Everyone else seems to have the mispronunciations well in hand, so I'll focus on a factual error: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson is not a Hall-of-Famer.

@Paladin1873

4 жыл бұрын

Was that because of the "Black Socks" scandal?

@RubesGoodBrainCoffee

4 жыл бұрын

@@Paladin1873 Yes.

@donaldwatson7698

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, no Hall of Fame. He's from my hometown, buried a mile from my childhood home. His grave is always covered with baseballs and bats from fans. He has a museum, a statue, a memorial baseball park near where he played milltown ball, and hundreds of local fans who feel Joe did his best to make things right. But no, no Hall of Fame.

@Paladin1873

4 жыл бұрын

@@donaldwatson7698 Do you think that will ever change?

@RubesGoodBrainCoffee

4 жыл бұрын

@@Paladin1873 No. Fixing games is essentially considered to be a capital offense in baseball. It's an attack upon the game's integrity.

The rare mispronunciation hat trick: three in one sentence!

@holstorrsceadus1990

4 жыл бұрын

That intro was a rollercoaster.

@honey_bee65

4 жыл бұрын

If it's Simon talking about ANYTHING American, it doesn't surprise me.

@TheElderize

4 жыл бұрын

Where?

We're all in agreement here? Simon purposely mispronounces names.

@SFBL1

4 жыл бұрын

More and more KZreadrs are doing this to encourage engagement. Wouldn't be surprised it's happening here, too.

@chrisrus1965

4 жыл бұрын

GI-per Nuwt RAHK-niy

@funzjag

4 жыл бұрын

If that's so, then I think that he's a bit of a gypper!

@Travenspear8

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm certain it's a living meme he maintains

@JiveDadson

4 жыл бұрын

Are the grammatical errors on purpose too? How about the wrong words?

You mispronounced “Gipper”. It's pronounced g as in “gif” not g as in “gif” . 😂

@christelheadington1136

4 жыл бұрын

Nailed it !

@Tfin

4 жыл бұрын

GIF = heef.

@haruruben

4 жыл бұрын

yup, blame the ancient Romans

@sinenominecc

4 жыл бұрын

Oh here's someone asking for trouble. 🤪

@MrVvulf

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that pronounced as he did, "Gypper" takes on a racist connotation against the Romani (gypsies). www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/30/242429836/why-being-gypped-hurts-the-roma-more-than-it-hurts-you

0:10 Bush Jr. was also a college athlete, he was a cheerleader.

Would love to see an episode about the time Doc Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid

@MonkeyJedi99

4 жыл бұрын

I only learned about that from a bit from Robin Williams. I would like to know more.

@brian3243

4 жыл бұрын

Simon as one of your hugest fans... because of the honesty of your delivery and the obvious love you have for knowledge and history in general: I concur... Doc Ellis and the time he threw a no-hitter on LSD.

From now on, I'm going to refer to Reagan as the "Jipper." 🤣

Being born and raised in Kansas and knowing of all of the towns that you spoke of it makes this one of my favorite videos ever. We love Eisenhower and we love our sports, thanks Simon!

Despite the mispronunciations you're still my go to guy, Simon!😁👍

@Simon: for future reference in case you ever cover Reagan again, the nickname for Reagan's character (and later used for Reagan himself) in the Knute (pronounced Nute) Rockne (Rock-Knee) film was pronounced with a hard G. G-ipper, not J-ipper. 😊

@RealSaintB

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he thought it was soft jeh g instead of the hard guh g in reference to the damage Reagan's supply side economics did to the middle-class after promising them a greater share of the nation's wealth, gypping them?

@CynBH

4 жыл бұрын

@@RealSaintB That was a completely brilliant response! I'm honestly impressed! 😀

The oath to not "lie cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do" applies to all of the Service Academies, not just West Point. I had to sign the oath for acceptance into Norwich for my Graduate Studies, and although I was a Veteran, I was never an Officer nor a member of the Cadets. They will also reject you if you have a criminal record or less than Honorable discharge from the Service. "Do not take frivolous oaths; And the ones' you do make, mean them." Marcus Aurelius-Reflections on Oaths.

