That pronounciation thing is absolutely spot on (as well as funny). I was watching Newsnight tonight, and they had some financial experts as guests, talking about the fucked economy, and one of them was American. He pronounced Antigua 'Anti-gwar'. He seemed like a very intelligent and knowledgeable man, but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying because he kept saying Anti-gwar. Still not as bad as deliberately missing out the second 'i' in aluminium, though.
The soccer platers should wear american football gear when there playing. and when a goal is scored the announcer could then shout Tooooooooooooooouchdownnnnnnn!!!!! Like they do on european football when they shout goooooooooaaaaaoooollllll!!!!!
The word they pronounced so wrong for so long that they actually changed the spelling. Notice that they haven't changed the spelling of the other "...ium" elements; Americium, for example, hasn't become "Americum"
Yeah if they were the first to do it, they deserve some credit, but this sketch seems so weak now. Even the mispronunciation of 'soccer' seems misinformed. If there is any word an American would pronounce correctly it's that.
@johnykoop Most annoying British habit: complaining about Americans. The way you guys speak sounds strange to us, but we don't make a big deal of it. Nobody's forcing you to pronounce anything differently. Live and let live.
No, you just don't notice when you do it to us: th-cam.com/video/PrpUSKE9p_M/w-d-xo.html - And what about Daphne on Fraser? So many silly things she was supposed to do (including changing her accent to a weird fake one for US audiences).
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Comedy classic. To this day I won't pronounce Uruguay properly. The lad Barry Spinnaker has done well for himself eh?
I remember this sketch vividly.It was really funny then..and it still is.
When this show got it right, it was really good.
Oh, classic and timeless!!
"World Cup So-chair" LOL
I'm Puerto Rican and have lived in England and this is hilarious. Yes, Puerto Rico is a US commonwealth and hence we're automatically US citizens.
I miiissss the mary whitehouse experience!
Look above, there's a video of it there
haha, been looking for this clip for ages :)
I remember USA 94, that poor bugger who scored an own goal which knocked Columbia out. He certainly didn't do that again in a hurry did he?
He got killed for it
Are you sure this isnt ITV?
1:31 It's the original Lance Stroll moment!
this was class!!!
I can't find MWE on DVD or owt. Have you got the one that took the piss out of British Horror movies?
1:03 SO true!
Soccer AM pretty much ripped this off for their "Boston Goals skit.
is that music from HTV's Crimestoppers?
Yup miss it lot!
Gary Spinnaker was regular on Mark and Lard.
You got that right!
Sotcher! Brilliant! That and Dwight Spiegelhacker!
@NakedAssassin Yes - unfortunately!!
NBC didn't actually broadcast the World Cup in 1994
cheers for that. found it.
:)
there's one called uruguay
lol proved last week when americans reported; USA wins 1:1
@johnykoop I'm American, and I don't know anyone who says those words like that.
This must've been made 1992. I don't think it was common knowledge then that Gary Poopaker had sh1t himself on the pitch in Italia 90? :)
herb prounounced "erb"
zed (letter z)pronounced "Zee"
Jaguar pronounced "Jag-war"
People here say all of those....so I guess you are half right?
Quality! :)
That pronounciation thing is absolutely spot on (as well as funny). I was watching Newsnight tonight, and they had some financial experts as guests, talking about the fucked economy, and one of them was American. He pronounced Antigua 'Anti-gwar'. He seemed like a very intelligent and knowledgeable man, but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying because he kept saying Anti-gwar. Still not as bad as deliberately missing out the second 'i' in aluminium, though.
Lighten up people, where's your famous American sense of hoooomor?
Erbs
I live in the USA, and THE worse pronunciation by far is Basil... pronounced Bay-zil! :(
The soccer platers should wear american football gear when there playing. and when a goal is scored the announcer could then shout Tooooooooooooooouchdownnnnnnn!!!!! Like they do on european football when they shout goooooooooaaaaaoooollllll!!!!!
Hilarious!
go on raretelevision dot com, they've got it.
old people
The word they pronounced so wrong for so long that they actually changed the spelling. Notice that they haven't changed the spelling of the other "...ium" elements; Americium, for example, hasn't become "Americum"
can i get spongo on the internet.
Shows how long this tired old gag has been going on.
Yeah if they were the first to do it, they deserve some credit, but this sketch seems so weak now. Even the mispronunciation of 'soccer' seems misinformed. If there is any word an American would pronounce correctly it's that.
American football = throwy-catchy
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Alooominum.
FU its pronounced Aluminium
@johnykoop
Most annoying British habit: complaining about Americans. The way you guys speak sounds strange to us, but we don't make a big deal of it. Nobody's forcing you to pronounce anything differently. Live and let live.
No, you just don't notice when you do it to us: th-cam.com/video/PrpUSKE9p_M/w-d-xo.html - And what about Daphne on Fraser? So many silly things she was supposed to do (including changing her accent to a weird fake one for US audiences).
Yup miss it lot!