Players names pronounciation

Just wanted to know if you say players names differently from everyone else. Commentators are the worst for doing it. Darren O'dea for instance, is it pronounced O'dee or O'day? My dad days O'day because Darrens dad was in his taxi and he told my dad it was O'day. My dad always calls samaras, samaris.


Discuss

 

* knows mate, but archie mcpherson used to just make up his own pronounciation! Johan Meeolbay!

 

Dirk Kuyt, is it pronounced kite, koyt or is the u used

 

I always thought it was pronounced kowt. Also dado prso was a name nobody could pronounce right.

 

fellani or fellIeeni

 

Xavi - I hate it went people pronounce it Zavi instead of Chavi.

 

My aunt pronounces Gary Caldwell as Gary Codwell

 

how do you pronounce N'gog?

is it said the way its spelled or is it N'go ?

 

some people call him suarez when its juarez.

 

You pronounce it "aai", like at sec 17 in the following vid:

YouTube - standard de liege Fellaini

 

It is a sound that, as far as I know, is not used in English. You pronounce it the same way as "Van Buyten". You can hear it at the beginning of the next video:

YouTube - dirk kuyt feat jan smit

 

It is also funny for me to hear Glaswegians pronounce "Valgaeren".

 

I worked with a Rangers fan as an apprentice, the Preacher, he had problems pronouncing certain players names, the one that sticks is Del Piero, he used to say Del Perio, *.

 

I thought it was pronounced as Chabi , but no worries..

Usually after about a season of playing in Britain there's an esatblished pronounciation for a players name.. Barry Davis used to make up his own and just stick with it like a stubborn old goat... Solskjaer being solshara.. Ginola being zhinola..
He was the first guy I heard using the lisp inducing Spanish names during euro 96.. Lopeth plays it to Garthia who plays it back to the barthalona man and then out wide to the valenthia full back etc...

andy gray has a few - kolo tory , gile cleeshay spring to mind..

 

One thing i find funny about kuyt is that in fifa 08 the commentators called him 'peach'. Thats the way the pronouncd kuyt * lol. Does anyone remember this?

 

Most of the dodgy names I hear are from Fifa games etc.

Puyol - Pooyol
Arshavin - Arshaaven
Chiellini - Keeyalini
Jovetic - Yovetik

To name a few. They're probably pronounced right, but it still makes me chuckle though.

 

what about Pierre van Hooijdonk ?

i say howee donk

others would say hooeee donk lol

 

Used to hate commentators saying nakamuuuuuura .

 

naw man ..i loved that

the goal aginst rangers on the half volley , made it sound brilliant lol