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.

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.

I'm Dutch myself, and you're a bit off. Dijk is indeed pronounced as Daik, but Kuijt isn't pronounced as Kait, because Kuijt has the u, which Dijk hasn't. The uij in Kuijt is pronounced the same as in Cruijff(which isnt pronounced as Kreiff either). Basically this is what his name sounds like in Dutch http://bit.ly/Miy1oH (click on the listen thing on the bottom right)

I don't think the Dutch ui sound exists in English language. Can't think of any examples right now anyway.

I'm Dutch myself, and you're a bit off. Dijk is indeed pronounced as Daik, but Kuijt isn't pronounced as Kait, because Kuijt has the u, which Dijk hasn't. The uij in Kuijt is pronounced the same as in Cruijff(which isnt pronounced as Kreiff either). Basically this is what his name sounds like in Dutch http://bit.ly/Miy1oH (click on the listen thing on the bottom right)

I get what you mean about Kuyt. More like Cow-t. Something close to it. I got that mixed up. 

But Cruijff? Listen to this. Thats how I thought they pronounce. - Listen

I get what you mean about Kuyt. More like Cow-t. Something close to it. I got that mixed up. 

But Cruijff? Listen to this. Thats how I thought they pronounce. - Listen

Uhmm, that uij in there is pronounced the same as the Kuijt I posted,  I don't hear a difference. Basically uij is always pronounced as ui in Dutch. Doesn't matter if it's in Kuijt or Cruijff or whatever, it's the same.

So how is Cruijff pronounced again?

So how is Cruijff pronounced again?

So how much of a dick are you?

Easy there lad. I was just kidding around how much effort you have been putting to make everyone understand the Dutch pronounciation(and hence the smiley). Apologies if you found it offensive.

Love the Dutch accent, itsch bossch!!!

Well I would do having a dutch great grandmother

Love the Dutch accent, itsch bossch!!!

Well I would do having a dutch great grandmother

I bet you still wear clogs as well,mind you they would be a good item of defence around Huyton.

Been searching for the non-league thread but I reckon this will do for this beauty:

Wyre Davies ‏@WyreDavies
A results reader's nightmare. Genuine score from Wales. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoge rychwyrndrobwllllantysil iogogogoch 2-1 Penrhyndeudraeth

Oussama Assaidi أسامة السعيدي
Oosa-mah Assa-eee-dee

The eee is the arabic letter ع which is similar to the sound Scousers produce while thinking of the next sentence 

We had a player called Guylain N'dumbu N'sungu god knows how you pronounce that we affectionately called him 'G'

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoge rychwyrndrobwllllantysil iogogogoch I honestly copied and pasted it and even the paste broke it up into sections disbelieving it was a word.

 

Alex Kacanaklic (was the makeweight for us to get that 'legend'Paul Konchesky)prised from Fulham. This lad is defo one that got away,after his performance today against the Arse.

Kacka na klich ick !!!

Oussama Assaidi أسامة السعيدي
Oosa-mah Assa-eee-dee

The eee is the arabic letter ع which is similar to the sound Scousers produce while thinking of the next sentence 

So it's not Osama!!

Think I've been calling him that in the last few home games he's appeared.