Originally Posted by
CorribsideSteve
Exactly. Stick an extra O in there if you want people to pronounce it as Hooban. otherwise, it comes across as kind of snobby and elitist; " It's ACTUALLY hooban, old chap". Harry Kane is Harry Kane, not Harry Keane, for example.
Was Mick Doohan ever pronounced as Mick Doehan, out of curiosity?
By the way, he can, of course, call himself whatever he likes, and it takes nothing away from how good a player he is. Just seems odd that there's such a precise way of pronouncing it that goes against how it spells, completely.