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Girona looks good
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What the hell is Barca doing? This defense is terrible.
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Barca play some really conservative football. Woulda never thought from a player like xavi. Terrible to watch
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You my dawg, but you sounding like sir Neckatoni heard that last year tooonce city gets back healthy they'll probably do what they always do 2nd half of the year
Beautiful football don't always yield the results that ugly football does.
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Idk why these english commentators have such a hard time pronouncing Araujo often.
Ara-who-Ho is wild to say lmaooo
Shoutout Girona
Ara-who-Ho is wild to say lmaooo
Shoutout Girona
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What a performance by Girona, hats off.
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players looked gassed. not sure araujo was fit. he was bad too. terrible performance.
story of the season. can’t put a away anything
story of the season. can’t put a away anything
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Midweek fatigue was apparent in alot of games this weekend
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Yamal is a baller but that youngest banter will write itself for a while
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Girona and Leverkusen have been fun to watch this season
Feels like he flies under the radar from some of the criticism that Chelsea has been getting. Especially considering his price tag
Feels like he flies under the radar from some of the criticism that Chelsea has been getting. Especially considering his price tag
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quaresma went and got the special in turkey
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someone called reece james a work from home rb
someone else called his position a bRB
someone else called his position a bRB
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Chelsea have been awful lately
Not surprised. The December curse strikes again
Not surprised. The December curse strikes again
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Strange, there were many sources that Endrick had always wanted to join Real Madrid anyways
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Brother these commentators can't even pronounce De Bruyne
I forgot who was commentating but I remember hearing "The Brooyne" once lmao
Just about anything that isn't English will get butchered; it is what it is.
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I admire the dedication to saying “ Deh Broynah” even after Kevin himself has come out to say his name correctly on EPL Socials
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I get that there's certain names like my first name that some are literally unable to pronounce due to a particular sound not existing in their language(s), but De Bruyne is not of those
My first name is Joachim, and the "ch" is something that people with other native languages, particularly English, can't pronounce because the sound just doesn't exist in English.
It's not something that can be explained through text either. Growing up with Dutch/Flemish as a native language has the advantage of having a very wide variety of sounds, especially in various dialects, so generally we don't have this issue of not being able to pronounce certain sounds. Here in Flanders we're generally mandated to learn 4 languages throughout basic education so you're bound to be familiar with a wide range of sounds. Some people continue to struggle with the French R but that's about it.
A lot of names are just easy pronunciations butchered out of laziness though. Especially English in my view is an extremely simple language with no odd or difficult sounds that I can think of. Obviously no one should expect English commentators to suddenly throw out the French R in French players' names, it's something that would take lots of practice for a purely English speaker, but it really shouldn't be difficult to at least get world class players' easy names right.
For reference, the third audio example here "(Pronunciation by Vertont (Male from Germany)" is the closest I could find to pronouncing my first name.
https://forvo.com/word/joachim/
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