Gus's name - pronounciation shocker

[Tooting Gull]

Andy Jacobs has just been saying on talkSPORT that he was on holiday in Uruguay last week and mentioned Gus to his hotel receptionists.

Initially no one had a clue who he meant from our usual pronounced efforts of Gus 'Poy-ay' or Gus 'Poy-ette', and in fact the sound should be some combination of 'sh' and 'j', Gus 'Posh-jette'. Or something. Can't see it catching on, to be fair.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

On Radio Sussex on Saturday they confirmed that is is pronounced Poy-ette. But of course that might be the way Gus has chosen for it to be pronounced in an anglicised way.

 

[Easy 10]

People who call him PoYAY are idiots. Up there with the ones who STILL refer to Fran 'Sandanza' or Nicky 'Foster'.

I mean how hard is it to learn a surname ?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Or Chris Woods (as in our striker not the ex England G/K)

 

[Marc]

Liam Birdcott is the current fave of mine

 

[Box of Frogs]

I'm sure there was an interview with Gus on TV recently, or maybe when he was on MOTD2 and this came up. The correct Uruguayan pronounciation is 'Poosh-ette' apparently.

 

[Gordon Bennett]

I'm sure there was an interview with Gus on TV recently, or maybe when he was on MOTD2 and this came up. The correct Uruguayan pronounciation is 'Poosh-ette' apparently.

Yes, I think it was MOTD2 - there was a thread about it I seem to remember

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, I think it was MOTD2 - there was a thread about it I seem to remember

Gus on MOTD2

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Yep - correct pronunciation is to ryhme with COURGETTE.

Although 'Poy-yet' seems to be close enough. Poy-yay is totally wrong.

 

[METALMICKY]

And when we are cracking open the Moet & Chandon at the end of the season, can we please not mispronounce it ' Mo Ay' .

 

[house your seagull]

the vast majority of uruguayans are from european descent, mainly spanish and italian, as such their version of spanish features some italian influence.

syaing that, i have never heard a soft 'j' sound like in the supposed poo-jet pronounciation in any spanish or italina words.

can somebody give me some examples, i'm on a linguistic merry-go-round here.

i quite fancy a big banner actually for falmer "IT'S PRONOUNCED POO-JET, ALRIGHT!"

 

[Storer68]

And when we are cracking open the Moet & Chandon at the end of the season, can we please not mispronounce it ' Mo Ay' .

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[Gully]

the vast majority of uruguayans are from european descent, mainly spanish and italian, as such their version of spanish features some italian influence.

syaing that, i have never heard a soft 'j' sound like in the supposed poo-jet pronounciation in any spanish or italina words.

can somebody give me some examples, i'm on a linguistic merry-go-round here.

i quite fancy a big banner actually for falmer "IT'S PRONOUNCED POO-JET, ALRIGHT!"

I got a fairly similar reaction last year in Uruguay, but the issue is that South American Spanish is a bit different to what is spoken in Spain, where it is Castillian...pronounced Cah-tay-djah-noh...or something like that.

I am trying to think of a good example, but in Argentina (next door to Uruguay) they pronounce a "Y" or "ll" like the sound "shhh"...hence chicken which is Pollo is pronounced "Posho" not "Poyo"...does that help at all?

Hence, Poyet could be pronounced "poh-shay"

 

[Tooting Gull]

Yep - correct pronunciation is to ryhme with COURGETTE.

Yes, that's it. Excellent use of the popular vegetable to provide the right sound. Just don't call him Gus Zucchini. That would be all wrong.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

And when we are cracking open the Moet & Chandon at the end of the season, can we please not mispronounce it ' Mo Ay' .

You're right but I rarely have the balls to pronounce it 'Mo-ette'.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Liam Birdcott is the current fave of mine

I haven't heard that yet, but can anything ever beat 'Michael Kippers'?

 

[Brownstuff]

This won't stop the masses including myself from continuing to sing Gus Poy-YAY my lord

 

[Sausage]

I'm a poyay but I don't know it.

 

[klaaturberada]

It is pronunciation, not pronounciation. HTH

 

[Acker79]

And when we are cracking open the Moet & Chandon at the end of the season, can we please not mispronounce it ' Mo Ay' .

Freddie mercury lied to me!