guy, no American is going to be able to pronunce Guerrier properly including not being able to add the slight trill to the "r".

 

[SUOrangeSU]

We're going to need his scoring that's for sure

 

[MaxwellCuse]

I think I'll stick to calling him Quincy (but not they way they pronounce it in Massachusetts).

 

[HOFCeluck]

I’m going to pronounce it Gair-ee-AIR HONHONHONHONHON.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I just talked with a friend in Paris who is fluent in French.

Turns out I was wrong, but so is the "Ger-ree-ay" approach.

Seems like the Perrier people have populariized the "Per -ee -ay" pronunciation even though the average Frenchman would find that as annoying as Per-ee-er". Perrier realized it was a word Americans just wouldn't be able to pronounce properly.

According to this guy, no American is going to be able to pronunce Guerrier properly including not being able to add the slight trill to the "r".

Not sure a person who speaks French French is qualified to tell us how a Quebec French speaking person might pronounce their name.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Not sure a person who speaks French French is qualified to tell us how a Quebec French speaking person might pronounce their name.

I mean Vermont is pretty much Quebec so educate us!

 

[jgeorge322]

like the quote about not focusing on nba but winning a championship at syracuse. he understands going pro is a process and focusing on nba can be counterproductive to that goal.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I mean Vermont is pretty much Quebec so educate us!

I'm sure I could find some locals who could, but I'm a flatlander, transplanted from the Troy area via a short stint in Boston after the Cuse.

But Cowtown has some relations who could shed some light on this.

 

[SU94]

I just talked with a friend in Paris who is fluent in French.

Turns out I was wrong, but so is the "Ger-ree-ay" approach.

Seems like the Perrier people have populariized the "Per -ee -ay" pronunciation even though the average Frenchman would find that as annoying as Per-ee-er". Perrier realized it was a word Americans just wouldn't be able to pronounce properly.

According to this guy, no American is going to be able to pronunce Guerrier properly including not being able to add the slight trill to the "r".

I don't know about Quincy's last name, but the French spoken in Quebec and France are quite different/diverging. Quebecers have some significant difficulty communicating when visiting Paris and/or France. And then there's the "French" spoken down in Louisiana: Creole and Cajun. Different languages.

Point is, and I don't mean to be prikly, but I am not certain your friend in Paris is the best source for the pronunciation of Quincy's surname.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

The word in French would be pronounced something like gair-rrrree-AY. But, because it's a name, it's likely been anglicized to gair-ree-AIR.

Yeah, that's how Bree says it. Bree would know, right?


Another:
Instagram Live Interview with 2019 four-star prospect Quincy Guerrier!

 

[Fat tire 13]

The word in French would be pronounced something like gair-rrrree-AY. But, because it's a name, it's likely been anglicized to gair-ree-AIR.

Yeah, that's how Bree says it. Bree would know, right?


Another:
Instagram Live Interview with 2019 four-star prospect Quincy Guerrier!

I trust her pronunciation at least 10x as much as Dan Dakich's

 

[81South]

Townie’s contact...

 

[orangefog]

I don't know about Quincy's last name, but the French spoken in Quebec and France are quite different/diverging. Quebecers have some significant difficulty communicating when visiting Paris and/or France. And then there's the "French" spoken down in Louisiana: Creole and Cajun. Different languages.

Point is, and I don't mean to be prikly, but I am not certain your friend in Paris is the best source for the pronunciation of Quincy's surname.

Yeah, he should ask him if he speaks German. No? You’re welcome, you smug bastard.

 

[Tobias Funke]

I think I'll stick to calling him Quincy (but not they way they pronounce it in Massachusetts).

I’m from Massachusetts and I didn’t know people from Mass pronounced Quincy weird.

 

[Townie72]

I don't know about Quincy's last name, but the French spoken in Quebec and France are quite different/diverging. Quebecers have some significant difficulty communicating when visiting Paris and/or France. And then there's the "French" spoken down in Louisiana: Creole and Cajun. Different languages.

Point is, and I don't mean to be prikly, but I am not certain your friend in Paris is the best source for the pronunciation of Quincy's surname.

I'm aware that Cajuns haven't had any French language lessons since sometime in the 1600's and that any word that has been invented recently ends up being English (La Television, La computer.) But a lot of the basics are very similar. But even in France there are local dialects starting with Alscaciens, the variant spoken by many in Alsace.

So the only possible correct input we can get on the proper pronunciation of Guerrier is from Quebeque-er?