Cardiff City Forum



A forum for all things Cardiff City

Pronunciation!! Gaal.

Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:44 pm

Y do the commentators pronounce the G in Gaal, and even the J in Jose!!
Makes us look ignorant!! Mite come across trivial but, surely the easiest thing in the world is to pronounce a word properly!!!

Re: Pronunciation!! Gaal.

Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:57 pm

Couchie81 wrote:Y do the commentators pronounce the G in Gaal, and even the J in Jose!!
Makes us look ignorant!! Mite come across trivial but, surely the easiest thing in the world is to pronounce a word properly!!!


Sorry to make you look a bit silly but in Dutch you do actually pronounce the G, the same goes with the Moët wine, as it is Dutch you should be pronouncing the t, a common misconception is to not pronounce it. The same goes in Portuguese in pronouncing the J, it's Spanish where you dont pronounce the J.

Re: Pronunciation!! Gaal.

Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:05 am

Bluebird_87 wrote:
Couchie81 wrote:Y do the commentators pronounce the G in Gaal, and even the J in Jose!!
Makes us look ignorant!! Mite come across trivial but, surely the easiest thing in the world is to pronounce a word properly!!!


Sorry to make you look a bit silly but in Dutch you do actually pronounce the G, the same goes with the Moët wine, as it is Dutch you should be pronouncing the t, a common misconception is to not pronounce it. The same goes in Portuguese in pronouncing the J, it's Spanish where you dont pronounce the J.


And to spell words correctly ;)