There’s nothing wrong with pronouncing someone’s name incorrectly for comic effect as long as you don’t just pick on foreign sounding names .
Way too many precious people around . As long as it’s not meant in a nasty way obviously. Faulty Towers is hilarious because of the relationship between the owner and the Spanish waiter .
Soon there be nothing to laugh about if someone gets upset about everything you say .
Obviously if someone looks like they are getting upset then stop but most people appreciate humour is meant in a good way . It’s very obvious when it has overstepped the mark .
Exactly.
Surprised how many bed wetting millennials are on here trying to show how woke they are by being offended by a joke.
Intention is everything. If the comment is intended to upset then yes it should be confronted. But these guys want to seek out anything they can to show off how woke they are. Its pathetic.
Been an Albion fan since before you were born. If I was stupid would I be able to spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
But yeah.. always up for a ruck with the 'I'm so offended' crowd.
Exactly.
Surprised how many bed wetting millennials are on here trying to show how woke they are by being offended by a joke.
As for your claim of intelligence, great, you can use Google and have mastered the art of copy and paste!
oh well spotted! You got me there. I take it you actually took that seriously. oh my lord.
This has all the textbook hallmarks of a classic NSC car crash thread. Someone comes on and posts an absolutely infantile thread, gets shot down, resorts to insulting other users and declaring anyone who doesn’t agree as being ‘woke’. It’s as tiresome as it is predictable.
As for your claim of intelligence, great, you can use Google and have mastered the art of copy and paste!
and you're reacting to my reaction eh? keeps coming back I'll take that as a win thanks
Go on give it a shot.
Beyond the puerile - there is actually a quite interesting discussion to be had, on what is the 'correct' pronunciation of a geographically / culturally transposed name.
Take the example of the former Liverpool defender Sebastien Coates - another South American of Scottish descent. He's from a non-English speaking family in Uruguay.
His surname is Coates. It is actually the very same surname as the chap Peter Coates, who owns Stoke City (and Bet365) - pronounced as per the plural of 'Coat'.
Yet for the footballer - to him, to his family, and the South American media, he is Sebastien "Co - ah - tez".
Nobody is pronouncing it 'wrong'.
>>> If I was stupid would I be able to spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcanoconiosis? <<<
If you think someone replying to you on an Internet forum is a ‘win’ then please, please turn off your electronic device, go outside and don’t come back until you’ve spoke to a woman. It’s for your own good.
Ooohh ooooh. I know the answer. Pick me!
>>> If I was stupid would I be able to spell Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico volcanoconiosis? <<<
I think the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer reference on this went over everyone's heads. Next time I'll provide references so you can keep up.