Galapagos Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Heard the Oldham fans singing "Jose Baxter Baby" to the tune of Human League's "Dont you want me baby". I always thought this was a Saints original. Did they steal this off us...or did we get it off them (or somewhere else?). In any case, the name Fonte rhymes with "want me" alot better than Baxter! This is one of my favourite player chants...great tune as well! One of my other favourite player chants is Fulham's "Whoa Big Brede...Hangeland" to tune of Ram Jam's "Black Betty...Bam-ba-lam". Genius. Originality is key, and we've got some great chant-makers in the Northam, so more original chants please, not regurgitating the same old same old.
RedAndWhite91 Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Did we not steal 'Jose Fonte Baby' off Palace?
The Kraken Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Considering we nicked it off Palace, who sung it before us when they had Fonte playing for them, I don't think we can lay any sort of claim to it.
Matthew Le God Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Heard the Oldham fans singing "Jose Baxter Baby" to the tune of Human League's "Dont you want me baby". I always thought this was a Saints original. Did they steal this off us...or did we get it off them (or somewhere else?). Crystal Palace fans used it for Jose Fonte, so not a Saints original.
The Cat Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Did we not steal 'Jose Fonte Baby' off Palace? Yes
Saint Charlie Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Plus seeing as his name is now pronounced "Font" the quality of the song has been diminshed.
Scummer Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 So can we blame Palace for the fact that we've been pronouncing his name incorrectly for the last 3 years?
wireframebox Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Jose Baxter is a new(ish) signing at Oldham too?
The Cat Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 we've got some great chant-makers in the Northam We don't. In fact I'm struggling to recall any original chant we have come up with. All the songs I know have been stolen or adapted to tunes other clubs already use.
RedAndWhite91 Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Plus seeing as his name is now pronounced "Font" the quality of the song has been diminshed. A Palace supporter here at work just said that he saw an American matey get out of Fonte's car once, and he said "Catch you later Fonte (FontAY)"... The mystery deepens...
The Cat Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 So can we blame Palace for the fact that we've been pronouncing his name incorrectly for the last 3 years? This happens so often with foreign players in this country. Clearly it's far to much hassle for any journalist to ask a new signing how to pronounce their name when instead they can just give it their own interpretation until it eventually gets corrected.
Bucks Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Plus seeing as his name is now pronounced "Font" the quality of the song has been diminshed. this. it is cringeworthy, now that commentators are using the correct version, that we still sing this particular song knowing we are getting his name wrong
Matthew Le God Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 In Portuguese - Fonte is pronounced Font-ay http://www.forvo.com/word/fonte/#gl Not...
The Kraken Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Apparently the St. Mary's stadium announcer pronounces it "Font". So I guess that's a decent guess as to how it should be pronounced.
pap Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Ok, how's about... You can shove Helvetica up your arse. ( we've got a font, we've got a font! ) Times New Roman's got no class. (We've got a font, we've got a font!) Anyone seen my coat?
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 In Portuguese - Fonte is pronounced Font-ay http://www.forvo.com/word/fonte/#gl Not... I have Portuguese friends who would disagree with you. They tell me it is Jose (with a J) Font (with no Ay).
ant Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 It is Fonte as in 'Font'. Apparently his wife gets quite wound up about the mis-pronunciation. To be 'Font-ay' it would need to have an acute 'e' at the end i.e. Fonté. Heard plenty of people call him 'Ho-zay' too. If he was Spanish that would be correct, but he's quite clearly not and it's pronounced 'Jo-zay'.
pap Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 MLG wrong again? Don't believe it. To be fair, Football Manager doesn't say the names out loud. He doesn't NEED to know how it is pronounced, Tokyo. He could pronounce Jose's name as Throatwobbler Mangrove, for all the difference it makes.
Matthew Le God Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 MLG wrong again? Don't believe it. So the website I linked to has just made it up?
Elias Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 So the website I linked to has just made it up? You probably created the website just to prove yourself right.
pap Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 So the website I linked to has just made it up? No, the website is dealing with a word, not a surname. Pronunciation of names can be a lot different. Hell, people even pronounce my first name completely differently ( you would be surprised how many versions of "Paul" I have heard over the years and if I say it like a Sotonian does, Americans don't know wtf I am calling myself ).
