Robbie Keane

[Charlie Darwin]

Perhaps you hear the odd Carriger, as that actually is how he pronounces his name, but I haven't heard the rest of them. Certainly I've never heard an Irish commentator get Kinsella or Kilbane wrong.

[peadar1987]

I heard Kin-SELL-a all the time. And Gary Dockerty. And Kevin Mor-AN. Although that works both ways. When I worked in the nuclear industry, there was a company called "Strachan and Henshaw", of which one of the founders, Mr. Strachan, was Irish, and pronounced it "Strawn". Drove any Scottish people they did business with up the wall!

[geysir]

I suppose the Scots have a good guffaw at the weird way we pronounce McGeady

[Charlie Darwin]

I heard Kin-SELL-a all the time. And Gary Dockerty. And Kevin Mor-AN. Although that works both ways. When I worked in the nuclear industry, there was a company called "Strachan and Henshaw", of which one of the founders, Mr. Strachan, was Irish, and pronounced it "Strawn". Drove any Scottish people they did business with up the wall!

Have to say I never heard those. What channels?

[Fixer82]

I suppose the Scots have a good guffaw at the weird way we pronounce McGeady

Sure McGeady is an irish name

[Crosby87]

Do soccer fans in general tend to leave before the end of a game they are at in person or stick it out if their team is losing? I laughed at the Miami Heat fans. Terrible terrible sports town.

[peadar1987]

Have to say I never heard those. What channels?

Would have been ITV, BBC and Sky Sports I suppose. Dockerty was definitely Sky, in the Euro 2004 campaign.

[Charlie Darwin]

Would have been ITV, BBC and Sky Sports I suppose. Dockerty was definitely Sky, in the Euro 2004 campaign.

I thought Fixer meant Irish commentators though.

[Fixer82]

I thought Fixer meant Irish commentators though.

Certainly Kay-hill was being banged out on Setanta. Liam Brady says Aidan McGeddie all the time.
Jamie Carrigger is another, Gary Dockerty

[Charlie Darwin]

There are a few Sasanachs commentating on Setanta though. Carrigger I think I have heard but like I said it is how he pronounces it. Is McEddy not how they pronounce his name in Glasgow? I always assumed that's where Brady got it from.

[tricky_colour]

I suppose the Scots have a good guffaw at the weird way we pronounce McGeady

So how do they pronounce it? McGedy?

Also get annoyed when people complain about pronunciation but hen don't say how it should be pronounced,
even if they do what they write is often open to interpretation.

Needs to be clearer with an example ie McGedy as in "ready" even then read can be reed or red!!!

Why is a needed is a full phonetic spelling, but then nobody would understand that either.

[tricky_colour]

There are a few Sasanachs commentating on Setanta though. Carrigger I think I have heard but like I said it is how he pronounces it. Is McEddy not how they pronounce his name in Glasgow? I always assumed that's where Brady got it from.

that is what I would have assumed ie mcgedy, which i assume is another way of writing McEddy.

Could even be Mc-gee-ad-ee.

If in doubt say wee Robbie

[tricky_colour]

Few versions of Cahill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCjlL5dCRBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbPJnyubNKk

[geysir]

Let's not forget how we've detracted from Packie Bonner's considerable manhood all these years by phonetically watering down his hard earned genetic entitlement.

[Crosby87]

What's weird is i always heard "Packie" is short for "Packing." Why would his folks do that to him?

[ArdeeBhoy]

Does it really matter how the name's pronounced?

Most commentators/pundits are often eejits these days, anyway...

[nigel-harps1954]

Let's not forget how we've detracted from Packie Bonner's considerable manhood all these years by phonetically watering down his hard earned genetic entitlement.

You only really have to go outside Donegal to hear everyone pronounce that surname wrong.

[Stuttgart88]

Growing up in Dublin I had a pal whose surname was Heneghan. He pronounced his family name / surname differently to his father who grew up in Galway (Hennigan versus Heenehan). Ridiculous but true.

[IsMiseSean]

Heneghan would be more associated with Mayo.

[Crosby87]

I thought that was Hamagain.