Paris - Nice 2016 **spoilers**

[Davos87]

What? Thomaaaaaa Vooooclaire is the correct pronunciation?
Rest of the commentating fraternity must all be dead wrong then.
He sounds a right pretentious nob IMHO.

 

[mjr]

What? Thomaaaaaa Vooooclaire is the correct pronunciation?
Rest of the commentating fraternity must all be dead wrong then.

It's closer to correct than P&P, based on how France3 say it. It's rather irritating when commentators persistently mangle names in common languages... but the English speaking ones aren't alone in it. German and French commentary often pronounce names as if they're in their languages which can be mystifying sometimes. I can't remember who it was on Sunday (might have been Richie Porte) but I didn't recognise the name until the summariser said it closer to correct.

 

[mjr]

And then just to baffle me, the Euronews presenter (probably based in Paris) says Arnaud Day-mah-rey, which is a novel pronounciation both more correct (the first e is a é) and more wrong (the second e isn't) than most English commentators!

 

[fimm]

I don't know about French speakers, but Spanish or Italian would certainly want to say "Por-tay" rather than "Port" for Porte.

 

[smutchin]

I got mercilessly ribbed at work recently for pronouncing Tom Boonen's name 'correctly' (Bone-en rather than Boon-en, in case you were wondering). It's just not worth trying.

I don't think P&P have ever knowingly pronounced Voeckler's name the same way twice.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Juan Lobato's name is easy to pronounce, as in, "Juan Lobato has abandoned." Which he has.

Today's stage finish is in a town called Commentry. No doubt there will be tickled ribs aplenty with messrs Hatch and Kelly.

 

[smutchin]

Tsgabu Grmay in the break today. Yay!

 

[Hont]

Rest of the commentating fraternity must all be dead wrong then..

Sounds about right.

 

[Hont]

German and French commentary often pronounce names as if they're in their languages which can be mystifying sometimes.

Particularly enjoying France 3's Yan Stannar for Ian Stannard.

 

[Hont]

I got mercilessly ribbed at work recently for pronouncing Tom Boonen's name 'correctly' (Bone-en rather than Boon-en, in case you were wondering). It's just not worth trying.

Indeed. I've given up pronouncing names with ova at then end (as in Navratilova) 'correctly' for that reason. Although some commentators get Boonen right so your colleagues sound like they're watching P+P. In which case they have my sympathy. ;-)

 

[mjr]

Not a great stage so far and now a spectator and a rider have collided and neither look in good shape

Edit: rider was Pierre-Luc Perichon of Fortuneo-Vital Concept

 

[mjr]

Well I'll be amazed if that result stands! Blatant lean by Bouhanni onto Matthews there.

 

[Hont]

Another very dodgy sprint. Can't for the life of me see what Bouhanni was waving his arms for. He's lucky he's not lying in the road. That's a DQ for me.

 

[Scoosh]

Bouhani pushing Matthews into the barrier ...

 

[fimm]

.. names with ova at then end (as in Navratilova) ...

What is the correct pronunciation?

(I think it was @The Couch who was amused by someone pronouncing Lars Boom "as if he was an explosion"...)