r/nba • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 1h ago

Moussa Diabate "My last name... Diabate. Not Diabetes, freaking Diabootae, whatever the hell. It's Diabate."

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u/Julio_Freeman Hawks 1h ago

I respect the message, but this was one of the worst attempts at looking natural and spontaneous I’ve ever seen lol

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u/pwnd32 Lakers 59m ago

I for one spend all my evenings sitting on the top edge of my sofa fidgeting a basketball between my hands and staring into space

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u/Amanlikeyou 49m ago

Next to a framed jersey with my own name on it

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u/Gorilla-Style 43m ago

Fake chiller spotted. Real chillers know sitting up on the back of the couch is comfy asf. Mods, revoke this mf chilling card

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u/ernyc3777 Knicks 37m ago

Sitting in the seat and practicing making your backspin pure, though? That’s something I used to do all the time growing up. Usually watching sports.

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u/Eastprize2 Warriors 1h ago

diabeetus

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u/adopeninja 50m ago

Older meme but still checks out

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u/NameIsPetey 34m ago

Sure thing diabete.

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u/horsehasnoname Lakers 1h ago

Its crazy how fellow Americans are embarrassed to pronounce names phonetically when its needed.

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u/gd2121 1h ago

My daughter’s name is an Ethiopian name and the pronunciation is 100% phonetic and people still try to put weird little sounds on it. When people ask how it’s pronounced I just say exactly how it’s spelled.

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u/Antisystemization Cavaliers 22m ago

What's this have to do with America? Have you heard of French?

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u/rookie-mistake 0m ago

who is she

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u/ChickenBeanEgg 1h ago

What

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u/nio151 Warriors 1h ago

America bad

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u/GentrifiedBigfoot 1h ago

Okay... Phonetically it is pronounced dia - bate.

But that is wrong so not sure what you are talking about

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u/EScforlyfe Hawks 1m ago

Phonetically in like every other language than English lmao 

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u/PeterGallaghersBrows 42m ago

Di-a-ba-te.

Idiot

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u/Striking_Try4684 20m ago

They said phonetically, idiot. Dia-bate

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u/SannySen 1h ago

Wouldn't it phonetically be Dih-ah-bait?  We don't have a presidential de-bay-tay....

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u/Justgotbannedlol Mavericks 36m ago

would be de-bah-tay but you're otherwise the most correct here

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u/BoxSea4289 11m ago

Its funny because the loanword does actually sound like that. De-ba--tay.

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u/Older_wiser_215 1h ago

That's one of the best things about African names. They're pronounced just like they're spelled. It can't get any easier.

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u/Lebronstantino Suns 17m ago

The problem is that English phonology is truly awful. Dia is pronounced Die uh in Diagram, and Bate is usually pronounced like bait as in Rebate or debate.

Die uh bait is on its face in English phonology a perfectly reasonable reading.

Honestly the actual pronunciation with that spelling is much more in line with Spanish phonology. Dee Uh Bah Tay is exactly the pronunciation you'd get with Spanish reading

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u/ShotgunStyles Kings 14m ago

There is an accent on the "e" so it could get easier if the pronunciation for every letter was standardized like it is in Latin.

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u/rwhockey29 Slovenia 26m ago

Family friend is from Africa and her name is "Pa-shee-ma". It is spelled pajama. Like the pajamas you put on to go to bed.

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u/blucke Clippers 59m ago

Framing people earnestly trying to pronounce names as embarrassment seems weirdly negative.

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u/AbroadTiny7226 55m ago

My name is “Chas.” Guess who has called “Chase” at high school and undergrad graduations? It’s insane.

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u/TheWarelock Heat 46m ago

Diabootae if he doesn’t live up to the hype

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u/Aggravating_Pause385 40m ago

I can imagine that was a fun one to grow up with

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u/sizzlezzzzz Raptors 38m ago

Diabattay-boy

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u/14high 30m ago

If with family: oh look, here comes the Diabetes.

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u/shangalang69 Raptors 12m ago

future raptor

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u/PeterGallaghersBrows 1h ago

Honestly, it’s a very easy name to pronounce without the lesson. Americans are just illiterate.

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u/Alarming-Network1691 1h ago

I’m American. I have family that lives on a different continent. Let me tell you, some of their pronunciations of common American names are wild. Phonetics can be difficult.

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u/Nex_Kelsier 50m ago

But that's most likely because, phonetically, English is not that great of the language. It's not very user friendly and even a native speakers are not sure how something needs to be spelled or said. Or not said, or just saying sounds that are not even in the word. Grammar is easy thou. 

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u/Antisystemization Cavaliers 19m ago

Hey everybody! We're in the presence of a really smart person!

Congrats on being so smart. How's it feel?

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u/WarVeteranDelta 31m ago

u want people to say your name right you gotta be legit people couldnt say giannis name until he was mvp level dont like it change your name to chris johnson you bum

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u/r4ndoM_doGmagenshin 1h ago

Ah of course… it’s such a common surname that’s it’s genuinely bafflingly as to why anyone would ever mispronounce it. Mfers are goofy with their exotic last names. Like, we read shit more than hear it. If you just read it, I could easily see die A bates or die ah bahts being said. Diabetes is funny and likely mfers just trolling.

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u/vik1980 52m ago

"Big booty"

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u/da_boiii2111 1h ago

Jalen Durens son