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| Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by NifemiOlu(m): 4:38am On Jan 13, 2016 |
I was watching Sky Sports one day when a guy called the show. The presenters had to take some seconds to process the names of the players he was mentioning. We Nigerians love pronouncing mostly out of convenience and also our mother-tongue limitations. However, based on commentaries on TV and PES/FIFA 2015, I have compiled some difficult names of players in the EPL. The ones in brackets are the regular Nigerian pronunciations while the one on the right is the nearly most accurate pronunciation. ARSENAL Coquelin (Kokelin or kokwelin) Corklan Giroud (jirod) Jiroo MANCHESTER CITY Sagna (sagna) Sanyar *not the Yoruba pronunciation* TOTTENHAM Alderweireld (aldawered) Aldoweireld WEST HAM Jelavic (jelavik/jelavich) Yelavich MANCHESTER UNITED Rojo (rojo) Roe-hoe McNair (mcnair) MacNair Januzaj (januzaj/januzai) yanushai Blind (loss of sight pronunciation) Blind * the 'i' is produced as 'e' but not 'blend' Depay (Depay/Dipay) Dipai Martial (Matia/Matial) Mashial LIVERPOOL Mignolet (as seen) Minolay Coutinho (kortinho) Kootinho Sturridge (sturidge) storidge STOKE Crouch (Crutch) Crauch CHELSEA Courtois (kortois) Kortooah Ivanovic (Ivanovik) Ivanovich Matic (Matik) Matich Willian (maybe too much garri makes people not to see the difference between William and Willian) Willian ASTON VILLA Agbonlahor (Agbolaran * Ilorin, Ibadan and Ile Ife*) Agbonla-hor NEWCASTLE Janmaat (as seen) Yanmat 1 Like |
| Re: Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by NifemiOlu(m): 5:03am On Jan 13, 2016 |
Criticism absolutely allowed... |
| Re: Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by klodike(m): 5:41am On Jan 13, 2016 |
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| Re: Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by gozmok1(m): 5:45am On Jan 13, 2016 |
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| Re: Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by odutolasodiq(m): 1:46pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
wat of wijnaldum? |
| Re: Some Difficult Names Of Players In The EPL by babyfaceafrica: 3:10pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
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