View From Bristol City

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

That's the rumour, well done for picking up the hint.

What I will say is that I'm nobodies patsy.

I need some clarity on the action I'm expected to take.

www.sr51su.com

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Thanks for the season's hard work, always a must-read. Good to see other fans go into melt-down because we pipped them for 10th place...

 

[tomtheblade]

Thanks Roygbiv for your digital foraging this season.
After so much serious endeavour, you've truly earned the right to indulge in a bit of high-quality shitposting ('Wilder Walks')

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Cheers Roy

I, as all the s24su members (unless you’re a miserable twat) appreciate your efforts. Thanks

 

[Esablade]

Cheers Roy..

Have a good summer and UTB,as ever!

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Cheers Weirdo. Nice to hear of someone else having a “lap of disgrace”....

 

[Liverpool blade]

Cheers Roy. I've loved reading all of your efforts throughout the season.
It certainly helped whilst I was recovering from brain surgery and looked forward to reading them as I couldn't get to the games.
Have a great summer mate. You've definitely earned it. UTB

 

[Roygbiv]

Cheers Roy. I've loved reading all of your efforts throughout the season.
It certainly helped whilst I was recovering from brain surgery and looked forward to reading them as I couldn't get to the games.
Have a great summer mate. You've definitely earned it. UTB

Sounds like you've earmt it too! Hope all is well now

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Bayern Munchen? Either write the whole thing in German or not at all. Really annoys me

It's Munich not Munchen. Ich bin einer pedant

What do you mean it's Munich not Munchen?
It's Bayern München, or Bayern Muenchen if you don't have a ü.
I find it a bit embarrassing that English speakers say Bayern Munich.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

I need some clarity on the action I'm expected to take.

Pay attention at the back !

 

[Carlton Blade]

What do you mean it's Munich not Munchen?
It's Bayern München, or Bayern Muenchen if you don't have a ü.
I find it a bit embarrassing that English speakers say Bayern Munich.

Embarrassing that English speakers refer to a German football team by a name they are universally known by? You must be fun at parties

 

[Rob86]

Very good work this season sir, thank you !

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Embarrassing that English speakers refer to a German football team by a name they are universally known by? You must be fun at parties

You're the one who is really annoyed by someone calling them by their proper name - so what does that make you at parties, the one who tells everyone to go home at 8pm?

 

[Chief_Froley]

Cheers Roy

 

[Carlton Blade]

You're the one who is really annoyed by someone calling them by their proper name - so what does that make you at parties, the one who tells everyone to go home at 8pm?

Sorry dad. I put up an opinion. You said it was embarrassing.

 

[Blade-on-Tyne]

you missed an umlaut. ich bin ein grosserer Pedant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich

yeah it annoys the crap out of me as well. my favourite is Basle Switzerland.. the Beeb monkeys always pronounce it Baal to make it sound posh. i have a mate from there and they say Basil as in Brush

Baal is the French pronunciation of the name of the place even though hardly an French speakers live there. It's the same with Bruges in Belgium. Totally Flemish(Brugge) with no French speakers at all but we still insist on using its French name. Odd!

 

[snootyfenooty]

This is my forum but I need to know what direction Foxy and Linz are taking it

Don't interrupt. Foxy 's busy writing a letter.

 

[Carlton Blade]

You're the one who is really annoyed by someone calling them by their proper name - so what does that make you at parties, the one who tells everyone to go home at 8pm?

You obviously know the German language 1000 times better than I do. But to my monolingual brain, and most people in the UK it's Munich not Munchen

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Sorry dad. I put up an opinion. You said it was embarrassing.

You said it annoys you. I said I find it embarrassing. Both are feelings, not opinions. If I was your dad I'd be embarrassed that I'd not given you a decent education.
Do you want to stop deflecting and go back to your original point - you said write the whole thing in German, even though he did, then said it's Munich not Munchen (sic), even though it isn't - so what annoys you about it?

EDIT: you slid one in there whilst I wasn't looking - ooh mrs

I get what you mean, then, you're saying it sounds odd. OK. My problem is that Bayern is German and Munich is English - most people don't know what the "Bayern" bit is - hence I find it a bit embarrassing. In English it should be Bavaria Munich.

 

[Carlton Blade]

You said it annoys you. I said I find it embarrassing. Both are feelings, not opinions. If I was your dad I'd be embarrassed that I'd not given you a decent education.
Do you want to stop deflecting and go back to your original point - you said write the whole thing in German, even though he did, then said it's Munich not Munchen (sic), even though it isn't - so what annoys you about it?

