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tilted
29 May 15 14:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5VkNZETyuw

BAY-THOS not BATH-OS.

Unreal. Next they will be calling GALLIPOLI Galley-Pole-e  Confused
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Report eightbo May 29, 2015 2:24 PM BST
i was thinking this too Cry

learnt about bathos with the obligatory j.d. salinger / catcher in the rye in English in school - we thought that word was great
Report ph. May 29, 2015 2:25 PM BST
but wouldn't southerners pronounce it BAR-THOS?
Report Breedingmad May 29, 2015 2:26 PM BST
Bad Hoss
Report Zsa_Zsa_Gabors_Leg May 29, 2015 2:27 PM BST
He also pronounces George Cinq as   George Sink

Numpty imo
Report ph. May 29, 2015 2:28 PM BST
thats the Bajan pronounciation isn't it?
Report tilted May 29, 2015 2:31 PM BST
Thanks Zaza. George Sink (heaven help us). By the way you are looking as gorgeous as ever Love
Report Aladdin Sane May 29, 2015 2:33 PM BST
Not unique - over at Saint Cloud The commentator decided that Treve should be pronounced differently too!
Report ph. May 29, 2015 2:36 PM BST
severe rolling r's
Report alun2005 May 29, 2015 2:37 PM BST
Gally Polly was a hideous classic wasn't it?   100 years to the week after the horrors of WW1.
Report tilted May 29, 2015 2:51 PM BST
Yes Gally Polly was coincidentally in the news that weekend so there was no excuse. A shocker, rightly picked up by the Racing Post.
Report alun2005 May 29, 2015 3:03 PM BST
Cheers, I didn't see that report. Just cringed at the commentary like most others on here.
Report dave1357 May 29, 2015 3:15 PM BST
percy polis another favourite of the ignorati
Report alun2005 May 29, 2015 3:29 PM BST
Those with long memories will also surely recall the 2002 Champion Hurdler once being pronounced "Wh0re$ La Loi" by some buffoon.
Report Rollo Tomasi May 29, 2015 3:29 PM BST
It was a pathos inducing commentary
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