You lot still talking cars? I'll repeat my earlier comment..... Amy Williams

You lot still talking cars? I'll repeat my earlier comment..... Amy Williams

How many miss pronunciations has Jezza made?

who is this Miss Pronunciations and where can i find her?

i heard him say Barry Chello and voovoozella too, didnt spot the other one though

heard him say Barry Chello and voovoozella too, didnt spot the other one though

Now, I'm not sure about that. In Italian it would certainly be Barri'K'ello but he isn't Italian, he's Brazilian and therefore he speaks (and his name is pronounced in the style of) Portuguese. So the rules may be different. Portuguese shares a lot more with Spanish than Italian for obvious reasons. Anyone speak any Spanish or Portuguese and can tell what the rules to do with hard and soft 'c's are?

He got vuvuzella wrong, that's fair enough.

Jon

I have always thought the best way to learn pronunciation of a name is to ask the owner of the name. But it isn't easy. At the Australian GP this year I asked Barrichello how he pronounced it.

He told me two ways, in Italian - as it is originally Italian, and in Portuguese. I can't repeat either accurately, especially the latter.
But the main point I was after was the "ch" part of it.
Both ways he pronounced it "k" not "ch" as in "chew". and I asked him this bit specifically. He repeated, "It is 'k'".

Like bruschetta. The is no "ch" in Italian IIRC.

I assumed he knew something we didn't as he's the only person I've ever heard pronounce it like that. I also liked the way he pronounced 'business park'.