The 'How Do You Pronounce His Name?' Thread

I was in work the other day and was talking footie with a few people and one lad kept saying 'André Schürrle' would start for Germany this summer. Aside from him being wrong about him starting he was also saying 'Schurrle' in a really distracting way and I really wanted to tell him that's not how you pronounce Schürrle ... problem was I wasn't totally sure how you do!

I was thinking maybe this thread could be a resource for people wanting to know, or maybe even wanting to tell others, how to pronounce names of footballers and staff.

Maybe you just want to get something off your chest about the way a particular commentator pronounces a name or something. Anything like that is welcome.

I just reckoned many heads was better than one and we've people from all over the world here to help us cover loads of languages.

So, to start, how the F**k do you pronounce 'André Schürrle'? I'm assuming you don't say it like (schure-rel) and more like (sure-leh)?

I always find it easier if you just break it down... This one shouldn't be that difficult I don't think...


An-dre.....


 

Sorted..

Haha good thread.
Remember when everyone thought Coates was pronounced.

Well i did.

Haha good thread.
Remember when everyone thought Coates was pronounced.

Well i did.

If he got shirty about it you could just call him 'Duffle'.

 Here is a right winger who played for us from 1933  and retired in 1947.now I never saw this lad play but my Dad often spoke about him.He was South African and his name was Nieuwenhuys but the crowd called him Nivvy and that is how my old Dad referred to him.He played 239 games for us and scored 74 goals,he was 28 years old when the 2nd world war started so i suppose you  could say he was robbed of his prime.

Zhirkov is pronounced Jerk Off

I've heard at least 4 different pronounciations of (Sami) Hyppia from commentators down the years:

Hippia (most used one)
Hypeia
Houpia
Herpia

Neuer?

I kept calling him Neu-er. Apparently it's Naw-yer!!

Noy-yer is how I hear and say it.

Gylfi Sig-ed-sen or Si-gurrrrd-son?

Rooney - Shrek
Ferguson - Whiskey nose
Evra - Lying b***ard
Ronaldo - Puff
Sorry for going off slightly off topic, couldn't resist it !

Two ex Liverpool players Mash and Kuyt would often have different pronunciations

Rooney - Shrek
Ferguson - Whiskey nose
Evra - Lying B***ard
Ronaldo - Puff
Sorry for going off slightly off topic, couldn't resist it !

F*ucking hilarious. Nearly choked on my coffee. 

I was in work the other day and was talking footie with a few people and one lad kept saying 'André Schürrle' would start for Germany this summer. Aside from him being wrong about him starting he was also saying 'Schurrle' in a really distracting way and I really wanted to tell him that's not how you pronounce Schürrle ... problem was I wasn't totally sure how you do!

I was thinking maybe this thread could be a resource for people wanting to know, or maybe even wanting to tell others, how to pronounce names of footballers and staff.

Maybe you just want to get something off your chest about the way a particular commentator pronounces a name or something. Anything like that is welcome.

I just reckoned many heads was better than one and we've people from all over the world here to help us cover loads of languages.

So, to start, how the f**k do you pronounce 'André Schürrle'? I'm assuming you don't say it like (schure-rel) and more like (sure-leh)?

In the words of the late great Leslie Nielsen, don't call him Shirley.

I was just going for 'Shurl' 

Kuyt always confused people. I'm heard it pronounced Koit and Kight but I distinctly remember an interview with him where they asked for the correct pronunciation and he said it was Drrk Kout (rolled the 'r' in Dirk).

Kuyt always confused people. I'm heard it pronounced Koit and Kight but I distinctly remember an interview with him where they asked for the correct pronunciation and he said it was Drrk Kout (rolled the 'r' in Dirk).

My son still plays some old fifa games and the commentators sound as though they call him "Quitch"
and on the next in the series they called him "kite". still makes me giggle tbh

'André Schürrle'

An-dre-ah Shoe-rrr-lay

Łukasz Piszczek I believe its pronounced Piss Check 

Jakub Błaszczykowski

I just call him Kuba like Alan Hansen.

Good player though! Pacey.

Just looking at the Poland squad for the Euros:

Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
Adam Matuszczyk
Grzegorz Sandomierski
Jakub Wawrzyniak
Adrian Mierzejewski
Przemysław Tytoń

Mind F**k. Got to feel for the commentators.

^

Kuba = Blas-chu-kov-ski *

* I think!

Kuyt - Kite, Kuyt, Cowt

Mascherano - Mas-sheer-ran-o, mask-ke-ra-no

I've also heard Kuyt called Koyt.

Its funny because in Netherlands, his name is written as Kuijt. And they pronounce Kait. The 'ij' gives a 'y' sound. Same with van Dijk. Its pronounced as Daik. But in English, written as Duyk.

Same with Cruijff. His name is pronounced Kreiff (cry-ff). And written as Cruyff.

My grandad always used to call Mascherano - Mask-er-anus.

Think Kuyt came out and said it's Kout?

The one that always gets me is Tomas Rosicky
How you get Ro Zid Ski from that is beyond me.