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Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by BizBooks(m): 2:16pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
Whenever Barcelona is being discussed, you invariably hear somebody call them Bakar. This is obviously an attempt to pronounce their short name - Barca. But Barca is pronounced - BASAR not BAKAR. As the saying goes, if you want to know how a word is pronounced, you listen to the native speakers. If you listen to the Spanish and even English football commentators, you will clearly hear them use the correct pronunciation - BASAR. I do not think this error in pronunciation is a deliberate attempt to insult the club. But I have heard so many people make this mistake that I am compelled to write about it. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by edoyad(m): 4:12pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
BizBooks: I remember i first heard that term Basar being used by Tommy Smyth with a Y on ESPN back in the late 90s. But I wonder why Nigerians are fond of pronouncing it Bakar |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by MeGaStReEt: 7:17pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
@Op. If we no stop wetin go happen |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by usbcable(m): 11:00pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
its not only barcelona that mispronounced check the list: Chelsea - shelsee Arsenal- assna barca - barka etc |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by BizBooks(m): 11:31pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
usbcable: You are right. But the mis-pronunciation of Barca is the most egregious. With Shelsee and Assna, you at least have an idea of the speaker's intention. But when somebody calls Barca - Bakar, you are totally lost. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Plutarch: 7:29am On Nov 11, 2011 |
Ok noted. But the players should first stop diving. BARKA de suwa |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by AjanleKoko: 8:48am On Nov 11, 2011 |
Plutarch: You see why it's not good to not go to school when others are going. What is the relevance of this ya comment now? @Topic, Na una sabi the name. The club itself sabi the trophies Call them anything you like, if you like call them Ajegboro sef. All join. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by brainpulse: 8:51am On Nov 11, 2011 |
ARE you their ADVOCATE or lawyer, WHY ARE YOU BLEEDING FOR ANOTHER MAN'S INJURY? |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by maclatunji: 9:00am On Nov 11, 2011 |
BizBooks: Tell them O. I would have created this thread but people are already thinking I like bashing Nigerians so I refrained. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Nobody: 9:03am On Nov 11, 2011 |
UNa don come again. wEDA BARKAR OR BARSIR, abi na the team wey get messi, maclatunji:Yeah, Na you be Nl grammar teacher. You're the same guy that posted on pronunciation of certain words. If una no get beta thing to do, apply to Seun to make yo mod for one of these forums |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by maclatunji: 9:16am On Nov 11, 2011 |
musKeeto: LOL, you can come and employ me now! |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by IbroSaunks(m): 9:18am On Nov 11, 2011 |
BizBooks:funny enough i think ur wrong, its barsa, not basar!! 1 Like |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by mayrho(m): 9:33am On Nov 11, 2011 |
i thought every1 who could use a computer had a level intelligence but it seems monkeys type too. Because i can't imagine how someone corrects us all and instead of taking the correction and moving we behave like monkeys. Nigeria is a place where anything goes so we are used to doing things anyhow and so we get anything. My 2cents take or leave and if u like attack me it just shows u level of IQ |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Nobody: 9:43am On Nov 11, 2011 |
mayrho:Wow, is your monitor that reflective? |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by saintneo(m): 9:51am On Nov 11, 2011 |
related to Boko Haram |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by jmaine: 10:02am On Nov 11, 2011 |
The Basar sef no even sweet for mouth . . . Barca Jare . . . Na today . . . |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by BoOOosHBoy: 10:08am On Nov 11, 2011 |
Why did this topic make the front page? |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by slap1(m): 10:40am On Nov 11, 2011 |
MeGaStReEt:Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by ITbomb(m): 11:07am On Nov 11, 2011 |
and why must i pronounce it Barsa or Basar when Bakar is okay by me Must I pronounce like them We invited a Frenchman to speak on a workshop at University of Port Harcourt, and He insisted on pronouncing Port Harcourt as "Por Arcour" , saying in his native tongue the last letter is usually silent. Other whitemen pronounce Ajegunle as "Ayehunle" Imagine commentator on Enyimba match calling Aba "Arba", and we didnt notice anything wrong with that So must I follow them and pronounce Serie A as "Sera Ar" or Juventus as Yuventus, if na Calabar man, we go crucify am. As Nigerian we pronounce medicine as ME DI CINE i see zimbabwe english when installing some software, why shouldnt we tell the world .THIS IS HOW WE PRONOUNCE CERTAIN THINGS 1 Like |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by snthesis(m): 11:21am On Nov 11, 2011 |
so its B small wonder they dive like women |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Basildon1(m): 11:30am On Nov 11, 2011 |
mayrho: musKeeto:Swooosh!! |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by abohrandy: 12:32pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
MeGaStReEt:typically of Us, we love this question so much!!! seriously when i call it barsar, my guys dey laugh me!!! i dont know y it is so difficult to take simple correction. there are some pipo that if you dont pronounce their names right, u don enter wahala be that oh especially old igbo men but here we are killing some other person's (abi na club) name!!! [quote][/quote] |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by lekyar(m): 3:04pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Noted, tnks for the enlightenment. guilty as charged. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by dayokanu(m): 3:25pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
I thought it was IBAKA? |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Solarbaba: 3:54pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Why r u correcting pple on what u don't know? Barka is d right pronunciation.'am a true barka fan and i know the club's anthem.inside the anthem 'barka' is pronounced.moreso,abreviation for barcelona fc is barça and not barca. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Kilode1: 4:20pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Can Oyinbo people pronounce Eyinmba correctly ?? Abeg, Barka jo! Na my naija pronunciation be that, if dem no like am, they can go nod Olumo Rock! |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Skii(m): 4:26pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Solarbaba: If you noticed, the "c" in barça has got an "s" attached to it, hence the "ssss" pronounciation. |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by BizBooks(m): 4:27pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Solarbaba: This is really not rocket science. If you have the time, go to Google and type "How do you pronounce Barca". The mis-pronunciation is not peculiar to Nigeria. People from other countries make the same mistake too. Below is a discussion on that topic in another forum way back in 2004: AndSomeAreAngels 22 Sep 2004 03:44 PM |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Nobody: 4:45pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
it is BAR'C'A BUT THAT "C" HAS AN ASSENT UNDER WHICH AFFECTS IT AND TURNS IT TO "S'. IT IS Barsa, |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by Maximus85(m): 5:19pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
This is a waste of time. Barsar my foot. BAR CHEAT{criminals} LONER{spanish outcasts) |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by decogrin(m): 5:42pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
Actually,the poster is right,what hes telling us is the truth,but am not sure if he's also sayin by force we must stop it, hes just tellin us so we could know which is which, anyway, UP BARCA!!! |
Re: Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar. by BizBooks(m): 6:12pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
decogrin: I actually thought about not sounding forceful or condescending. That's why in the title, I said "Let's Stop Calling Barca - Bakar". The "Let's" by inference includes me, though I do not make that mistake. I could have said "Stop Calling Barca - Bakar" which would have come across as an order. |
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