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On the subject of mispronouncing foreign names, my mate has a tendancy to rattle them out too quick for his brain, resulting in such gems as Ruud le Tisstelrooy, a bizarre combo of Saint Matt and the horse-faced striker, and the brilliant Zinidane Zidine! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Anyone ever encounter "braving the elephants" as opposed to "braving the elements"? I have :D
meant to add this one:
"pass the buck" i always thought this was "pass the book", and here was my logic behind it, which makes a lot of sense too ;), I thought it meant passing the book around, as in you wouldn't take responsibility for reading, you were asked to read out from the book but you wouldn't take the responsibility of reading outloud in front of everyone.....:D
something to do with america im assuming though, is it? around washingtons time i spose? i could google but ill give someone else the chance to prove they know the origins.
Tee hee! Not seen this one before.
How about "The Hairy Henry" for Thierry Henry? :D
Reminds me as well - anytime the Beeb have a live game on, turn on the subtitles. It uses some sort of speech recognition thing to decide what the person is saying. In the 2002 World Cup alone, I made a note of these verbal typos (heard one or two, then started keeping track for the first fanzine of the new season) -
Code:Actual Subtitles
Ahn Jung-Hwan Aunt Joan Kwan
Anderlecht And elect
Angelo di Livio Angelo de video
Boo Blue / Broom
Brescia Bresher
Buffon Babbel
Bundesliga Bond a sleek
Darling Vale of a
England are playing 4-4-2 England are playing for 4-2
For the Further
Goalkeeper Golko player
Hong Myung Bo Lead young bloke
How do you feel? Heady feel?
I don’t think he had much choice I don’t Nicky had much tries
Iuliano misses Iuliano Mrs.
Joaquin Joe are keen
Juninho Jimmy neo
Korea Careers / Courier
Korea at the moment Korea at the mermaid
Kuwait Quaid
Lee Joon-Sun Allegiances / The lead tuna soon
Lee Woon-Jae That South Korean goalkeeper
Maldini Muddy / Malady / Mal Beeney
Maldini In mind of Beeney
Mendieta Men DSO
Next to me, a man Next to become a fan
One host is gone One hostess gone
One penalty missed Won penalty mayor’s
Park Ji-Sung Byker Grove
Puyol We’ll
Referees are getting a grip on it Referee’s eye gets a fabric on it
Shirt being pulled Share being called
Side foot Sighed foot
Soel Ki Hyeon Sold Keith Dion
Sven Goran Eriksson Sven at you and Eriksson
There you go There Ugo
Vieri The area
Vieri is a brute of a man Eyrie is a Brit of a man
Was it his thigh? It’s his thigh. Was it high? It’s his five.
Whole back four Hole but four
You see UC
Zanetti Sanity
Something a bit fishy about that story ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
I have another one, I just saw this evening. "lost in the midst of time" instead of "lost in the mists of time".
Just heard a Senior Manager referred to as the "Head Nocho". :D
One that I saw today - "tubberware" instead of "tupperware". You know, because of the "tubs" :)
This whole thread is a bit of a damp squid!
Did you just post that up off your own back?
Yes, because i think that others have left themselves down with the quality of their contributions.
They have been a bit lacksadaisy, no doubt about it.
:D
That has to have been mark lawrensonQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
You should emphasis your point next time using a balister, which is a type of cross-bow (from the Latin ballein - 'to throw'). However, he's probably talking about a baluster, which is indeed correct(ish - there's a slight difference not worth discussing).Quote:
Originally Posted by finlma
I find it hard not to snigger when people use 'pacific' for 'specific'. I had a lecturer a few years ago who said it constantly.
The use of the word "infraction" can get annoying!!
A favorite amongst Dublin urchins: 'a package of cripps instead' of ' a packet of crisps'
and for the season that's in ' peas on earth to all...' I'll get me coat
The next series of something referred to as the next "serious".
Doing a job yesterday and this wan came up to me talking about it. She then goes, 'It gets very monogamous' instead of monotonous;)