#2 Jordan De Goey

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

However his name is spelt, the boy is de Gun! Quite simply, if he doesn't play yesterday, we lose that game.

[inxs88]

It has flown under the radar but Jordan was recruited in 2014 with a height of 187cm and now is listed by the club at 191cm. That overheard mark late in the game would have no doubt been assisted by that extra height. 6ft 3 beast now. Sign him up Ned Guy!

[5 from the wing on debut]

Of the first 14 posts in the GB Medal thread, 11 got his name wrong. 11.

It's de Goey.

How difficult is it to give him the respect of getting his name correct ?

Reasonable point you make Bobby.

[Woods]

Of the first 14 posts in the GB Medal thread, 11 got his name wrong. 11.

It's de Goey.

How difficult is it to give him the respect of getting his name correct ?

My understanding is the capitalisation depends on whether his first name is used.

For example, these two sentences are both correct:

The goal was kicked by De Goey.

The goal was kicked by Jordan de Goey.

Also note that a capital 'D' is used if his surname is used at the start of a sentence.

Eg:

De Goey kicked the goal.

Happy to be corrected if wrong, but that's how I understand it. Look forward to seeing what the club says about it (not that they would know - a better adjudicator would be the Dutch embassy or consulate).

[TurkishPie]

As long as they spell his name correctly on the 6 year contract we sign him to.

[5 from the wing on debut]

Of the first 14 posts in the GB Medal thread, 11 got his name wrong. 11.

It's de Goey.

How difficult is it to give him the respect of getting his name correct ?

My understanding is the capitalisation depends on whether his first name is used.

For example, these two sentences are both correct:

The goal was kicked by De Goey.

The goal was kicked by Jordan de Goey.

Also note that a capital 'D' is used if his surname is used at the start of a sentence.

Eg:

De Goey kicked the goal.

Happy to be corrected if wrong, but that's how I understand it. Look forward to seeing what the club says about it (not that they would know - a better adjudicator would be the Dutch embassy or consulate).

I know nothing of his family background and how many generations his family have been in Australia for, but if Irish surnames are used as an example, there may be no correct answer. I understand that the reason that many Irish surnames have variations of spelling for the same names was due to illiteracy at the time of migration. That is, the way they wrote their names on the immigration forms (or the way they told someone to write them) became their names, whether the spelling was correct or not.

[Doc63]

I'd be happier if his name was de Stayey!

[Presti35]

I want to know what HAL thinks. He'll settle this.

[HAL]

They do their own thing.

[Presti35]

They do their own thing.

Thanks HAL.

Or is it Hal?

[HAL]

Maybe.

[melliot]

The off season drinking sessions paid off!

[K]

It seems that the (modern) Dutch capitalization rules are different from the Flemish ones, so perhaps we need to confirm JDG's exact genealogy too. Apparently Flemish always capitalize, but Dutch use lower case if there is any part of the name (e.g. first name or initial) preceding and otherwise capitalize (including if only a title such as Mr. is used).*
[cf. comment by Woods on p1.]


Pronunciation

http://www.rightpronunciation.com/langu ... .asp?id1=6


* The club's website is inconsistent whichever is the case.

[Damien]

Or is it the old Collingwood six-footer trick?

[E]

Honestly, who cares. Dumbest thread of the year. Easily!

De Goey kicks five goals in a BOG effort and you are talking about whether its De Goey, DeGoey or de Goey?