SecretSam Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Right: players with names where we were like: "How the fark do you pronounce..." Welcome to Sammie Szamodicsish Also see: Jackie Dziekanowski, Ivan Testimetanu (or whatever) Your turn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Famara Diédhiou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted June 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 To be fair, Atyeo's not entirely obvious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham isn’t easy. No wonder he changed it to Tammy Abraham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Enoch Showunmi - not as difficult to pronounce as some others but a great name. I remember one commentator who mispronounced Cole Skuse. Made it sound exotic - something like Kolo Skusay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRed Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 45 minutes ago, Offside said: Enoch Showunmi - not as difficult to pronounce as some others but a great name. I remember one commentator who mispronounced Cole Skuse. Made it sound exotic - something like Kolo Skusay. I have a vague recollection of a Radio Bristol caller once pronouncing Jamie McCombe as if he was from West Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, SuperRed said: I have a vague recollection of a Radio Bristol caller once pronouncing Jamie McCombe as if he was from West Africa. Jamal Makombe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammyOne Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Kolo Skew-say. Jamie Muckomby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeyrobins Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Kevin Amankwaah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 I find them all quite easy, but I’m a Moonraker. Is it just hard if you're from zowf Brizzle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Park Reds Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Jon economou from the 1982 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santibello Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Mow Eesa Nick Class Ee Lee Ah Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaning To One Side Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Perti Jantunen (had trouble saying it let alone trying to spell it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Sieb Dijkstra An ex-goalkeeper we had, also a.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Corner Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Didn't play for us but Ian Holloway, all the city fans sat round me always had issues pronouncing his name. It was usually way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Keith Waugh - Wall or Wauff ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Matt Smith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Vilmos Sebok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Chris Iwelumo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 9 hours ago, Crackers Corner said: Didn't play for us but Ian Holloway, all the city fans sat round me always had issues pronouncing his name. It was usually way off. Yeah I thought it was pronounced with a C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Some slightly strange names were actually quit easy to pronounce - eg Izzy Iriekpen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 I think we should sign this lad. No idea how good he is at football, but he's bloody epic at Scrabble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patryk_Szysz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Mäenpää for you Englishmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 23:15, Busterrimes said: Vilmos Sebok pronounced shaboook apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 21:01, Leaning To One Side said: Perti Jantunen (had trouble saying it let alone trying to spell it) The players nicknamed him Dorsal Finn. They even gave him a training shirt and tracksuit top with the letters DF on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 21:31, Crackers Corner said: Didn't play for us but Ian Holloway, all the city fans sat round me always had issues pronouncing his name. It was usually way off. Was named after a prison you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said: Was named after a prison you know. He definitely has strange ways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Milan Duric was tricky along with Diedhiou who I had trouble prenouncing. Durex and Dildo were my solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: He definitely has strange ways.... Spent some time in Horfield too, I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 I remember sitting next to one of our less eloquent supporters who kept shouting about willbrums anytime wilbraham got close to the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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