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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2021-11-17 12:00 pm

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Re: Cricket

[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2021-11-17 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That name is a special case for me, along Abu Hamza, Cheryl Baker, Sue Lawley as all of those names have been the basis of a pun in a stand up routine about mis-hearing names and song lyrics that has got stuck in my head, a bit like an earworm. I used to be able to pronounce "Ahmadinejad" but all I can manage now is "My New Dinner Jacket"
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Re: Cricket

[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2021-11-17 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And I think many cricket commentators do. I heard a conversation between a couple of them about practicing during the recently concluded Twenty20 World Cup.

(Also the very excellent Indy Nydall from the Great War YouTube series keeps apologising for the damange he's doing to Eastern European place names.)

I expect Scotland's newly won status as a world cricketing power after that tournament is going to cause some East Asian commentators all kinds of problems as they are forced to wrestle with our ludicrous names. "What do you mean it's pronounced "Milgavie, " are you mad?"