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  • WayneK
    WayneK Posts: 639
    Why do we find it so hard to build major roads in a straight line?

    Also, people who call the Nou Camp, Camp Nou.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Riviera said:

    The Burnley manager's goatee.

    The Burnley managers voice.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited March 2015
    WayneK said:

    Why do we find it so hard to build major roads in a straight line?

    Also, people who call the Nou Camp, Camp Nou.

    In Spain it's known as camp nou. But in England most people refer to is as nou camp.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    sam3110 said:

    lordromford said:

    Bryan_Kynsie said:

    It annoys me that commentators can't stop calling David Silva David Silva just to show they are capable of mis-pronouncing the name David (which as we are in England is pronounced withe the a like "wave" rather than "have") when every other player is referred to by just his surname. Stop doing it you fuckwits.

    Also riles me when the rugger people refer to Racing of Paris and pronounce it as though it rhymes with "bashing". If you are going to go all French then it's "Pareee" for Paris but the commentators can't figure that out so you get what they think is the correct pronunciation in a foreign language for just part of the time to show they are such clever ****s. To me it makes them sound mugs.

    There's two examples of this that always bugged me:

    One was during an old World Cup (86? 90?) There was a Brazilian player called Müller. The story went that the player was such a fan of Gerd Müller, that he took his name. There was a commentator during that World Cup who insisted on calling him Müll-air. Twat.

    Second is the country Tanzania. (Most people are guilty of this one - probably you too!)
    Tanzania is a blend of the two names Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united to make one nation in the sixties. The name Tanzania was coined by a Tanzanian man in 1964, apparently in a national competition to come up with a good name for the new nation. A few years ago, this man was being interviewed on a British radio station about the history of the country. Throughout, the interviewer pronounced it (as I imagine you do too) 'Tan-zan-ee-a'. The little fella who actually came up with the name in the first place pronounced it 'Tan-zan-ya'.
    I don't know about you, but I'd say he was the world's authority on how to pronounce the word Tanzania.
    When I went to Tanzania for a month, about 6 or 7 years ago now, one of the very first Tanzanians to greet us said "Welcome to Tan-zan-ee-ya" so I think you need to get out there and tell all the locals they pronounce it wrong

    That's also how it's pronounced in the national anthem. Someone should tell them they're singing it wrong
  • Eddie Firmani
    Eddie Firmani Posts: 650
    ricky_otto said:

    Riviera said:

    The Burnley manager's goatee.

    The Burnley managers voice.
    Beat me to it. So annoying that I don't get up earlier on a Sunday.

  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited March 2015
    ricky_otto said:

    WayneK said:

    Why do we find it so hard to build major roads in a straight line?

    Also, people who call the Nou Camp, Camp Nou.

    In Spain it's known as camp nou. But in England most people refer to is as nou camp.
    ¿Gracias Colíñ
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,791
    sam3110 said:

    lordromford said:

    Bryan_Kynsie said:

    It annoys me that commentators can't stop calling David Silva David Silva just to show they are capable of mis-pronouncing the name David (which as we are in England is pronounced withe the a like "wave" rather than "have") when every other player is referred to by just his surname. Stop doing it you fuckwits.

    Also riles me when the rugger people refer to Racing of Paris and pronounce it as though it rhymes with "bashing". If you are going to go all French then it's "Pareee" for Paris but the commentators can't figure that out so you get what they think is the correct pronunciation in a foreign language for just part of the time to show they are such clever ****s. To me it makes them sound mugs.

    There's two examples of this that always bugged me:

    One was during an old World Cup (86? 90?) There was a Brazilian player called Müller. The story went that the player was such a fan of Gerd Müller, that he took his name. There was a commentator during that World Cup who insisted on calling him Müll-air. Twat.

    Second is the country Tanzania. (Most people are guilty of this one - probably you too!)
    Tanzania is a blend of the two names Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united to make one nation in the sixties. The name Tanzania was coined by a Tanzanian man in 1964, apparently in a national competition to come up with a good name for the new nation. A few years ago, this man was being interviewed on a British radio station about the history of the country. Throughout, the interviewer pronounced it (as I imagine you do too) 'Tan-zan-ee-a'. The little fella who actually came up with the name in the first place pronounced it 'Tan-zan-ya'.
    I don't know about you, but I'd say he was the world's authority on how to pronounce the word Tanzania.
    When I went to Tanzania for a month, about 6 or 7 years ago now, one of the very first Tanzanians to greet us said "Welcome to Tan-zan-ee-ya" so I think you need to get out there and tell all the locals they pronounce it wrong

    Haha! It's a fair point.
    I guess the word evolved over time to the more common pronunciation, even there.
    To be honest, the thing that I found annoying was the way the interviewer basically ignored the opinion of the originator of the word and talked over him. It seemed to me that he deserved sufficient respect to pronounce it his way, even if only in that interview.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    Reminds me of this one that annoys me, Dominica

    http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2014/nov/12/one-womans-fight-to-get-david-dimbleby-to-correctly-pronounce-dominica
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    Another country one is Chile, I've always pronounce it chilly but now hear people say cheelay.

