Interviewer: You know who is the greatest hockey player in the NHL right now? You know who is the best player?
If you ever heard of Alexander Ovechkin, ever heard of this guy?
Man 1: I am quite aware of Alexander Ovechkin.
Interviewer: Okay, did you know we all say it wrong? Did you know we all say it wrong?
Do you know Alexander Ovechkin, you ever heard of him?
Man 2: No.
Interviewer: Oh, come on!
Man 2: Is he a hockey player?
Interviewer: These are hockey players alright?
Alexander Ovechkin, do you see that?
Alexander Ovechkin, how do you actually say its no?
Woman 1: It is “Alexandra Avichkin”, Avichkin, Avichkin.
Interviewer: A-vech-kin, it is an A-vech-kin. And, we go Ovechkin. That is ridiculous. It makes no sense.
Interviewer: Do you know that we say his name totally wrong?
Man 1: We say all the foreigner’s names wrong.
Interviewer: Alright.
Woman 1: Sometimes the ears just do not work.
Man 1: How do actually pronounce the name?
Interviewer: It is an “A” sound, it is not an “O”.
How do you say his name?
Woman: It is Avichkin, Avichkin, Avichken. Learn to pronounce names correctly already okay?
I am pronouncing your name as well. You learn to pronounce Russian names.
Interviewer: But the key is, it is an “A”.
Woman 1: It is not “U”,
Man 1: It is not an “A”, it is “O”.
Woman 1: And, it is not even “O”, it is “A”.
Man 1: It is that letter that you have right there, “O”.
Interviewer: That is the letter?
Woman 1: It is right here.
Interviewer: That is teach us how to say it. Say his whole name.
Woman 1: What his first name?
Interviewer: Alexander.
Man 1: (Laughing)
Interviewer: Okay, did---
Woman: I do not want it to be on the national Television.
Interviewer: It is going to be in the internet, it is going to be international.
Woman 1: Alexander, Alexander, Alexander Avechkin.
Interviewer: Okay, Alexander Avechkin.
In Chorus: “Alexander Avechkin”
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