{"id":799,"date":"2015-05-04T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2017-04-16T22:45:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T04:45:31","slug":"u-may-be-pronouncing-mayweather-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/u-may-be-pronouncing-mayweather-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"u may be pronouncing mayweather wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>one important lesson\u00a0u can\u00a0take from\u00a0the fight of the century, at least here in mexico, is the correct pronunciation of <strong>floyd mayweather<\/strong>&#8216;s last name, and the word <strong>may<\/strong> in general.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>in mexican media, the undefeated <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/inch-by-inch-pound-for-pound\/\" target=\"_blank\">pound for pound<\/a> champ is known as\u00a0<strong>MY\u00a0weather<\/strong>, based on spanish phonetics. \u00a0but the first syllable of floyd&#8217;s last name, like the current month, should be pronounced like the words <em>day<\/em>,<em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/gay-patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\">gay<\/a>,weigh\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>they.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mayweather-bieber-burger-king.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-800\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mayweather-bieber-burger-king-300x156.png\" alt=\"mayweather bieber burger king\" width=\"493\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mayweather-bieber-burger-king-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mayweather-bieber-burger-king.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>mayweather &amp; his entourage heading to the biggest payday in the history of boxing (fansided)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>the auxiliary verb <em>may<\/em> is written and pronounced exactly the same way. it has some easy to recognize applications.<\/p>\n<p>in <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">star wars<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may<\/span> the force be<\/strong> <strong>with u<\/strong><\/em> is a frequently heard phrase that is used to wish spiritual power and good fortune to a comrade. it&#8217;s a timely example because star wars fans associate it with today&#8217;s date: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may the fourth<\/span> be with u \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"May the Force be with you\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vSJNeXrCbE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may<\/span> the odds be ever in your favor<\/strong><\/em> is the cynical line used by the representatives of the <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">hunger games<\/span><\/em> to wish the participants good luck.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_s7qgNMqDJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>finally, <strong>lyn may,<\/strong>\u00a0the stage name of one of the most famous actresses of the fichera era of mexican cinema,\u00a0is another useful reminder of how to make sure your english pronunciation is oki doke.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-802\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-802\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/lyn-may.jpg\" alt=\"lyn may\" width=\"214\" height=\"299\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lyn may, floyd mayweather, the month &amp; the auxiliary verb are all pronounced the same way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>did u watch the mayweather\/pacquiao fight? what did u think? which franchise do u prefer&#8211;star wars or the hunger games? share your opinions under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.66\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>one important lesson\u00a0u can\u00a0take from\u00a0the fight of the century, at least here in mexico, is the correct pronunciation of floyd mayweather&#8216;s last name, and the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[30,89,19],"tags":[8,9,11,10,227,375,374,372,376,373],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mayweather-bieber-burger-king.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5779,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/5779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}