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brownsugar 20 Apr 14 12.40pm
Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?
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brownsugar

20 Apr 14 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

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EagleLegend97 London 20 Apr 14 12.42pm
Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right? I think the correct pronunciation is actually Dik-ash-wee
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EagleLegend97

London 20 Apr 14 12.42pm

Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

I think the correct pronunciation is actually Dik-ash-wee

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sydtheeagle England 20 Apr 14 12.47pm
We've had this before. There's a video -- maybe on You Tube -- where he pronounces his own name but I can't remember where it is. In South Africa, it's pronounced Dig-A-Choo (at least by the TV commentators when I was watching a game down there.) Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.
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sydtheeagle

England 20 Apr 14 12.47pm

We've had this before. There's a video -- maybe on You Tube -- where he pronounces his own name but I can't remember where it is. In South Africa, it's pronounced Dig-A-Choo (at least by the TV commentators when I was watching a game down there.)

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

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Harpo Oxfordshire 20 Apr 14 12.50pm
Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right? I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll.
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Harpo

Oxfordshire 20 Apr 14 12.50pm

Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll.

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passifid Brighton 20 Apr 14 12.51pm
if they typed his name into youtube they'd firnd this [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5iAz6AQdU[/url]
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passifid

Brighton 20 Apr 14 12.51pm

if they typed his name into youtube they'd firnd this

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5iAz6AQdU[/url]

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sydtheeagle England 20 Apr 14 12.51pm
I'm pretty sure he's Sotho which means working out how to pronounce his name is going to be beyond most of us. As Wikipedia puts it...The sound system of Sotho is unusual in many respects. It has ejective consonants, click consonants, a uvular trill, a relatively large number of affricate consonants, no prenasalised consonants, and a rare form of vowel-height (alternatively, advanced tongue root) harmony. In total, the language contains some 39 consonantal[6] and 9 vowel phonemes. It also has a large number of complex sound transformations which often change the phones of words due to the influence of other (sometimes invisible) sounds. Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.
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sydtheeagle

England 20 Apr 14 12.51pm

I'm pretty sure he's Sotho which means working out how to pronounce his name is going to be beyond most of us. As Wikipedia puts it...The sound system of Sotho is unusual in many respects. It has ejective consonants, click consonants, a uvular trill, a relatively large number of affricate consonants, no prenasalised consonants, and a rare form of vowel-height (alternatively, advanced tongue root) harmony. In total, the language contains some 39 consonantal[6] and 9 vowel phonemes.

It also has a large number of complex sound transformations which often change the phones of words due to the influence of other (sometimes invisible) sounds.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

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Proper_Gander Anerley 20 Apr 14 12.52pm
Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right? I distinctly remember a commentator during a Palace game talk about asking him how he should pronounce his name before kick off, and being told, by the man himself, that it's Dikashwee.
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Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought it said Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

I distinctly remember a commentator during a Palace game talk about asking him how he should pronounce his name before kick off, and being told, by the man himself, that it's Dikashwee.

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Pete53 Hassocks 20 Apr 14 10.51pm
Kagisho Dikgacoi is pronounced kaygee
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Kagisho Dikgacoi is pronounced kaygee

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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 21 Apr 14 12.23am
Quote Pete53 at 20 Apr 2014 10.51pm Kagisho Dikgacoi is pronounced kaygee Funny that. One of the most difficult pronunciations for non Africans is the KG combination. Next difficult is the MB one at the beginning of a name/word. Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers
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Quote Pete53 at 20 Apr 2014 10.51pm

Kagisho Dikgacoi is pronounced kaygee

Funny that. One of the most difficult pronunciations for non Africans is the KG combination. Next difficult is the MB one at the beginning of a name/word.

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

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Only 1 Ian Wright hertfordshire 21 Apr 14 8.36am
Quote Harpo at 20 Apr 2014 12.50pm Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought its Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right? I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll. Why should he change his name to make it easier to pronounce. He is NOT English so he shouldnt anglicise it to make commentators lives easier. Everyone doesnt have to have an English name Saturday 12th May 1990: On a sunny day in North West London, the scene is set for the FA Cup Final Between Crystal Palace and Scumchester Utd at Wembley Stadium. Coppell brings on Ian Wright, he scores two goals, and the game changes..."
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Quote Harpo at 20 Apr 2014 12.50pm

Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought its Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll.

Why should he change his name to make it easier to pronounce. He is NOT English so he shouldnt anglicise it to make commentators lives easier. Everyone doesnt have to have an English name

Saturday 12th May 1990: On a sunny day in North West London, the scene is set for the FA Cup Final Between Crystal Palace and Scumchester Utd at Wembley Stadium. Coppell brings on Ian Wright, he scores two goals, and the game changes..."

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skatman 21 Apr 14 8.43am
Quote Only 1 Ian Wright at 21 Apr 2014 8.36am Quote Harpo at 20 Apr 2014 12.50pm Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought its Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right? I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll. Why should he change his name to make it easier to pronounce. He is NOT English so he shouldnt anglicise it to make commentators lives easier. Everyone doesnt have to have an English name Some people clearly don't like Monday mornings. Chill mate, I'm peeeretty sure he was joking. And his name is definitely pronounced Dik-ash-wee I know this because I asked him myself.
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skatman

21 Apr 14 8.43am

Quote Only 1 Ian Wright at 21 Apr 2014 8.36am

Quote Harpo at 20 Apr 2014 12.50pm

Quote brownsugar at 20 Apr 2014 12.40pm

Could KG please tell BBC the correct way to say his name. Always thought its Dikachoi and not Dikashwee. Which is right?

I would prefer it if he just Anglicised his name by deed poll.

Why should he change his name to make it easier to pronounce. He is NOT English so he shouldnt anglicise it to make commentators lives easier. Everyone doesnt have to have an English name

Some people clearly don't like Monday mornings.

Chill mate, I'm peeeretty sure he was joking.

And his name is definitely pronounced Dik-ash-wee

I know this because I asked him myself.