Sorry! Had to pause the video and pick myself off the floor from laughing "The Gipper" is pronounced with a hard G!!!

@webbess1

4 жыл бұрын

He butchered the name "Knute Rockne" as well.

You guys worked hard to get this video over 10 minutes. Bravo.

One of your best stories Simon.

My dad was a secretary for Ike in North Africa. Dad met my mom after the war. Butterfly wings for my existence.

@2HRTS1LOVE

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr, life is so wierd. My parents were set up after her parents and my dad's sister ended up sharing a storm cellar during a tornado warning. My dad was a Marine in Korea and lonely, so my grandparents told my mom, who began to write him. They met when he came home on leave, got engaged in letters, broke up in letters, and then got married when he came home for Christmas, lol. My aunt was only living in my grandparents town for a brief time, if not for that, and the storm, and the same cellar near by, I wouldn't be here. Butterfly wings indeed!

@rogerkomula8057

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe if they met as part of some intricate string of coincidences, but your dad was just a REMF.

@JiveDadson

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogerkomula8057Why would you say that? After Ike left N.A. for the D Day invasion, my dad wound up hunkered down in the mud on Anzio beach.

@rogerkomula8057

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he was constantly in peril.

@blacksmith67

4 жыл бұрын

roger komula If you had any understanding of how actual war was conducted, you wouldn’t insult the rear echelon without knowing specific details. Yes, there have been some campaigns where frontline troops were not well supported, but zero support is never an option. Without command and control, logistics, intelligence, transport, administration, materiel, medical staff, and operational support, any unit over the size of a fire team would be utterly ineffective. Perhaps read some history.

after watching some Business Blaze videos: fancy language Simon

I knew this because Mike Rowe did an episode of “That’s the Way I Heard It!” On this very subject.

I about 1920 Ty Cobb came to Georgia and played in several exhibition games. For money if course. One of my grandfather's achievements in life was that he struck out Ty Cobb - twice. He had to finish raising his four sisters so he never tried out for professional baseball. But after he finished raising those girls (both his parents had died) he went to college, got his Ph.D, and became a Methodist minister. That's my baseball story.

There are worse secrets to reveal than, "I used to play professional baseball," and it's nice to think that was his most sordid secret.

Note that the primary industry in Junction City is the US Army. It's the town outside of the gate of Fort Riley.

I'd love to see you guys do an episode on one of your channels on the Negro Baseball League.

@sethdeardeuff3947

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a museum for the League in Kansas City Missouri

@drewsaluk6860

4 жыл бұрын

I’d hope they break the myth Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player in favor of the guy who actually was, Moses Fleetwood Walker

@Pantsinabucket

4 жыл бұрын

Drew Saluk there was another guy before him who subbed in one game but was white-passing and didn’t make anything public.

@gaeshows1938

4 жыл бұрын

racist

I was a professional pocket pool shark, just ask Monica. Oooooooooooooooh.

Could you do a video about the development of Cockney Rhyming Slang and how it went to influence language?

I'm thinking there is a major mistake in this video which I'm hoping someone can help me with in confirming starting at 2:11 ..... I think Simon has confused Junction City Kansas with Junction City Wisconsin when mentioning the intersecting railroads..... I know that Wisconsin Valley (also known later as Milwaukee Road) ran through Junction City Wisconsin along with the Soo Line. Looking further online it looks like the three railroads through Junction City Kansas were Kansas Pacific--the Union Pacific, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad plus the Junction City and Fort Kearney railroad. I only say this is because Junction City Wisconsin is the next village over from where I live. Can anyone else confirm?

@HSMiyamoto

4 жыл бұрын

As noted by others below, TIFO confused Junction City, Wisconsin -- which really is place where two important railroads connect -- to Junction City, Kansas, which is named after the confluence of two rivers. Still, that should have been caught before recording, since Kansas and Wisconsin are different states, and it is unlikely that two railroads in Kansas would both bear the name of "Wisconsin." Rather like the likelihood that the Great Western Railway would have had tracks in East Anglia.

I kinda think he had some effect on American history anyway.

Thank you, i finally know why Al Bundy loves Eisenhower so much

GASP! You didn't start with a sponsor!

