KingsbayYHPE

Avert your gaze if you can't handle a player's surname.

I have a player (not unusual), he scored a goal (more unusual), he's a Polish bloke (not unusual in Poland, more unusual in the YooKay, although not so unusual in reality)

I had a line came up in commentary that had me choking on my coffee.

"The crowd chant Wawrzynczok's name!"

How?

retired_tinkfaeree

Excellent, although I had trouble finding the joke at first, since I'm perfectly able to pronounce that name. Then it deemed on me that others might choke on their tongues. :cool:

KingsbayYHPE

I'm usually quite proficient at pronouncing Polish surnames, Ollie, but that one has me beat

Any chance of telling me phonetically?

I'd guess "Vavrinchock"?

retired_sargent

The chant is easy

He's big, he's lame
We can't pronounce his name,
He's a Pole, he's a pole
.
.
and repeat

retired_tinkfaeree

Almost.

The rz is pronounced as a very soft "sh"-sound. Imagine the French sound for a "J"-letter.

the cz is a hard "tsh" sound, like the "ch" in "check".

So, it's Vavshinchock.

retired_tinkfaeree

and he's living on the dole. Makes him IRC compatible

retired_angeliwuoma

Genius

KingsbayYHPE

KingsbayYHPE

I realise this is asking a hell of a lot, but can you post it written in Polish, with the characters and stuff?

I never knew, after all these years of being employed by and working with Polish guys, that "rz" was pronounced "sh".

Rzite!

KingsbayYHPE

You bastard, Church...I'm still sniggering like an idiot