Pronunciation of "Giovanni"

fricatus

A lot of us are going to be saying this name over the next few days it seems, so as an Italian speaker, can I be allowed up onto my linguistic high horse and tell people how to pronounce it, if not correctly, at least acceptably?

It's "Jo-VAN-ny"... OK? Not "Jee-oh-VANny".

If you can hold the double "N", then you're really getting it right, but the main thing is that you don't pronounce the first "I" at all. It's just there to tell you to pronounce the "G" as a "J" and not as a hard "G" (as in "go").

RTE Sports department, please take note...

If you think I'm being OTT, that this all doesn't matter, just ask yourself, how used you feel when Maggie Thatcher would refer to our "Two-shock" as Charles "Hockey"?

pickarooney

Why are lots of people going to be attempting to say Giovanni over the next few days?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

huh... i thought it was jee-oh-VANny

FlutterinBantam

fricatus wrote: »

A lot of us are going to be saying this name over the next few days it seems, so as an Italian speaker, can I be allowed up onto my linguistic high horse and tell people how to pronounce it, if not correctly, at least acceptably?

It's "Jo-VAN-ny"... OK? Not "Jee-oh-VANny".

If you can hold the double "N", then you're really getting it right, but the main thing is that you don't pronounce the first "I" at all. It's just there to tell you to pronounce the "G" as a "J" and not as a hard "G" (as in "go").

RTE Sports department, please take note...

If you think I'm being OTT, that this all doesn't matter, just ask yourself, how used you feel when Maggie Thatcher would refer to our "Two-shock" as Charles "Hockey"?

:D:D:D:D:D

Rollin around the frikken floor pissin mesell.

Surely,,now surely, you don't expect the average irish soccer follower to pronounce that mans name correctly.

Surely you know that that body of people invariably pronounce 'Italian' as'Eyetalian' won't be arsed pronouncing poor auld Giovanni's name correctly.

In fact,you can be guaranteed,no,stonewall guaranteed, that they will use any pronunciation other than the correct one that .

My guess is Giye-o-vanny FTW:D

fricatus

pickarooney wrote: »

Why are lots of people going to be attempting to say Giovanni over the next few days?

Because there's speculation that the next Ireland soccer manager is going to be Giovanni Trappatoni.

MordÜff wrote: »

huh... i thought it was jee-oh-VANny

So did I, until I got giv out to in Italian class!

fricatus

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

My guess is Giye-o-vanny FTW:D

Oh God... I can picture the scene in FAI HQ: "How's ih gaowin Giye-o-vanny... welcome to Uireland!"

Gaaaagggghhhhhhh!!!!

faceman

Gee
o-vanny

Cathmandooo

does it really matter? :rolleyes:

Ken Doherty will always be 'ken dock-er-ty' on uk tv

who else do we have

Endasaurus

Guy oh Vanny FTW


Thats how I always pronounced the Pokemon boss :eek:

Heinrich

Stronzo!

FunkZ

Jee-ohhh-vannie

pd101

Cathooo wrote: »

does it really matter? :rolleyes:

Ken Doherty will always be 'ken dock-er-ty' on uk tv

who else do we have

They don't know how to pronounce surnames half the time.

Cahill = Kay-hill
Keogh = Key-o
Riordan = Roy-r-dan

:rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight

Heinrich wrote: »

Stronzo!

Jove Annie

WindSock

gee-o-fanny

Insect Overlord

Cathooo wrote: »

does it really matter? :rolleyes:

Ken Doherty will always be 'ken dock-er-ty' on uk tv

who else do we have

Dunuk O-Kal-ig-an...

Mr. CooL ICE

Giovanni idea what's going on? I don't...

tolosenc

Cathooo wrote: »

'ken dock-er-ty'

'ken dock-uh-tee'

Axwell

Well it wont really matter cos if he does get the job, which we will know at 6.30 this evening everyone will probably be calling him "Trappa" anyways in the same way we apply nicknames to most people in football, so make way big Stan for Trappa and dont bother with the Gio Van knee

Tha Gopher

I knew an Irish Italian called Giovanna, fairly sure everyone pronounced it the "incorrect" way. Cant recall her saying her own name, hmm....

Maybe its an Italian regional thing. For example, for some bizarre reason alot of people in the Cavan-Monaghan-Fermanagh area (particularly older people) always pronounce the name Hugh as "Q". People known as Hughie are known instead as "Q-ey"!

Dyr

Probably from machugh or just the whole inbred redneck factor up there

Compton

true, so true....

WindSock wrote: »

gee-o-fanny

Jesus Wept

Let's just call him Joe.

Drag00n79

I'm sure George Hamilton will have his own take on it too! (Remember Yop Stumm? )

connundrum

All you'll hear from the stands is GEEEEEEEEE-OOOOOOOOOO!

So it doesn'y really matter.

pickarooney

Will Trappatoni be known as Trappa-Anto around Dubbelin?

Pherekydes

Don't mind the OP, it's

ghee oh van eye

trah PAYT on eye

And as for the other guy, it's not

Fab ee oh Cap ell oh

It's

Fay bye oh Cay peel oh

FlutterinBantam

trah PAYT on eye

No frikken way!!!

fricatus

LordChessington wrote: »

Giovanni idea what's going on? I don't...

Hehe, very good.

Blackpitts

it's Trapattoni (1 P 2 Ts)

FunkZ

Just call him "yer lad with the ball". Or Super Mario.

kevmy

pd101 wrote: »

They don't know how to pronounce surnames half the time.

Cahill = Kay-hill
Keogh = Key-o
Riordan = Roy-r-dan

:rolleyes:

obl wrote: »

'ken dock-uh-tee'

Paul Mac Gra-ITH

Kevin Mo-RAN

Terry

Socker thread.

I always pronounced it like this: You may be a good actor, but you are also a scientologist and your mother is a recruiter for that crazy cult.