Draag-hard-dear United V Cork City on Sky Sports news.

[hamish]

I recall an American DJ on Radio Caroline back in 60s pronouncing Portlaoise as Port Louise. Certain logic to attempt when you think of it.

Always get a laugh when I'm talking to anyone in England over the 'phone and hear them trying to pronounce Ballinasloe.LOL

[razor]

It's the same with the name Doherty. You'll hear about 30 different ways of saying it, except the one and only ue North-West pronounciation of 'Dorty'.

What annoys me is when Gary Doherty is coming on why do Sky Sports always call him Gary Dockerty ??
Theres not a 'c' to be found in his name, maybe in a few of his nicknames but not in his name.

[ColinR]

What annoys me is when Gary Doherty is coming on why do Sky Sports always call him Gary Dockerty ??

in fairness when doherty is coming on, its more than the pronunciation of his name that annoys me

[hamish]

What annoys me is when Gary Doherty is coming on why do Sky Sports always call him Gary Dockerty ??
Theres not a 'c' to be found in his name, maybe in a few of his nicknames but not in his name.

Yeah, razor, or Kevin More-aaaaaaan or Graham Kav - an -agh.

[sylvo]

Yeah, razor, or Kevin More-aaaaaaan or Graham Kav - an -agh.

Not forgetting Liam and Noel Gall-a-gaaaaar

[sylvo]

What's with the attitude? You hear awful pronounciations of Eastern European names too (not to mention Western) regurlarly, it just happens to depend on whether you know them.

Attitude me , In fairness a few times I have heard them say while laughing amongst themselves while trying to read the teams name out that they had too check up the pronounciation, and yea I guess we are not going to always know if they had got it spot on, but this guy was laughable, you would have thought someone in the studio would have been able too correct him.

[hamish]

Not forgetting Liam and Noel Gall-a-gaaaaar

Funny sylvo I remember in the US talking about Rory Gallagher and pronouncing it the way we pronounce it. They hadn't a clue who I was talking about until one copped, "Oh, you mean Rory, Gall-a-ger)