daz39 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Well which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebennettswinger Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Most weeks it’s pronounced Grace according to the commentators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 I think they should take it in turns every week to use a chosen commentators pronunciation of it. It will be like watching rainbow as kids and guessing which window they were going to look through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stotty Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 The commentators come up with some weird and wonderful pronunciations. The ones that grate the most for me are when they pronounce Lefao Lefayo and Johnstone Johnson. And there are some commentators who never pronounce Gigot the same way twice in a row. Anyway, if you're reading commentators, Lefao is two syllables (Le-fao) and Johnstone's got a T in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Eddie used to call him Tom John Stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, Stotty said: The commentators come up with some weird and wonderful pronunciations. The ones that grate the most for me are when they pronounce Lefao Lefayo and Johnstone Johnson. And there are some commentators who never pronounce Gigot the same way twice in a row. Anyway, if you're reading commentators, Lefao is two syllables (Le-fao) and Johnstone's got a T in it. They like A koala some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Stotty said: The commentators come up with some weird and wonderful pronunciations. The ones that grate the most for me are when they pronounce Lefao Lefayo and Johnstone Johnson. And there are some commentators who never pronounce Gigot the same way twice in a row. Anyway, if you're reading commentators, Lefao is two syllables (Le-fao) and Johnstone's got a T in it. So how do you pronounce the second syllable ''fao''? You didn't say. Give us another word that would rhyme with the correct pronunciation? Fay? Fee? Phi? Faux? Fuh? Foo? For?...... Or none, of the above? If so, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stotty Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, fighting irish said: So how do you pronounce the second syllable ''fao''? You didn't say. Give us another word that would rhyme with the correct pronunciation? Fay? Fee? Phi? Faux? Fuh? Foo? For?...... Or none, of the above? If so, what? It's like the ao in Sao, Mao, Bilbao, and Carabao. Here he is saying his own name on Rugby AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, daz39 said: I think they should take it in turns every week to use a chosen commentators pronunciation of it. It will be like watching rainbow as kids and guessing which window they were going to look through. Quality player inti though? Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Joe Arundel's name is exactly the same as the town = Arun-dl (not A-runn-dl). The Stade Gilbert Brutus is a hard G = as in Gilbert O'Sullivan (or even Gilbert & Sullivan). Mata'utia = Mata-u-tia (not Mat-ow-tia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Maybe it should be a requirement on SL teams, whether requested by Sky Sports or not, to send an audio tape of their numbered squad members each saying their own name - first (or Christian) names and surnames. The commentary team should then listen to them and memorise them; a chore, yes, but it's part of their job to get names right. It is always worth keeping in mind that there are names that we may not realise we are all inclined to be mispronouncing; Les Dracs' captain, Ben Garcia, springs to mind. I would never have realised it isn't 'Gar-cee-uh' if I hadn't heard French commentators say 'Gar-syuh', i.e. only two syllables with emphasis on the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder pete Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, dboy said: The Stade Gilbert Brutus is a hard G = as in Gilbert O'Sullivan (or even Gilbert & Sullivan). What makes you say that? It flies in the face of the rules of French pronunciation, and isn'r what the French say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Jeel-bear has an inflection notation on the letter G. Mainly though, it's because I got told off by a Perpignan taxi driver, for asking for the Jeel-bear Brutus! *Although I have always harboured a suspicion the the taxi driver was a 15-code man, deliberately misleading me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Q is pronounced "ng" in the Fijian alphabet. So Nai-nga-ma ..... https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Fijian/Alphabet_and_pronunciation#:~:text=Fijian language uses the same,lacking in the Fijian alphabet. "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 58 minutes ago, dboy said: Jeel-bear has an inflection notation on the letter G. Mainly though, it's because I got told off by a Perpignan taxi driver, for asking for the Jeel-bear Brutus! *Although I have always harboured a suspicion the the taxi driver was a 15-code man, deliberately misleading me. Out of interest, dboy, how did your taxi driver in Perpignan pronounce 'Brutus'? As in a Shakespearian ' Et tu, Brutus' way, or with the second syllable pronounced to rhyme with the English 'too'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said: Out of interest, dboy, how did your taxi driver in Perpignan pronounce 'Brutus'? As in a Shakespearian ' Et to, Brutus' way, or with the second syllable pronounced to rhyme with the English 'too'? I have no idea how he pronounced Brutus - "I was very, very drunk." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh1 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 When Jiffy can’t even pronounce ‘Salford’ correctly, there really isn’t much hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Great thread! One more thing to have a go at, along with Refs, commentators, video refs, media coverage, stupid rules, the RFL...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 hours ago, meast said: Quality player inti though? One of the best in 'this Saints side'. I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 hours ago, johnh1 said: When Jiffy can’t even pronounce ‘Salford’ correctly, there really isn’t much hope. When nobody in RL can pronounce Stanley Gene's surname* correctly, despite it only having four letters, we're all toast. *Gennae, not Jeen. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Futtocks said: When nobody in RL can pronounce Stanley Gene's surname* correctly, despite it only having four letters, we're all toast. *Gennae, not Jeen. Thought it was more Genni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Is Dom Man-freddy on the wing for Wigan tonight? I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Just Browny said: Is Dom Man-freddy on the wing for Wigan tonight? That is how it's pronounced , not manfreeeeedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, GUBRATS said: That is how it's pronounced , not manfreeeeedi Will be news to Italians that it is either. I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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