*pedant alert*
It's KNEE - bah - lee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3dzNQsVRro&nofeather=True
While we're at it, Phil & Paul sometimes still say lee - key - gas,
but it's lee - kwee - gas (around 0:48):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoIjVzLZD0A
Bonus pronunciation of pel - litz - oh - tee there as well.
Well, now we're getting into a case of English not having a sound that the other language, in this case Dutch (or Flemish?), has.
I guess it'd actually be said more like "KHE-sink".
Have you kept track of all the ways Phil Liggett is saying "Tjallingii?"
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Pronunciation of Farrar, Nibali
what about Robert Gesink's name? Gogulsky on USN pronounces it "hay-SINK" but Phil and Paul say Gesink with a hard g and emphasis on 1st syllable.
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From: "T. Kenji Sugahara"
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:47:58 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Pronunciation of Farrar, Nibali
"Farrah" is the correct pronunciation.
(all the folks who were lucky enough to make it to the RCB event know.) ;)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Jack Bennett > wrote:
I've discovered one thing the web isn't good for: pronunciation of names. I'm unable to find out how to pronounce Nibali (as in Vincenzo) or Farrar (as in Tyler), so I'm asking OBRA-land.
Phil and Paul say Ni-BAL-i, but the main announcer on USN says -NI-bali. The guys on USN also say Tyler Farrah, as in Farrah Fawcett. I tend to trust Phil and Paul on Nibali (as I trust them on basically everything), and "Farrah" just seems wrong.
Does anyone know for certain how to pronounce Nibali and Farrar?
Thanks.
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Jack Bennett
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what about Robert Gesink's name? Gogulsky on USN pronounces it "hay-SINK" but Phil and Paul say Gesink with a hard g and emphasis on 1st syllable.
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From: "T. Kenji Sugahara"
To: "Jack Bennett"
Cc: "OBRA OBRA"
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:47:58 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Pronunciation of Farrar, Nibali
"Farrah" is the correct pronunciation.
(all the folks who were lucky enough to make it to the RCB event know.) ;)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Jack Bennett < bennett.jack@yahoo.com > wrote:
I've discovered one thing the web isn't good for: pronunciation of names. I'm unable to find out how to pronounce Nibali (as in Vincenzo) or Farrar (as in Tyler), so I'm asking OBRA-land.
Phil and Paul say Ni-BAL-i, but the main announcer on USN says -NI-bali. The guys on USN also say Tyler Farrah, as in Farrah Fawcett. I tend to trust Phil and Paul on Nibali (as I trust them on basically everything), and "Farrah" just seems wrong.
Does anyone know for certain how to pronounce Nibali and Farrar?
Thanks.
.................................
Jack Bennett
bennett.jack@yahoo.com
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"Farrah" is the correct pronunciation.
(all the folks who were lucky enough to make it to the RCB event know.) ;)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Jack Bennett wrote:
> I've discovered one thing the web isn't good for: pronunciation of names.
> I'm unable to find out how to pronounce Nibali (as in Vincenzo) or Farrar
> (as in Tyler), so I'm asking OBRA-land.
>
> Phil and Paul say Ni-BAL-i, but the main announcer on USN says -NI-bali.
> The guys on USN also say Tyler Farrah, as in Farrah Fawcett. I tend to trust
> Phil and Paul on Nibali (as I trust them on basically everything), and
> "Farrah" just seems wrong.
>
> Does anyone know for certain how to pronounce Nibali and Farrar?
>
> Thanks.
>
> .................................
> Jack Bennett
> bennett.jack@yahoo.com
> .................................
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Just pronounce it like the Belgian commentators do on Sporza.
Farrar = fast
Nibali = fin-ished
:)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Jack Bennett wrote:
> I've discovered one thing the web isn't good for: pronunciation of names.
> I'm unable to find out how to pronounce Nibali (as in Vincenzo) or Farrar
> (as in Tyler), so I'm asking OBRA-land.
>
> Phil and Paul say Ni-BAL-i, but the main announcer on USN says -NI-bali.
> The guys on USN also say Tyler Farrah, as in Farrah Fawcett. I tend to trust
> Phil and Paul on Nibali (as I trust them on basically everything), and
> "Farrah" just seems wrong.
>
> Does anyone know for certain how to pronounce Nibali and Farrar?
>
> Thanks.
>
> .................................
> Jack Bennett
> bennett.jack@yahoo.com
> .................................
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I've discovered one thing the web isn't good for: pronunciation of names. I'm unable to find out how to pronounce Nibali (as in Vincenzo) or Farrar (as in Tyler), so I'm asking OBRA-land.
Phil and Paul say Ni-BAL-i, but the main announcer on USN says -NI-bali. The guys on USN also say Tyler Farrah, as in Farrah Fawcett. I tend to trust Phil and Paul on Nibali (as I trust them on basically everything), and "Farrah" just seems wrong.
Does anyone know for certain how to pronounce Nibali and Farrar?
Thanks.
.................................
Jack Bennett
bennett.jack@yahoo.com
.................................
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