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How do you pronounce the names of foreign teams?

Dave RuddDave Rudd
edited April 2011 in Other Football and Sports
Just wondered what everyone's personal rules are?

Danny Baker used to be adamant that all foreign teams are pronounced in English .... so 'Ajax' ... not 'Ai-ax' ... 'Paris Saint Germane' ... not 'Parh-ee Saahn Jairman'.

How about you?

Is Bordeaux pronounced 'Bor-dukes' or 'Bohr-derh'?

Is Sporting Gijon pronounced 'Sporting Gee-John' or 'Sporting Hi-hon'?

Is Lech Poznan pronounced 'Letch Poznan' or 'Lheck Pos-nanyeh'?'
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  • Kap10Kap10
    I was going to say the english version, but as I started to type I realised that I use some of the foreign -
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Depends on the language.

    So the literal answer to the question is "both."
  • Chirpy RedChirpy Red
    edited April 2011
    Just go the opposite to what the BBC say, the department that have renamed the capital of Bahrain MAN-NA-MA opposed to MANA-MA as it is. Ryhmes with Panama not PAN-NA-MA!
  • Saga LoutSaga Lout
    How do I pronounce foreign team names? Badly!

    Where did Paulo go when he left us - never could get that one right.
  • StigStig
    No rules to this. However I feel like is the answer, so I probably please no-one.

    Used to say Ajax but have since come around to Eye Axe

    Paris (it must always have the s) San Jer Man

    Bored Oh

    Sporting Gee-John

    Leck Poznan

    And for the record it should always be New Camp, never never never Camp Nou!
  • ME14addickME14addick
    I never know how to pronounce Bessone - the announcer says Bess-own but should it be Bess-oney?
  • stonemusestonemuse
    Bess - on
  • LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    Looks like an Italian name so I'd have thought, Bess - o - nay
  • ME14addickME14addick
    I think he is Spanish!
  • ozaddickozaddick
    With a terrible foreign accent.
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  • StigStig
    Rasson (with the merest hint of 'n') not Rackon
  • LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    [cite]Posted By: ME14addick[/cite]I think he is Spanish!

    He's from Argentina, where they speak Spanish, but there is no double ess in Spanish so it's probably an Italian surname (as is Messi).
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    I pronouce Ajax as Rochdale, Boca Juniors as Sideboard and Bayern Munich as Bayern Munich.
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    Has to be Besson-eh.

    Strictly it's 'Yera' too (not L-era'), but that feels like a step too far.
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]I pronouce Ajax as Rochdale, Boca Juniors as Sideboard and Bayern Munich as Bayern Munich.

    So what happens when Ajax play Rochdale? Could happen in the Champions League in a few years time.
  • MacronateMacronate
    edited April 2011
    If we're doing foreign names as well-

    Da-vid Viyy-a not Dayvid Viller
    Rrr..aooooool not Raul (as in Paul)
  • WSSWSS
    Joe Zay or Hose Ay?
  • Chirpy RedChirpy Red
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Joe Zay or Hose Ay?

    Spainish Hose Ay, Portugese Joe Zay.
  • EpsomAddickEpsomAddick
    Speaking as someone who loves foreign languages and hopes to study 2 of them at uni (German and Spanish) I always feel you should pronounce foreign names/teams as closely to the natives as possible, out of respect for their language if nothing else.

    The pronunciation that bugs me the most is QPR's Alejandro Faurlin - his surname should be pronounced fower-lean but everyone seems to say Forlan, as in Diego.

    I'm not sure about Bessone, it most probably is an Italian name but the Italians would say the e on the end as well as the Spanish so it may well be Besson-eh.
  • Saga LoutSaga Lout
    Jew-vent-os?
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  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: EpsomAddick[/cite]Speaking as someone who loves foreign languages and hopes to study 2 of them at uni (German and Spanish) I always feel you should pronounce foreign names/teams as closely to the natives as possible, out of respect for their language if nothing else.

    Now you fall neatly into my trap ....


    So do you say 'Nyer'cassel' in a mock-Geordie accent?

    Or 'Ah-rrreksaam' in pseudo-Welsh?
  • EpsomAddickEpsomAddick
    Languages and accents are different things Dave ;)

    Perhaps if I were in Newcastle or Wrexham I would adopt the accent to blend in (or to mock them)
  • colthe3rdcolthe3rd
    [cite]Posted By: Saga Lout[/cite]Jew-vent-os?
    Chee-ting Sc-um
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: EpsomAddick[/cite]Languages and accents are different things Dave ;)

    Perhaps if I were in Newcastle or Wrexham I would adopt the accent to blend in (or to mock them)

    Is Welsh an accent then?

    And I thought that Geordie was variant on Norwegian/Swedish etc.

    Ah divvent knaa.
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    What about just getting names of teams right? Sporting Club Portugal, not Sporting Lisbon; Internazionale not Inter Milan and either Bayern Munchen or Barvaria Munich, mixing the two languages is just daft. Which is why I am as guilty as anyone...
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]What about just getting names of teams right? Sporting Club Portugal, not Sporting Lisbon; Internazionale not Inter Milan and either Bayern Munchen or Barvaria Munich, mixing the two languages is just daft. Which is why I am as guilty as anyone...

    My favourite is 'Real'.

    I lived in Madrid for six months. The team is 'Madrid'. Whenever I hear the 'new footballistas' on Sky talking about 'Real', I can't help hearing some broad Brummie referring to his beloved team as 'Aston' or some stripey Nigel singing "Come on, Crystal".
  • WSSWSS
    edited April 2011
    Which team is Madrid? Athletico or Real?
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Which team is Madrid? Athletico or Real?

    Three teams in Madrid. You forgot Rayo Vallecano.
  • colthe3rdcolthe3rd
    [cite]Posted By: Dave Rudd[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Which team is Madrid? Athletico or Real?

    Three teams in Madrid. You forgot Rayo Vallecano.
    and Heh-taff-eh
  • Dave RuddDave Rudd
    [cite]Posted By: colthe3rd[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Dave Rudd[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Which team is Madrid? Athletico or Real?

    Three teams in Madrid. You forgot Rayo Vallecano.
    and Heh-taff-eh

    Not sure about that. I thought Getafe was a separate town.

    It's outside the M-40, so I'm not sure that counts as Madrid.
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