To Me, saying Munchen is pretentious. The fact that it may be linguistically correct doesn't change that. To 99.9% of the UK it's Bayern Munich

 

[SB_90]

What do you mean it's Munich not Munchen?
It's Bayern München, or Bayern Muenchen if you don't have a ü.
I find it a bit embarrassing that English speakers say Bayern Munich.

But the english name that city is munich. We dont to be those people. Who say pari instead Paris or barthalona instead of barcelona

 

[Pierre's PC]

Don't interrupt. Foxy 's busy writing a letter.

I hope it's under direction from our Whitby Warrior

 

[Houston_Blade]

Thanks for these each week Roy, enjoyed reading them.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

To Me, saying Munchen is pretentious. The fact that it may be linguistically correct doesn't change that. To 99.9% of the UK it's Bayern Munich

But the english name that city is munich. We dont to be those people. Who say pari instead Paris or barthalona instead of barcelona

Yeah Carlton Blade , I edited my post above when I saw your answer. I understand how it can sound pretentious. I just think when it comes to football club names there's no reason we can't start to call them by their proper name and not their anglicised name, that's not to say you have to put on a dodgy accent or cough up some phlegm, sheff_blade90 , and the point is you are already using the German name for the state (Bayern) and not the English name (Bavaria), which is not considered pretentious.
We make every effort these days to get foreign player's names right and we are slowly changing how we say the names of certain countries and cities across the world (Burma, Peking), even Porsche is often pronounced with the final e, so why not club names?
I know it's not likely to happen, but actually that wasn't my original point anyway, I was picking up on Carlton Blade saying something was wrong when it was actually right. I also point it out to Germans when they say Arsenal London and Chelsea London (they think that's the names of the clubs) but don't with any other London club.
Yes, I am that kind of pedant.
(I am also very, very clear with Germans when they make the mistake of thinking that Sheffield has a 2nd football club).

 

[super_pig]

Baal is the French pronunciation of the name of the place even though hardly an French speakers live there. It's the same with Bruges in Belgium. Totally Flemish(Brugge) with no French speakers at all but we still insist on using its French name. Odd!

you in Bruges? i lived in Ghent up the road.. total dump .. potentially amazing

 

[super_pig]

Yeah Carlton Blade , I edited my post above when I saw your answer. I understand how it can sound pretentious. I just think when it comes to football club names there's no reason we can't start to call them by their proper name and not their anglicised name, that's not to say you have to put on a dodgy accent or cough up some phlegm, sheff_blade90 , and the point is you are already using the German name for the state (Bayern) and not the English name (Bavaria), which is not considered pretentious.
We make every effort these days to get foreign player's names right and we are slowly changing how we say the names of certain countries and cities across the world (Burma, Peking), even Porsche is often pronounced with the final e, so why not club names?
I know it's not likely to happen, but actually that wasn't my original point anyway, I was picking up on Carlton Blade saying something was wrong when it was actually right. I also point it out to Germans when they say Arsenal London and Chelsea London (they think that's the names of the clubs) but don't with any other London club.
Yes, I am that kind of pedant.
(I am also very, very clear with Germans when they make the mistake of thinking that Sheffield has a 2nd football club).

why not?? sounds utterly pretentious
Porsch-e .. ughhh (yeah i know it’s grammatically correct)

 

[Paisley Blade]

But the english name that city is munich. We dont to be those people. Who say pari instead Paris or barthalona instead of barcelona

Or even Barselona , as a Catalan would pronounce it . This is great fun isn't it ?!

 

[Hamburg Blade]

why not?? sounds utterly pretentious
Porsch-e .. ughhh (yeah i know it’s grammatically correct)

Pretentious, moi?
What's odd is the German companies that pronounce their own names wrong on UK TV adverts. Audi corrected wrong pronunciation ages ago, now no one (noone to you) has a problem with it. Braun haven't (pronounced Brown in German) and I see Kärcher use a very English pronunciation (Kair-ker in German). If Audi can do it, so can they.
Although BMW will never manage it - Bay Em Vay - although Germans say MG properly.

 

[super_pig]

Pretentious, moi?
What's odd is the German companies that pronounce their own names wrong on UK TV adverts. Audi corrected wrong pronunciation ages ago, now no one (noone to you) has a problem with it. Braun haven't (pronounced Brown in German) and I see Kärcher use a very English pronunciation (Kair-ker in German). If Audi can do it, so can they.
Although BMW will never manage it - Bay Em Vay - although Germans say MG properly.

try EMG
Mercedes EMG (pronounced i am gay in German)

 

[snootyfenooty]

But the english name that city is munich. We dont to be those people. Who say pari instead Paris or barthalona instead of barcelona

We all say Meeelan when it should be fucking Milan.