As someone from Texas, thanks for putting Odor on the thumbnail.

@androidrulez444

4 жыл бұрын

Wish it was him punching Bautista in the face. But let's take what we can get

Some (not really) necessary corrections: - Ronald Reagan played the (HARD G) Gipper in "Knute Rockne (pronounced rock knee), All-American". - Joe Jackson was banned from Major League baseball because of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. So, despite his immense talent, he's not in the HOF and never will be.

"Ronald Reagan even portrayed the Gipper in the football movie 'Knute Rockne All American.'" Gipper isn't pronounced with a J sound. Knute Rockne is pronounced NEWT rok-NEE.

2:17 as opposed to enlisted personell who say, usually in regards to tests, " if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'

Let's go win one for the Jipper!

"That's my secret" wow, okay

The guh guh gipper Knute Rockne (sounds like Newt Rock-knee)

A better question is what did they ask about amateur status in 1911? Jim Thorpe's troubles with the olympics were in 1912, but was there was concern in American college athletics before then?

After today I will not mention the way Simon pronounces things. As an American we can't expect everyone in the world say things the way we do. Hell, I have gotten use to the way people with British or Australian accents pronounces "H's" and "Z's" 😆😆😆😆

Simon, my man, it's Gipper, with a hard G, and Nute (noot), with a silent K. Carry on!

Jippers preferred to be called "Roma" actually.

The jipper, kenuda rocknaya... Wow.

Can you please do a biographics episode on DDE? ♥️

@_Abjuranax_

4 жыл бұрын

I know when he was a Colonel, he was assigned a motorized unit and it took over 6 months to go across the US's almost non-existent roadway network at the time. One of the main reasons the Interstate's now bear his name. And he wanted one of his secretaries to weed out the lesbians in the unit, only to find out that most of them were. Considering that they were a top-notch unit, the investigation didn't really go anywhere.

The man's knee got hit so many times 😯

yes, the Jipper... indeed

We need to teach Simon how to speak American. Gipper - hard G, as is gap Knute - silent K Rockne - rock-knee

Interesting but I'm still waiting for the "Today I Found Out: Why Simon Whistler Can't Pronounce Names", "Bonus Fact: He Can't Whistle Either."

I was expecting to see the fight between Odor and Bautista, given the tittle shoot being Odor.

You can't play ball if your dead, but I know for a fact, from personal experience, you *CAN* play baseball as a "cripple".

K-nute, lol

I call for Ike’s retroactive impeachment for baseball collusion.

@rmrevoir

4 жыл бұрын

Damian Grouse I wouldn’t put it past the NCAA to impose sanctions 😂

@mgrzx3367

4 жыл бұрын

@@rmrevoir They (NCAA) just joined California to pay college players for their likeness in video games and etc. Now It's THEIR (NCAA) idea. Their pay cuts will be enormous. lmfao. Good reply though, giggling for 20 minutes. Thanks

@aarontodd72

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@ehrldawg

4 жыл бұрын

LOL ! Bravo !!

@damiangrouse4564

4 жыл бұрын

Mgrzx3 Base on you comment...I now call for Ike’s estate to receive retroactive compensation!

Joe Jackson was shoeless from the start. He is a local hero and deserves a Today I Found Out video.. it's a damn interesting story, and he has been misrepresented in history.. he took no money and had a statistically awesome World Series but due to illiteracy and being a "Rube" he was hung out to dry... #ShoelessJoeHOF!!!!

"Newt Rock-knee"

The Gipper is with a hard G. As in the word get.

I love you Simon!!! Kanoot Rock Now and the Jipper. It is better the way YOU say IT!!!!For all of you who made a comment on how he pronounced the names. You know he is British. Right???

It's pretty sad that I lived in JC for 10 years and had no idea about any of this history.

I don’t know the rules that applied when Eisenhower was in college, but today NCAA rules make it clear amateur status is sport specific. Eisenhower did not play intercollegiate baseball, so his participation in football would not have violated that rule. A number of pro baseball players have had no problems later being on a college football team. A recent example is Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray who signed for $5 million in the Oakland A’s organization but after that played on the Sooners football team.

