Its a wind up bone - er as in erection, hard-on et cetera. If it was true it would be at least in international standard pronounciation format. So this thread doesn't go to waste, what is he up to these days?
I've always pronounced his name as it's spelt, but someone on Wikipedia is adamant that it's "Bone-er".
Now, I'm inclined to think this is a wind-up. Can anyone tell me whether or not my suspicions are right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packie_Bonner
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Its a wind up bone - er as in erection, hard-on et cetera. If it was true it would be at least in international standard pronounciation format. So this thread doesn't go to waste, what is he up to these days?
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Ah yes, Palm it out Packie. Cost us Euro 92 qualification, and of course Holland in '94 and Italy in '90 World Cups
Bye bye Stan. Go off back to collecting cones you useless git.
before we turn into total begrudgers and critise everyone who has ever done anything while playing for their country:
remember stuttgart 1988 - masterclass
the penalty shoot-out in Genoa - oh the memories
ffs lads can anyone on here ever see the glass half full.
oh and btw, so-as to stay on topic, i always pronounced it bonn-er
Last edited by galwayhoop; 02/04/2007 at 9:40 AM.
Any Harps fans want to comment on this? Seems like a very elaborate wind-up to have several generations of most families with that name from that part of the world pronouncing it like a naughty word just for a laugh
Of course, putting the pronunciation of his name in the article serves no real purpose except for childish gigles.
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Any one I've ever known from Donegal would pronounce the name Boner rather than Bonner.
Yeah, of course, 92 qualification had nothing to do with Denis Wise palming the ball into the net against the turks or Dave O'Leary faffing about with the ball on the touchline instead of getting rid of it. 94 had nowt to do with Terry Phelan's back header being put miles short. Jesus Christ, get real fella.....
And I believe it's pronounced Boner in Donegal. I've always been a fan of innuendo in any case!
Packie is FAI Technical Director and goalkeeping coach to the senior international team. See here for info on the activities that Packie has responsibility for in the Technical Department.
The FAI takes a lot of stick over some things, but it does not get enough credit for other things and certainly the development of football in the country through the Technical Department is one of things for which they should be given credit.
Honest! I am not a secret Tim nor a closet Sham - I really am a Seagull.
"Bone-er" is correct in Donegal. That is how this name is pronounced in Donegal.
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Definitely Bone-er lads.
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So in a nutshell, most people say Bonner, but in Donegal it's Boner.
Well that clears that one up. Or not.
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Im pretty sure its bone-er as well. there was a jimmy magee tribute on the late late show a while ago and packie said one of the things that he loved about jimmy was the fact that he always pronounced his name right bone-er
"People say football is a matter of life or death. I believe its far more important than that."
NO.
The people who run football in Ireland are the DDSL and the top six or eight DDSL clubs. And all they see are '$' signs.
Go and watch an U-15 Premier DDSL match. The pinnacle of football in this country. They get bigger crowds than some eL clubs. Every player is 6ft and its like watching Bolton v Blackburn. There is fcuk all technique involved.
The FAI plan is well meant (modelled more on the Dutch/Ajax method)and great work has been done long before Packie arrived on the scene by the likes of Jimmy McDermott and Brian Kerr. But the FAI and Eoin Hand are powerless when Fergie and Arsene come knocking on doors in Finglas and Tallaght and flout UEFA rules by moving entire familes over to the UK.
As a person who has taken coaching courses in England and Ireland, the FAI are a million miles ahead of the (English) FA and the Charles Hughes/Howard Wilkinson school.
Last edited by stojkovic; 03/04/2007 at 12:00 AM.
Packie seems to think M.I.A. might have been photographed wearing one of his USA '94 jerseys: http://www.independent.ie/sport/left...-35722058.html
Only problem is that if it was one of Packie's jerseys, it'd have an FAI crest and #1 on it. Also, the design is a generic Adidas one. Variants of the jersey were also worn by other countries who had their kits similarly manufactured by Adidas.Originally Posted by Independent.ie
Here's Bodo Illgner wearing it for Germany:
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 17/05/2017 at 10:42 AM.
I can't believe there was almost a full page on the pronunciation of Packie Bonners name.
Everyone in Ireland pronounces it wrong apart from Donegal people for what it's worth.
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