Mike Pejic

[denishurley]

Was his name pronounced 'pay-itch' or 'pedge-ick'?

[torres]

Mike Pejic

Pedge-ick.

I thought you were going to tell us he was dead.

[3 Colours Red]

Mike Pejic

Don't forget Mel.

[SouthdownRebel]

Mike Pejic

When I was a kid I pronounced it Pee-jick and this is how I prefer to remember him.

[Patrick Thistle]

Mike Pejic

I saw Mel Pejic play a few times and it was announced on the stadium PA as Pedge-ick every time.

Also I had the same thought as Torres when I saw the thread title.

[KGR]

Mike Pejic

I knew this was not a death thread because it wasn't called Mike Pegged-It.

[trimster]

Mike Pejic

Pronunciation might depend on whether he saw himself as Serbian or English...

[Dalef65]

Mike Pejic

In the same vein,in the late 90s/early 2000s it was quite amusing to see commentators pronounce Dominic Matteo and Roberto Di Matteo differently,even in the same game.

[Vulgarian Visigoth]

Mike Pejic

When you live in a foreign country how people pronounce your name is not your choice, more so in less globalised times, so I imagine the parents of Mike Pejic or Dominic Matteo gave up correcting people at some point and resigned themselves to the anglification of their names.

[Dalef65]

Mike Pejic

Yes that was kind of my point..happens/ed to me too

[1974ddr]

Mike Pejic

trimster wrote: Pronunciation might depend on whether he saw himself as Serbian or English...

I don't think Serbia was technically an option in those days?
Villa signed him in about 1978,for what was then a largish fee (£300K?) and like a few others over the years, he played about a dozen games then had to retire through injury. Cf. Fashanu, John.

[Borracho]

Mike Pejic

Roderick Spodes black shorts wrote: When you live in a foreign country how people pronounce your name is not your choice, more so in less globalised times, so I imagine the parents of Mike Pejic or Dominic Matteo gave up correcting people at some point and resigned themselves to the anglification of their names.

See also Gary Cahill.

[Calvert]

Mike Pejic

Dalef65 wrote: Yes that was kind of my point..happens/ed to me too

How many ways are there to pronounce 65?

[garcia]

Mike Pejic

jordon ibe a current example. he says it to rhyme with vibe but it should really rhyme with (or rather is homophonous with) ebay.

[Calvert]

Mike Pejic

See also Gary Cahill

In parts of Belair that's pronounced cackle.

Moran is another name pronounced totally differently in the UK.

[3 Colours Red]

Mike Pejic

I heard Jagielka is meant to sound something like Ya-gel-ka. If that's close to being true it rolls off the tongue in a much more pleasant way than the Anglicisation.

[tee rex]

Mike Pejic

Ian Sinjon-Stevas, meet Norman Saint-John.

[trimster]

Mike Pejic

1974ddr wrote:

Pronunciation might depend on whether he saw himself as Serbian or English...

I don't think Serbia was technically an option in those days?
Villa signed him in about 1978,for what was then a largish fee (£300K?) and like a few others over the years, he played about a dozen games then had to retire through injury. Cf. Fashanu, John.

Serbians would always regard themselves as Serbian, no matter whether Yugoslavia existed or not. Ditto for Croatians.

[The Inner Light]

Mike Pejic

I too thought it was about his demise,thankfully not. From what I recall he played a few times for England under mercer. Looks like a cross between Noddy holder and the dwarf from game of thrones

[Jah Womble]

Mike Pejic

How many ways are there to pronounce 65?

Well, dozens, obviously.

Anyway, I always thought it was pronounced 'Pay-jick'. Had a good game against Chelsea in the 1972 League Cup final, as I recall.