Daft questions (football edition)

[Greg]

No. You've lost the plot.

[ponsaelius]

It's nothing to do with pronunciation I'm pretty sure. Seville is the English name of the city, but the football club is called Sevilla, using the Spanish name. So you don't change it.

 

Same goes for Torino, Roma, Napoli etc.

[madras]

It's nothing to do with pronunciation I'm pretty sure. Seville is the English name of the city, but the football club is called Sevilla, using the Spanish name. So you don't change it.

 

Same goes for Torino, Roma, Napoli etc.

But the football club is named after the city, no ?

[Deuce]

Who the f*** says Paree?

Do you say Paris Saint Germain ? No. you say Paree Sanjerman.

 

With an undoubtedly atrocious accent that makes it worse than if you had simply pronounced "Paris Saint Germain" like a proper Englishman.

[madras]

Who the f*** says Paree?

Do you say Paris Saint Germain ? No. you say Paree Sanjerman.

 

With an undoubtedly atrocious accent that makes it worse than if you had simply pronounced "Paris Saint Germain" like a proper Englishman.

exackerly.

[ponsaelius]

It's nothing to do with pronunciation I'm pretty sure. Seville is the English name of the city, but the football club is called Sevilla, using the Spanish name. So you don't change it.

 

Same goes for Torino, Roma, Napoli etc.

But the football club is named after the city, no ?

 

It is, but it's a separate entity. Genova is the Italian name for the city, but the club uses the English name Genoa, so you don't change it.

 

[madras]

It's nothing to do with pronunciation I'm pretty sure. Seville is the English name of the city, but the football club is called Sevilla, using the Spanish name. So you don't change it.

 

Same goes for Torino, Roma, Napoli etc.

But the football club is named after the city, no ?

 

It is, but it's a separate entity. Genova is the Italian name for the city, but the club uses the English name Genoa, so you don't change it back.

In that one case yes but the others aren't are they ?

[thomas]

People do it with words outside the names of football clubs too. There's a technical term for the brief attempt at an accent for a foreign word in the middle of your sentences but the name escapes me.

[Greg]

People do it with words outside the names of football clubs too. There's a technical term for the brief attempt at an accent for a foreign word in the middle of your sentences but the name escapes me.

 

SteveMcClarenitis?

[Dave]

Who the f*** says Paree?

Do you say Paris Saint Germain ? No. you say Paree Sanjerman.

 

No I don't.

[Greg]

Any excuse to post this.

 

[ponsaelius]

It's nothing to do with pronunciation I'm pretty sure. Seville is the English name of the city, but the football club is called Sevilla, using the Spanish name. So you don't change it.

 

Same goes for Torino, Roma, Napoli etc.

But the football club is named after the city, no ?

 

It is, but it's a separate entity. Genova is the Italian name for the city, but the club uses the English name Genoa, so you don't change it back.

In that one case yes but the others aren't are they ?

 

I'm lost with what you're talking about here. Cities have different names, depending on language, because they are centuries old and fluid. Football club's are limited companies, who have an official name that is fixed.

[madras]

Who the f*** says Paree?

Do you say Paris Saint Germain ? No. you say Paree Sanjerman.

 

No I don't.

So what do you say.....and don't use "PSG".

[Dave]

Using your spellings, Paris Sanjerman.

[ponsaelius]

Internazionale Milano

AC Milan

 

One uses the English name, the other the Italian. You don't ever call AC Milan: 'Milano', because while its an alternative name for the city, it is not an alternative name for the football club.

[thomas]

Any excuse to post this.

 

How was he deemed employable after that

[madras]

Using your spellings, Paris Sanjerman.

Well you're the first if true.

[Foluwashola]

Internazionale Milano

AC Milan

 

One uses the English name, the other the Italian. You don't ever call AC Milan: 'Milano', because while its an alternative name for the city, it is not an alternative name for the football club.

 

Nobody ever says Inter Milano.

 

Have heard plenty Paree San Germain tbf to Madras. Might have even used myself in the past.

[Dave]

Using your spellings, Paris Sanjerman.

Well you're the first if true.

 

Show your working.

[madras]

Any excuse to post this.

 

How was he deemed employable after that

Haven't checked when that was or if they'd done it before but I'm guessing at " because he won them their first ever title"

[Disco]

Yet more evidence to my position that all town and city names should be called what they are in their native language. 

[ponsaelius]

Internazionale Milano

AC Milan

 

One uses the English name, the other the Italian. You don't ever call AC Milan: 'Milano', because while its an alternative name for the city, it is not an alternative name for the football club.

 

Nobody ever says Inter Milano.

 

Have heard plenty Paree San Germain tbf to Madras. Might have even used myself in the past.

 

'Inter' and 'Milan' is the correct way.

[madras]

Using your spellings, Paris Sanjerman.

Well you're the first if true.

 

Show your working.

Just when yo hear people talking, it stands out a bit. Roma, Torino etc were good examples aswell that I just couldn't think of aswell at the time. Seville last night set me off.

[ponsaelius]

All of this said I've seen Bayern called Bayern Munich in the UK, Bayern Muenchen in Germany, and Bayern Monaco in Italy - so maybe it's all just made up as we go along.

[loki679]

Using your spellings, Paris Sanjerman.

 

Why do you say the first bit in an English way and the second bit in the French way?  Should say Paris saynt jorman if you really want to be consistent.

 

I'm with madras here, like, everybody says Paree, not Paris don't they?  Everybody I know does anyway.