Pronunciation of "Gorst'

VTEC John

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This is of zero significance and even less interest, unless you're sick of hearing that Matchroom Brit refer to Fedor as though his name rhymes with borscht (the food). There is a consonant in Russian that sounds exactly like our "sh" sound, but it doesn't occur in the Russian spelling of Gorst. It's Gorst like it looks, with a weird little aspiration on the "t" that English speakers wouldn't hear anyway. C'mon Matchroom. Howard Cosell could do better.
 
Just as it is spelled. It's an English name.

Gore, or like gorgeous then with -st

Gor-st.


If I were him the only thing I may change is from Fedor to Fred or Theodore -or- Ted. Since he's an American now.

Fred Gorst
Freddie Grost
Teddy Gorst
Ted Gorst
 
it’s a personal problem with that sing song silly voiced cutesy woostsey cliche happy fake sounding announcer- he’s been saying it that way for years
 
This is of zero significance and even less interest, unless you're sick of hearing that Matchroom Brit refer to Fedor as though his name rhymes with borscht (the food). There is a consonant in Russian that sounds exactly like our "sh" sound, but it doesn't occur in the Russian spelling of Gorst. It's Gorst like it looks, with a weird little aspiration on the "t" that English speakers wouldn't hear anyway. C'mon Matchroom. Howard Cosell could do better.
How about “Ghoust Gorst”
 
This is of zero significance and even less interest, unless you're sick of hearing that Matchroom Brit refer to Fedor as though his name rhymes with borscht (the food). There is a consonant in Russian that sounds exactly like our "sh" sound, but it doesn't occur in the Russian spelling of Gorst. It's Gorst like it looks, with a weird little aspiration on the "t" that English speakers wouldn't hear anyway. C'mon Matchroom. Howard Cosell could do better.
This reminds me of Mike Siegel calling Efren Efrem. Such a dickhead and rightly nicknamed The Mouth.,,
 
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