Goran or Joran?

[Marco]

The new England manager, it may be spelt Sven Goran Erikkson but how is it pronounced?

In Italy its always been Goran with a G, but in England most people seem to say it Joran, as if the G was a J if you get what I mean.

Which is the proper way?

[North London Palace Man]

Zven Uran Erikkson

[Bud Eagle]

I'm told that it's definitely pronounced Sven Yoran Erikson

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But don't quote me on that...

[Eddie McGoldrick's tash]

I don't know.

[jrnicholson]

He's known as 'Svennis'here.

'g'is usually a soft sound in Swedish so 'Yoran' is correct.

Also ..berg as in Ljunberg should be pronounced berry.

so now you now http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/tongue.gif

[Gaffer]

Don't tell Barry Davies or we'll have to suffer yet another "Sol-shy-rer" style pronunciation from the old dinosaur on MOTD http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif

[Daniel_Nash]

I was told that Solskjaer should be said something like "Solk-hy".. something like that. I dated a Swede female, and she informed me of her favourite Norwegian.

[jrnicholson]

I'll find out if anyone's interested. Then you can really impress your mates in the pub http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif

I get into conversations about football and don't know who the swedes are talking about. They ought to lerarn to speak proper like what we duz

[This message has been edited by jrnicholson (edited 05 March 2001).]