Dundalk? Don't you mean Dundork?
Has the Dundalk striker told the press how he wants his surname pronounced or what!
Can you think of any other players besides the foreign names that have been pronounced different to what you expect!
I remember Tim Cahill now with Millwall again, prefers his surname to sound like Kay...Hill rather then Ca...hill!
Anyone!
Dundalk? Don't you mean Dundork?
One "O" surely means it's just Ho-ban.
BREAKING: Graham Cummins (Come-ins) announces he wants his name to be pronounced Cumins(Q-mins) because he likes the spice
Patrick Hoban is quite fussy with his name.
He doesn't like being called Pat either. Its either Patrick or Pa.
Also, I didn't realise that McNulty was pronounced B-A-S-T-A-R-D.
It reminds me of Keeping Up Appearances; "It's Bouquet!!! NOT Bucket!".
Bohemians. --- Bohs, gypos
Cork - langers
Drogheda - minnows, Shelbyville
Shamrock Rovers - rovers, scum, junkies,
I posted a response to this on a question raised on the weekend fixtures thread. During his first spell with DFC (2013-2014) he said in an interview that the local way to pronounce his name in Galway was Hoo-ban (with the extra o), I think I heard he prefers Patrick also.
The Ger Canning ‘Dun – Dorrrk’ is excellent.
Some great other mis pronouncing names during the years, I recall Jeff Stelling giving a French accent to ‘Ric - ccchard Sad—lieeer’ when he scored for Millwall once. Kerry Mayo was another brilliant name, a lower league striker around mid 90’s in England.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
James McLean is another one, and presumably his brother.
Some years ago I worked with a fella from down Laois way and his surname was Hooban.
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I hate when people don't pronounce a surname the same way I do...
In fairness, it's all about where you're from too. When living in Carlow, I had to get used to Walsh being pronounced 'Welsh' and Behan being pronounced 'Bay-an'. Thankfully, I had sense to move back to Donegal where things are pronounced properly.
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Huban sounds so annoying. Its Hoban or bust.
Tee hee - Packie Boner.
Welsh is very technically correct as the Irish for it is Breathnach - or a person from Wales (or thereabouts).
I remember Derek Caw-lan playing for Cork years ago; George Hamilton pointed out that it wasn't ****-lan in Cork. Similarly, I got quare looks working in Wexford for pronouncing "Devereux" as Dev-row, when it's Devrix down there.
Never knew that about ‘Devrix’. I’d heard of the others.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
As it is Seachtain na Gaeilge here is the original way the name Hoban was in Irish: (From the Surname Date Base website) Recorded as Hoban, Hooban, Howbane, and Hubane, this is an Irish surname, It derives from the pre 10th century Gaelic O' hUbain.
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Hooban#ixzz59Zp9p2GD
Aon, dó, trí, bhí mé i mo luí, thit mé den leaba, he! he! he!
Not that it's the most pressing of sporting matters but if your family insists on a word being pronounced a certain way, why don't they just spell it correctly?
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