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Basel or Basel? What is it??

  • 28-10-2004 11:55am
    #1
    sprinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭


    Quick question, been bugging me and no dount countless others (hopefully anyway, otherwise I'm just sad!)

    Do you pronounce it as:

    "Baal" or....... wait for it : " Basil" ?


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  • #2
    Spalk0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭Spalk0


    Baal!

    But to annoy the swiss we call it Basil! :D hehe


  • #3
    Drag00n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    In French its Baal. In German its Basil.


  • #4
    sharkman
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,527 Mod ✭✭✭✭sharkman


    Depends on which side of the border you are from !


  • #5
    sprinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,510 ✭✭✭sprinkles


    Usually George Ham is good at getting the names right, so I go by his pronunciation, althought the english are convinced its Basil. :confused:


  • #6
    Draupnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Draupnir


    Its both as said above, Switzerland has both a French and a German speaking population, to the French is Baal, to the Germans its Basil, the country itself has different names and pronunciations depending on the person you talk to. Schweiz, Swisse are two I can think of off hand


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  • #7
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I have friends living there and they call it BASIL

    I will b over there in a few weeks so I will listen out for you ;)


  • #8
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I was brought up to say Baal, but I guess the team can be called Basel and not Baal regardless of culture/language.

    Mike.


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