tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post1165832790464462490..comments2024-02-22T20:25:53.672-05:00Comments on Baseball Researcher: What is the Proper Pronunciation of Nap Lajoie’s Surname?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-26568387852637181782019-01-12T12:28:05.722-05:002019-01-12T12:28:05.722-05:00Interesting, because I thought it was luh-hoy too....Interesting, because I thought it was luh-hoy too.Mind Fuse Baseballhttp://mindfusebaseball.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-37442433239559783412018-11-08T20:36:45.690-05:002018-11-08T20:36:45.690-05:00And here I've been saying (uh, thinking) it lu...And here I've been saying (uh, thinking) it luh-hoy all these years.Charles Edward Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749593926706154212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-21870172093943433552018-11-08T16:29:19.997-05:002018-11-08T16:29:19.997-05:00My nephews Adam and Evan LaJoie are related to him...My nephews Adam and Evan LaJoie are related to him and also pronounce it lazh-uh-way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068605819346579611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-32889728906429671052018-11-08T11:39:51.153-05:002018-11-08T11:39:51.153-05:00He was from Woonsocket, RI, a city with a huge Fre...He was from Woonsocket, RI, a city with a huge French-Canadian population, so not surprising he went by the French pronunciation. I will say that having grown up in Woonsocket many many decades later, we played little league at Lajoie Field and it was pronounced La-joy...JMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017125230479124285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055358841733153770.post-42029002520770283512018-11-07T21:19:02.933-05:002018-11-07T21:19:02.933-05:00Also, the 1911 song "Gee! It's a Wonderfu...Also, the 1911 song "Gee! It's a Wonderful Game," attributed to sportswriter Ring Lardner and pitcher Doc White, explicitly rhymes "Lajoie" with "today"...<br /><br />http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall99/Bembrey/ballgame.html<br /><br />AndrewJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981987134958115265noreply@blogger.com