Canoot Rocknah. wow.

Eisenhower krabs: I love money

Kanute Rockna....lol

While many will claim that you mispronounced Knute in Knute Rockne, the fact is, you are correct....for the most part. Far too many, in fact, probably 95% believe it's pronounced, "Newt". The man's name was actually pronounced, "Kuh-newt", just as you said. The problem is, that when said correctly, the "K" almost disappears if you aren't listening intently. However, it is there and it is said.

Read the short story "Ike At The Mike" by Howard Waldrop. Explains _everything._

that time when baseball games were like gadgets and social network

Great video as usual but, I'm dying to know about Jimmy Stewart's military career

Denison, Texas

Ike also coached West Point ball during his career.

I noticed gipper not gyper lol

Can’t wait for the first president who was a pro mma or boxer previously. How hilarious would it be for every time he spoke, a clip played of him getting tkfo

Win one for the Jipper!

Simon. Knute Rockne is pronounced "Newt Rocknee"

That's a hard "G" on Gipper, and Ronald Reagan never played The Gipper. The Gipper was dead, and Reagan's character gave a speech about him.

@big8dog887

4 жыл бұрын

No, Reagan did play George Gipp, "the Gipper". On his deathbed, he asked Knute Rockne (played by Pat O'Brien), to tell his team to "win one for the Gipper". Rockne gave the speech to which you are referring.

@JimFortune

4 жыл бұрын

@@big8dog887 The problem here is if you're old enough to remember, you're too old to remember correctly. I stand corrected. Please disregard the above babble, except for the hard 'G' part..

Interesting history.

Name one president that has not lied. You can’t, no one can.

Can you please do a video on Marshal law

The jipper? Knute Rocknuh?

what?! 31 AT-ATs?! someone made a deal with the dark side...

It’s a hard G in Gipper instead of a j-like sounds in gymnasium

George W. Bush also played fullback for Yale rugby.

Ike was a hero he actually put up with Churchill :-))

The K in Knute is silent.

Win one for the Gypper...…:)

good ol' joe with-shoes-for-now jackson...

What an interesting fellow

0:27 You are fucking hilarious

Win one for the Jipper

Slacking on the homework bro. Maybe too many channels?

Ronald Reagan portrayed the " Gipper " not the "Jipper" It has a G not a J

@spencerdokes6056

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY why its pronounced Gif not Jif.the end

@username65585

4 жыл бұрын

@@spencerdokes6056 And why it is spelled jiraffe.

@Jay-go4vw

4 жыл бұрын

And the country Jermany

@JimFortune

4 жыл бұрын

No, he didn't.

@JimFortune

4 жыл бұрын

@@spencerdokes6056 It stands for Graphic Interchange Format, not the Giraffic Interchange Format.

I made it to 1:45 ... Lol

Dwight ain't no Eddie Guerrero

OK, did I miss something? WHY Did Eisenhower play under an assumed name.

The K is silent in Knute.

@Tfin

4 жыл бұрын

That was just the second of three mispronounced names in that sentence.

@Oonagh72

4 жыл бұрын

Tfin that was the only one I noticed. Maybe I just chalked the rest up to the accent! 😅

@Tfin

4 жыл бұрын

@@Oonagh72 Heh. Reagan was "The Gipper," not "The Jipper," and Knute's surname is pronounced with a "knee" as in the leg joint.

@Oonagh72

4 жыл бұрын

Tfin oh my goodness. How did I miss those mistakes.?? I have got to get a hearing test!

I think Kay Summersby might have been another little secret he kept...at least from his wife.

I knew it!!!!!

The pledge is a lot of BS and is so often violated that the leadership of the Academy have at times felt forced to ignore it, lest they deplete the ranks of the corps so much that few, if any, cadets would survive to graduation.

GaNewt...

3?

Cool

Nobody: Commenters: I am so smart. I can pronounce things better than this KZread personality.

Oh Simon you britness is showing. Still good though.

The way this guy said Knute Rockne actually made it into the video! They have no Americans who proofread this shit?

I may be hearing things, but what the heck is a softmore?

Did he call him Ka-NUTE? It's just Nute

That must be from GnBots farming tool