So I'm there watching the Saints match on Iplayer

[Secret Site Agent]

So I'm there watching the Saints match on Iplayer, and enjoying it immensely when I realise the commentator is John Roder.

 

I had a few blokes round his house Sat morning, what a coincidence is that? You see they were in dispute with him as they couldn't understand what he wanted so I waddled over and spoke to him.

 

SSA: Good Morning Mr Roder. I’ll here to find out what you want.

 

JR: Jood morning, Mr SSA. Well, you see it's my Juttering. It full and needs cleaning out. Also I think there is a problem with my Jullies. They appear blocked.

SSA: Eh? You Juttering?

JR: Yes, the Juttering. You know, on the roof collecting the rain water.

SSA: Oh, er OK? Anything else?

JR: yes, I need a few blokes to Jo and Jet some Jlue to fix the loose bits on my Jable end, and is there anyway you can be a Jent and Jive us a hand to lay some Jravel to my driveway.

SSA: Ah, yes of course we can. I'll be back with some operatives in an hour.

 

 

And whilst watching the match he was commentating, it hit me.

 

It's a speech impediment that he, and a few other commentators have, (more on ITV than the BBC), rather than being lazy and not carrying out research that causes them to pronounce our Brazilian goal sensation as Julie rather than Guly.

What I fool I am.

[The9]

Julie, Gully, Goolie, who cares ?

 

Abel Xavier was "Abbul Zavvy-yay" for about 3 years for Middlesbrough and then when he signed for Liverpool became "Ay-bull Ecks-saviour" because someone actually asked him how to say his name. When he went to Everton they went back to the original pronunciation, weirdly.

 

When Jose Fonte can't even be bothered to tell people which of Josay, Joe-suh and Hosay and Font or Fontay is right, and will happily accept all combinations, I think you just have to accept that no-one is bothered.

 

And this is coming from me, the King of Bothered about this kind of crap.

 

As for Tony Gubba's "Mik-aye-ell Laudrup" at the 1986 World Cup... no Tony, it's pronounced "Michael".