George Hamilton's pronunciations

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Was watching the Liverpool game earlier on and it appears to me that George is switched his allegiance regarding Momo Sissoko.

Last year, it was SEA-so-ko
This evening, it was Sis-o-KU

Am I right or am I going mad...?

el rabitos

dont forget giles who calls Agger - "Egger"

or

brady who calls Agger - "Egor"

Andrew 83

Back when I was in transition year George Hamilton came to speak to our year and he said that he checks pronounciations with locals before games to make sure he gets them right so maybe someone said he'd been pronouncing it wrong? He also said at the time that he didn't think Ireland would qualify for Euro 2000 which while I was annoyed at the time I guess he was right about (damn 5 minutes of injury time).

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Andrew 83 wrote:

he said that he checks pronounciations with locals be

He checks pronounciations with Scousers?
:eek:

Andrew 83

seansouth wrote:

He checks pronounciations with Scousers?
:eek:

Might explain the mistakes

bucks73

I heard him saying before that he checks with locals before games too. He made a big deal a few years ago about checking Oliver Neuvilles name and how it was pronounced. He still pronounces it the French way (Nu-veel) even though he is German and it should be pronounced "Noy-vill"

Nalz

ah he annoys me tbh, rubbish commentator...he was himself again last night

"Crouch's on target shot.....was off target"

how often did he let us know about the keeper playin in the 98 WC?

boy_wonder

He anooys the hell ou of me too but over the years we've had a laugh over him and he's achieved legend status for all his cock ups.

My favourite was Lansdowne Rd years ago for an Irish friendly (i think). Oppostion running down the wing, crosses the ball but it goes out of play and referee rightly points for a goalkick. In comes Hamilton and screams " I don't believe it, he's given a penalty..the referee has given a penalty". We were falling around the place laughing and this story still crops every once in a while to cheer us up at a damp/wet Lansdowne Rd.

And what was going on with his goatie???

The Rooster

another one from last night

"nicely flighted into Crouch..."

(ball sails miles over Crouch's head)

"...oohh....too nicely flighted"

Nalz

boy_wonder wrote:

" I don't believe it, he's given a penalty..the referee has given a penalty"

yeah I remember that...funny stuff alright. There is such a difference in quality between the panel in the studio and the match comentators on rte.

Ray Houghton, George Hamilton and Jim Beglin are all useless as match commentators...even Johnny Giles is alot poorer at a game then in the studio.

Would be interesting to hear Dunphy doing a live match commentry. "no,no,no this is bullshiit george, absolute bullshiit"!

boy_wonder

Trilla wrote:

Would be interesting to hear Dunphy doing a live match commentry. "no,no,no this is bullshiit george, absolute bullshiit"!

Very interesting alright.
Think i'll call Jim will fix it or Make a wish foundation.

Would love to see him do it for charity.

gustavo

I think George is a great commentator

Nalz

gustavo wrote:

I think George is a great commentator

yes you do

redspider

Andrew 83 wrote:

George Hamilton came to speak to our year and he said that he checks pronounciations with locals before games

I pity you for having to listen to Hamilton. I met him in a one-to-one situation once and he was a pratt and he still is.

Its probably true that he asks people for pronounciations, but he is a fool for doing so. He got caught out nicely, I think it was WC 2002 or Euro 2004 or maybe the one before that. The incident was with Jaap Stam. Up to that point, the world was pronouncing it correctly as Yap Stam (as in stammer). However, genius George, danger here -man, came up with Shtum. And he ranted and raved about how in Holland its pronounced Shtum. Of course the idiot was taken, as the word stum, pronounced either stum or shtum means stupid. So there he was, called Jap Stam stupid for the whole game.

The next game, it was back to Stam, and of couse not a mention from George. Typical. He is so shtum, I cant stand listening to him and for many matches I have turned over to avoid his 'commentary' or even watched the matches on mute.

Redspider

gustavo

He is still the best we have by a mile

boy_wonder

redspider wrote:

or even watched the matches on mute.

Redspider

Haha..i can only imagine the eerie silence!! But agreed - his commentary is brutal and he's an idiot.

Remember this one? "The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related"

or this? ”Kevin Moran.....oldest man on the pitch today...35 years of age.....of course the referee could possibly be older than that ......and technically he's on the pitch too.....then again his linesmen could be even older than him... but are they technically 'on' the pitch.”

or this even?

George: "Roy Carsley has it"
Jim: "Lee Carsley, George"
George: "Ah yes, perhaps it's because his head reminds me of Ray Wilkins"

MUPPET

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

gustavo wrote:

He is still the best we have by a mile

Afternoon, Mrs. H.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

boy_wonder wrote:

Haha..i can only imagine the eerie silence!! But agreed - his commentary is brutal and he's an idiot.

Remember this one? "The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related"

or this? ”Kevin Moran.....oldest man on the pitch today...35 years of age.....of course the referee could possibly be older than that ......and technically he's on the pitch too.....then again his linesmen could be even older than him... but are they technically 'on' the pitch.”

or this even?

George: "Roy Carsley has it"
Jim: "Lee Carsley, George"
George: "Ah yes, perhaps it's because his head reminds me of Ray Wilkins"

MUPPET

Ahhh, classics, both of them. We shoudl really start a book.

I always thought he just put a foreign pronunciation on a random syllable to sound like he knew something the rest fo us don't...

eirebhoy

Far from a classic quote but this sums up how much he knows about football. Ireland were playing Georgia and Hamilton was reading the teamsheets. He comes to Kaladze:
"He plays for AC Milan so he must be good"

He actually hadn't a clue who Kaladze was.

LostinBlanch

Here's some more of Hamilton.

http://www.dangerhere.com/hallofguff/george_hamilton.php

Am I the only one that wants to have him hooked up to an electric chair and give him a jolt when he says that Ireland are going to win?

RE*AC*TOR

I like Hamilton, sure he makes mistakes, but he comes out with eccentric turns of phrase - which I like.

He's certainly better to listen to than anyone on british tv. Would take him over Motson/Gray/Brooking/Tyler etc etc. I find them all boring and cliched.

HashSlinging

At the champions league game the other night...Arsenal 1 up at highbury...

Andrew 83

HashSlinging wrote:

At the champions league game the other night...Arsenal 1 up at highbury...

And he's an Arsenal fan too

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Andrew 83 wrote:

And he's an Arsenal fan too

Wrong company then. RTE never show Arsenal in the Champs league if they can avoid it (ie - last years final)

gustavo

Its even worse if you arent an English club you have feck all chance of getting shown by them then

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

gustavo wrote:

Its even worse if you arent an English club you have feck all chance of getting shown by them then

Man U until they get knocked out. RTE have a kiss-of-death tendency when it comes to following clubs, which is why United never get past the last 16 these days. They're showing a lot of Liverpool these days, which frankly firghtens me.