Talk:Jon Rahm

Latest comment: 9 months ago by RCTodd in topic Pronunciation of name?

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2023 edit

Change marriage date from 2019 to 2018 per article already previously sited on page: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/golf/2022/08/10/jon-rahm-and-wife-kelley-welcome-second-child-eneko-cahill-rahm/10293761002/ Kaytaylorrea (talk) 08:59, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Not done Articles like [1] and [2] from December 2019 imply that 2019 is correct. There may be a typo in the reference you give. Nigej (talk) 09:10, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Pronunciation of name? edit

With his sudden fame due to winning the 2023 Masters, could someone add a note explaining how he pronounces his first name? English speakers who don't know he's Spanish would naturally pronounce it like the English nickname Jon, short for Jonathan, but in Spanish it seems like it would be "hon," except that he was born in Basque Country and in Basque "j" is pronounced like English "y" so one might expect it to be pronounced "yon." I can't find an authoritative source for which of these three might be correct. RCTodd (talk) 14:17, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

I've no idea of the Spanish pronunciation but in English it's pronounced the same as the normal John. To me (British English) Rahm rhymes with Arm, Calm and Farm. Nigej (talk) 14:47, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Spanish IPA: ʝon ram ro'ðɾi.ɣeθ. (CC) Tbhotch 04:22, 13 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you, so the best approximation for English speakers would be "yon" with a "y" sound, as one would expect for the Basque pronunciation. RCTodd (talk) 13:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply