2007 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Last names
Abdallah ........................Abb-DOLL-lah
Amos .....................................A-mose
Bauserman .....................BOW-ser-man
Boeckman ...........................BECK-man
Chekwa ............................CHEEK-wah
Cordle .................................CORD-dull
DeLande .........................de-LAND-dee
Denlinger .........................DEN-ling-gur
Dougherty ........................Dah-hurt-tee
Ebner ....................................EBB-nurr
Evege ..................................EVV-edge
Fickell ......................rhymes with tickle
Gantz .....................rhymes with pants
Gholston ............................GOAL-stun
Haas ...........................................Haaz
Hazell .................................as in hazel
Heacock ................................hay-cock
Homan .................................HOH-man
Kacsandi ......................KACK-sand-dee
Larimore ........................LARE-rih-more
Laurinaitis ...................Lare-an-EYE-tiss
Makridis .........................muh-CREE-dis
Moeller ..............................as in molar
Nicol ..................................as in nickel
Pentello ............................pen-TELL-oh
Pettrey ....................................pet-tree
Potokar ..............................poe-toe-car
Pretorius ...................preh-TORE-ree-us
Rehring ................................RARE-ing
Rietschlin ...............................RICH-lin
Robiskie .........................ROW-biss-key
Ruhl .....................................as in rule
Saine ..................................as in sane
Sanzenbacher ..............san-zen-bock-ur
Schoenhoft ........................shown-hoff
Sika .......................................SEE-kah
Slagle .................................SLAY-goal
Spitler .....................................spit-lurr
Thoma ..................................TOE-mah
Trapasso ..........................tra-PASS-oh
Ullery ..................................YUL-err-ee
Whaley ................................whale-lee

First names
Nader (Abdallah) ....................NAY-dur
Chimdi (Chekwa) ...................CHIM-day
Jermale (Hines) ........................jur-mail
Dionte (Johnson) .................DEE-on-tay
Taver (Johnson) ......................TAY-vur
Devon (Lyons) .........................DEV-un
Devon (Torrence) ....................de-VON
Taurian (Washington) .........TORE-ree-an