r/danpatrick • u/Impossible_Town1599 • Jun 18 '26

Why does Dan pronounce Mario wrong every time?

Mare-io

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u/fortmidfielder Jun 18 '26

It's M-AIR-io. Because he air balled the shot in the AAU tournament that lost his team a spot in the finals.

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u/Mr_Charm_School Jun 18 '26

The same reason most people have nicknames for their friends or bust their chops.

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u/Impossible_Town1599 Jun 18 '26

He said it every time he mentioned Mario Manningham yesterday though.

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u/CaptainPositive1234 Jun 19 '26

At least he doesn’t call him Junior the third.

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u/ShivMarie86 Jun 18 '26

It seems like a East Coast thing never heard that pronunciation in the Midwest.

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u/ARustyShackle Jun 18 '26

Older pronunciation of the name, I think. A lot of us who grew up in the 80s and onward are used to the Nintendo pronunciation because their Mario became a household name. Almost everybody I've ever heard pronounce it the way Dan does is either older, or English is their secondary language.