Andre Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 As far as I've heard, it's José (Jo-zay) Fonte (Font). As for the song, who cares if we stole it off Palace? We took their player, we get their song! Also I approve of the Human League chant!
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 So the website I linked to has just made it up Is that a confession?
Thedelldays Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 having been to lisbon and asking a lisbion.....I can confirm that it is pronounced...FONT
ericb Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 As my Portuguese friend put it "it's Font, and that's yet more proof of why english people shouldn't ever think they're right on any kind of foreign pronunciation"
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Nope, a question. You do know that everything on the internet isn't real or always 100% accurate don't you? For example, this one has been set up by Gelsga saints and I have my doubts about it. http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/
Bucks Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Good luck for anyone coming up with even a quarter decent song where Font rhymes with something...
Saints Fan Dan Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Watching the Oldham v Liverpool game yesterday reminded me of another pronunciation that makes me cringe which is the one of Sebastian Coates. Commentators love saying Ko-art-ez, when it's actually pronounced the way it's spelt because it's his Scottish dad's name.
sotonian Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 It is Fonte as in 'Font'. Apparently his wife gets quite wound up about the mis-pronunciation. To be 'Font-ay' it would need to have an acute 'e' at the end i.e. Fonté. Heard plenty of people call him 'Ho-zay' too. If he was Spanish that would be correct, but he's quite clearly not and it's pronounced 'Jo-zay'. My partner is a very good friend of Cassie (jose's wife) I can confirm this is correct
RedAndWhite91 Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Watching the Oldham v Liverpool game yesterday reminded me of another pronunciation that makes me cringe which is the one of Sebastian Coates. Commentators love saying Ko-art-ez, when it's actually pronounced the way it's spelt because it's his Scottish dad's name. Didn't know this, I always just assumed it was 'Ko-art-ez', based on what the commentators said. Idiots. My Palace mate said today that when Tom Soares started playing for them, he heard a few commentators pronounce his name as 'soar-ez', when clearly it is just 'oars' with an S on the front... What's all that about?!
LVSaint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Not this again. MLG - we did this two years ago. It's pronounced Font.
Wade Garrett Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Liverpool's Suarez song, to the Depeche Mode tune, is different class.
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Liverpool's Suarez song, to the Depeche Mode tune, is different class. Originally a Celtic song (that is Pronounced with an S sound MLG not a C)
Cascadia Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Good luck for anyone coming up with even a quarter decent song where Font rhymes with something... It's now pronounced font, it's now pronounced fo-ont.. It used to be fonte, but now differont. I thank you.
krissyboy31 Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Ok so we sing: Jose Font(e), hey baby! Jose Font(e), weyoooooooooh!
melmacian_saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 A Palace supporter here at work just said that he saw an American matey get out of Fonte's car once, and he said "Catch you later Fonte (FontAY)"... The mystery deepens... I am Portuguese and can confirm that the correct pronunciation is "Font"
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 I am Portuguese and can confirm that the correct pronunciation is "Font" So the website I linked to has just made it up? Must have I guess...
Bearsy Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 To be fair that MLG site is definitely a reliable resource. http://www.forvo.com/word/jose-fonte/
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Everyone should press play on that to accurately hear exactly how it is pronounced.
dronskisaint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 It's now pronounced font, it's now pronounced fo-ont.. It used to be fonte, but now differont. I thank you. You're on fire!
Bearsy Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Everyone should press play on that to accurately hear exactly how it is pronounced. They actually have quite a lot of useful pronunciations on there! http://www.forvo.com/word/tokyo-saint/
bender Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 I never knew until now that was sung to the tune of don't you want me. I just thought it was a stupid song.
Tokyo-Saint Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 They actually have quite a lot of useful pronunciations on there! http://www.forvo.com/word/tokyo-saint/ That's exactly how the Arabs pronounce it! perfect. That website knows its stuff. They'd never make up anything.
Bearsy Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Always refer to the experts tokyos. It's no good people just coming on here trying to guess how to pronounce stuff.
RedAndWhite91 Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 I am Portuguese and can confirm that the correct pronunciation is "Font" Not... All that effort finding a picture of a font for nothing!
The Kraken Posted 28 January, 2013 Posted 28 January, 2013 Poor old MLG has had a dreadful past few days on here.
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