    Any opinions?
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    I go for Chile as in Adrian Chile(s)
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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Bryan_Kynsie said:

    It annoys me that commentators can't stop calling David Silva David Silva just to show they are capable of mis-pronouncing the name David (which as we are in England is pronounced withe the a like "wave" rather than "have") when every other player is referred to by just his surname. Stop doing it you fuckwits.

    Also riles me when the rugger people refer to Racing of Paris and pronounce it as though it rhymes with "bashing". If you are going to go all French then it's "Pareee" for Paris but the commentators can't figure that out so you get what they think is the correct pronunciation in a foreign language for just part of the time to show they are such clever ****s. To me it makes them sound mugs.

    Bit like Bayern Munich - surely it should either be Bayern Munchen, or Bavaria Munich? Why do we mix German and English in this case?

  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Real Madrid is another one. Thirty years ago it was pronounced 'reel' but now it is always 'ray al'. But Madrid is still pronounced the English way so it's inconsistent.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited March 2015
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    ricky_otto said:

    WayneK said:

    Why do we find it so hard to build major roads in a straight line?

    Also, people who call the Nou Camp, Camp Nou.

    In Spain it's known as camp nou. But in England most people refer to is as nou camp.
    ¿Gracias Colíñ
    No hay problema Arturo
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,897
    the Dutch side PSV is another.

    used to be pronounced PSV but all I hear these days is PSV.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,196
    People filming in portrait mode on their phones. Especially at a football ground. It doesn't make any sense. Do they also stand their TVs on their sides and wonder why the picture is sideways?
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    I'm ill. I missed Huddersfield and I can't find my season ticket for the game tomorrow
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    JiMMy 85 said:

    People filming in portrait mode on their phones. Especially at a football ground. It doesn't make any sense. Do they also stand their TVs on their sides and wonder why the picture is sideways?

    But what if you're filming Peter Crouch or my mate Phil both 6'7"?
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,367
    Macronate said:

    the Dutch side PSV is another.

    used to be pronounced PSV but all I hear these days is PSV.

    And Ajax used to be Ajax as in bathroom cleaner when I was growing up. Nowdays we totally ignore the a and j and for good measure insert an i in there.
    I cant evemn blame Steve "Dutch" Macforsure for this.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    charltonkeston said:

    Macronate said:

    the Dutch side PSV is another.

    used to be pronounced PSV but all I hear these days is PSV.

    And Ajax used to be Ajax as in bathroom cleaner when I was growing up. Nowdays we totally ignore the a and j and for good measure insert an i in there.
    I cant evemn blame Steve "Dutch" Macforsure for this.
    Big Ron still calls them A-Jacks.
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Getting to work and realising you've left your ticket at home.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,602
    Getting to work and realising you've left your trousers at home.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,421
    Getting home and finding Dave Mehmets trousers!
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    Macronate said:

    the Dutch side PSV is another.

    used to be pronounced PSV but all I hear these days is PSV.

    A South east london football team once pronounced as its spelt Crystal Palace

    now pronounced bunch of w..kers

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    AFKABartram said:

    When people post Timehop pictures on Facebook.

    We were bored out of our tits seeing your mundane pictures 1,2,3 years ago, we don't want to see them again!

    Not knowing what Timehop is.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Child Benefit Money - Why?
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,339
    People who rattle charity tins in your face or give you a filthy look if you don't contribute.
  • marden_les
    marden_les Posts: 52
    People who still go on about Yan on C L
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Chuggers knocking on your door at 7 in the evening then claiming that the rest of your neighbours have been really supportive. No they haven't, they gave the same answer I'm about to give you - Sod off, I'm having a wank my supper.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited March 2015
    marden_les said:

    People who still go on about Yan on C L

    Did you hear ?

    He scored 2 goals last night,

  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    Jim Davidson
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