Steve Foster
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Tip for Man Utd fans: when you're next cooking dinner, remember, some extra thyme's nice but you can't beat Basel.
It works if you do not pronounce it properly, i.e. Barl or Bar-Zul.
I remember a great big debate on this by the BBC once on a live game. Cleared up by John Motson! It is pronounced both ways.
One by the French speakers and the other by the German speakers.
I do forget which way is which tho.
Having lived there it is most definitely "bar-zul". It is a German speaking city and the S is hard.
No softy French "s" pronunciation please.
I know it's everywhere else, but this will always be the funniest thing connected to last night:-