Player name pronunciations

[Netherburntrueblue]

I can't say anything I'm always getting pulled up by my son ...have been for years lol...old dyslexic lol.....

 

[gabrielamato]

Back in the day, my dad would refer to Ally as McCloist, which I presumed was a bit of a hangover from saying Peter McCloy for years before that.

 

[Willem Bear]

Not pronunciation but spelling-"Barasic" does my f##king nut in a lot more than it should. *I've now taken to editing posts that contain it*, guess I've *to* much time on my hands.

*too*

 

[mdingwall]

I always say Tav-ern-ee-erh. Can't stop from doing it.

 

[David Edgar]

On here recently:

Matumbo (Matondo)

Barasic (he's only been here for 4 years lads, the least you could do is get the basics of the letters right. I'm not even being picky about the accents over the letters - Barišić would be accurate, but Barisic will do.)

Commentary/Podcasts
KOH-LATCH
KOH-LAK
MIRRA-LEZ (thanks Super)
MORRA-LEZ
TEEL-MANS
TEEL-MAN
TA-VER-NEE-AY

One final bit of pedantry - it boils my piss when listening to press conferences that, with the notable exception of @David Edgar and the H&H lads, the media call the manager "Gio" - like they're pals or something. Unless he has specifically said at some point "please, call me Gio" then when they're asking questions they should be using his given name, which is Giovanni.

Absolutely agree.

His name is Giovanni and until he says to call him Gio we’ll call him Giovanni.

 

[Sheik Ma Shammy]

People complaining we have heard worse was it not the bold Archie Mcpherson who called Darcheville, Darkyville

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Does anyone actually know if its Doorant or Joorant for Durrant?

 

[Cahoochie]

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Slightly off topic but I recall a 1960’s News Reader ( Reginald Bosanquet I think) saying that he really struggled with one African politician’s name.
The guy was called Abubakar Tarawa Balewa.

Bosanquet said he practiced and practiced the guy’s name but couldn’t get it right so he avoided any article involving him.

After weeks of effort and sticking to the task he finally got it right and he proudly did an article on him in that night’s news.

Abubakar Tarawa Balewa was assassinated the next day.

 

[Glorious13]

My old man could be doing with a blast of this. Drives me mental when he says "Gold-Stone"

 

[Davidsmith1]

Does anyone actually know if its Doorant or Joorant for Durrant?

Joorant

 

[Ticketybloo]

Mick Channon saying Gary Line---Acre.

 

[SwingLow9]

That was painful