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rfmcdonaldThe letter below printed in today's edition of The Globe and Mail made me smile.
Thoughts, anyone, as to the veracity of the writer's thesis on Favre's origins?
The FAR/v conspiracy
RON HAGGART
Brett Favre (Favre Flies Under The Radar - Sports, Aug. 5) has returned to Wisconsin (if not to his quarterback's uniform at the Green Bay Packers), and this reminded me of a small inquiry I undertook many years ago. Why do radio and television sports announcers universally join in the conspiracy to pronounce his name as FAR/v?
Mr. Favre was born in Gulfport, Miss., which would hint that his ancestors were Acadian (the Americans call them Cajun), those francophones who were expelled from what are now the Maritime provinces in one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history. Americans find "Favre" difficult to pronounce, so it was Brett's parents who changed the pronunciation, but not the spelling, of the family name.
Favre, in its various forms, remains a popular surname in francophone Canada (there are 27 Lefevres in the Montreal phone book). Inquiring further, I discovered that sports announcers at Radio-Canada refer (in French, of course) to Brett FAR/v when reporting on the Green Bay Packers. You've got to admit it, Canadians are nice.
Thoughts, anyone, as to the veracity of the writer's thesis on Favre's origins?
