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Originally posted by lassassinblanc lassassinblanc wrote:

Would imagine it's because majority of commentators aren't fluent Polish speakers.

You could say the same for every player whose name isn't English.

Loads of English commentators butcher Doherty why would you expect them to be able to pronounce Szczęsny?


Commentators should be able to do it because it's their job! Szczęsny has played for several high profile clubs, so it's not like he's some random player.

Lewandowski, clearly an easier name to pronounce, and it will still be random as to whether the commentator gets his name right.


At the last World Cup, one of the RTÉ commentators discovered that Fred is pronounced frej, and he was like - I'm not saying that!


And there's the future Ireland manager Poyet LOL 

I think his name is pronounced poy'zhet
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Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

At euro 2012 I passed through the polish town of Tczew.........its pronounced Jeff. 


Unbelievable Jeff!


I had a couple of lecturers who couldn't pronounce basic words.

This female lecturer pronounced 'Coup' 'coop' with the P.   When she was corrected by someone in the class about the pronunciation  she said 'no its 'coop' and she spelled it out C-O-U-P' emphasising the P (coop).

At which point a fair few of us looked at each other like

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There's another one who pronounced 'specific' 'pacific'.


Edited by Trap junior - 27 Mar 2024 at 7:54pm
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At euro 2012 I passed through the polish town of Tczew.........its pronounced Jeff. 
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Remember that time Szczesny thought he was dying and asked to get substituted for Juve when there was nothing wrong with him? Reminds me of the time I asked my parents to ring an ambulance because I had a panic attack.
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Originally posted by Terzino Terzino wrote:

Wojciech Szczesny was Poland's hero again last night. However, for such a famous player, no commentator has ever bothered to pronounce his name correctly. They always say shez'nee, when it's closer to shtans'neh 

I thought he said he was retiring after the last major tournament.
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Would imagine it's because majority of commentators aren't fluent Polish speakers.

You could say the same for every player whose name isn't English.

Loads of English commentators butcher Doherty why would you expect them to be able to pronounce Szczęsny?


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Wojciech Szczesny was Poland's hero again last night. However, for such a famous player, no commentator has ever bothered to pronounce his name correctly. They always say shez'nee, when it's closer to shtans'neh 
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