L&S vs Eurosport Rider Pronunciations

turkeytickler
turkeytickler Posts: 640
edited July 2009 in Pro race
Used L&S rather than ITV4 in case people can go back further in time.....

Noticed the different pronunciations between channels... i wonder which are right (if either!)

Jens Voigt
- L&S "Voyt"
- Eurosport "Vohkt" (with a bit of a rasp to it)

Thor Hushovd
- L&S "Hooshoft"
- Eurosport "Oozoff"

Any others?

Comments

  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    I heard Gary Imlach pronounce Yauheni (as in Hutarovich) as "Evgeni" on tonight's ITV highlight show. At first, I was like "wtf?", but thinking about it, he's probably right. After all, Serhiy Honchar was pronounced "Serguei Gontchar".

    So good on Imlach for getting that right. It would never even have occurred to me otherwise.
  • andrew_s
    andrew_s Posts: 2,511
    Serhiy Honchar was pronounced "Serguei Gontchar".
    Apparently the Serhiy Honchar spelling came about because the Ukrainian govt changed the translation of the cyrillic letters away from the Russian translation, and once it was on his passport that was it. The man himself says it should be spelled with a G.

    Translation of spelling between cyrillic and roman letters depends on both the original and target language.
  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Harmon is right about Jens.
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    <h6>What\'s the point of going out? We\'re just going to end up back here anyway</h6>
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    Voigt should be pronounced as "fought".
  • turkeytickler
    turkeytickler Posts: 640
    How about Moncoutie - or the L&S version Moncouteeyay?

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