Pronunciation of BATHOS - Commentator and ATR ignorant

i was thinking this too

learnt about bathos with the obligatory j.d. salinger / catcher in the rye in English in school - we thought that word was great

but wouldn't southerners pronounce it BAR-THOS?

Bad Hoss

He also pronounces George Cinq as   George Sink

Numpty imo

thats the Bajan pronounciation isn't it?

Thanks Zaza. George Sink (heaven help us). By the way you are looking as gorgeous as ever

Not unique - over at Saint Cloud The commentator decided that Treve should be pronounced differently too!

severe rolling r's

Gally Polly was a hideous classic wasn't it?   100 years to the week after the horrors of WW1.

Yes Gally Polly was coincidentally in the news that weekend so there was no excuse. A shocker, rightly picked up by the Racing Post.

Cheers, I didn't see that report. Just cringed at the commentary like most others on here.

percy polis another favourite of the ignorati

Those with long memories will also surely recall the 2002 Champion Hurdler once being pronounced "Wh0re$ La Loi" by some buffoon.

It was a pathos inducing commentary