Proper Pronunciation

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 lassassinblanc wrote:

 Terzino wrote:

 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  

I think his name is pronounced poy'zhet

They do get a sheet with the phonetic pronunciation of all names. Whether they use it or not is another question.

I think premier league ran a series of videos with players pronouncing their names at the start of the season.

I remember Szoboszlai being the main one featured  Hourihane did that when he went up with Villa.