Football Comics, Pronunciations, and the Yellow Submarine

November 25th, 2008 | By: Julian | 12 Comments »

Italian names can be pretty hard to pronounce sometimes. And chances are, unless you’re Italian or watch your footy on RAI, you may not know how to say everyone’s name on the team. For example, these are pretty common mispronunciations:

Gilardino- “Gil-are-deen-yo”. Yeah, he’s not Brazilian mates. Its “Jeel-are-deen-o”. This one particularly pisses me off cause I have a friend who’s a Gila fan and he gets it wrong. But you probably don’t care so I digress.

Daniele De Rossi- “Daniel Dee Rossi”. This one stuns me. Correct way to say it: “Dan-yelly Day Rossi”

So what’s the solution? Here’s a great site where you can type in a player’s name and hear it as it should be pronounced. It’s not perfect, but it’s light years ahead of the commentators on ESPN. [Side note- can't believe that one of the featured words on the front page as I'm typing this is "vaffanculo".]

Just remember- every time you mispronounce a name, a puppy’s mom ignores him. You don’t want to hurt a puppy do you?

Moving on, I don’t know how many of you guys know about this site, but for those who don’t, here’s a linky. What is it? Oh, it’s a site that has football comics. It’s mostly EPL focused but some of the comics can be pretty damn funny.

In actual footy news, Man U is interested in buying back our favorite Italian American (besides me of course), Giuseppe Rossi. According to Sir Alex Ferguson:

“He’s a good player, in fact, an excellent player. It was difficult to let him go to Villarreal. He wanted first-team football and we couldn’t guarantee him that. When they offered the money they did for him and we got the buy-back clause, it became attractive to us. We’d consider buying him back. We will keep our options open.”

My verdict: Stay the hell away Fergie. Rossi is a starter at Villareal and he’s been great for them. Him and the team can grow well together. What’s he gonna do at Man U? Sit on the bench while Rooney, Tevez, Berba and Ronaldo fight for starting spots? No thanks. Let him start and he’ll keep getting better. A move back to Man U- and a move back to the bench- would only stunt his career.

A side note that’s unrelated to soccer at all- The Killer’s new CD, Day and Age, came out Monday. It’s phenominal. Go and buy it.



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Username By Francesco | November 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
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I wouldn’t say Daniele De Rossi’s first name is pronounced “Dan-yelly”. It should be pronounced “Don-ye-le”. 3 syllables and the “e” in Italian doesn’t have the “y” sound that you gave.

Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but sometimes the Italian major in me comes out…

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Username By asem | November 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
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Definitely Dan-yell-e not Dan-yelly

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Username By LorenzoRosanero | November 25th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
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I also concur…

dahn-YEH-leh

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Username By salvatore | November 26th, 2008 at 1:25 am
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You guys ever hear the way they pronounce Iaquinta’s name on Fox Sports World?

Eye-ah-kint-ah.

Horrendous.

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Username By kqql | November 26th, 2008 at 1:40 am
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U21 From 10/25/08 CL games

De Ceglie
Warmed the bench vs. Zenit
while http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTVG3qC4RE played on his iPod

Giovinco
Came in 78″ vs. Zenit - While Nedved sucked again

Marchisio
Played 90″ vs. Zenit and did well

Osvaldo
Came in 79″ vs. Lyonnais

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Username By Julian | November 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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Could be my Jersey upbringing but when I say “yelly” and “yell-eh” it sounds nearly identical.

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Username By Kyle | November 26th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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yesterday on Fox Soccer Report the dude called iaquinta “in-ah-keent=ah” no lie

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Username By Marco Pantanella | November 26th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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They always call him IN-ah-keent-ah. There’s no “N” lads. Just like there’s no “H” in Gilardino.

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Username By kqql | November 27th, 2008 at 3:15 am
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From 10/26/08 CL game
Balotelli - (1 CL goal + 2 CL Assists in 08/09)
Came in @ 72″ vs. Panathinaikos

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Username By Marco | November 27th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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seriously, Carlos Machado from the Fox Soccer Report always gets it wrong.

my personal favourite? everyone named Simone, he calls “Simioni”

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Username By calisi | November 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am
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They pronounce Iaquinta’s name like he is Spanish

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Username By Jeff | November 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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I’m not sure how one could mis pronounce DDR’s name. I knew how to when I first saw it and I’m not even Italian(I know but I can’t really help it).

And I have seen the comics about the EPL and you really do have to know about to get some of the stuff.

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