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barnes
06 Mar 10 20:26
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I'll start the ball rolling with MILFORD JONES (Milord Jones)
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Report mitch leary March 6, 2010 9:32 PM GMT
voilently(violently) the obvious one. seems to have rubbed off on jerry too.
used to pronounce clopf - cloft.
Report 46inchwaist March 6, 2010 9:50 PM GMT
he forgot the name of shuil dearg last week at dundalk!! he was really struggling when it was challenging late on!!!
Report DEBOOKIEBOY. March 6, 2010 9:58 PM GMT
The JP horse Quantitativeeasing when he won his bumper in Punchestown
Report Shotgun Willy March 6, 2010 10:03 PM GMT
he called sam adams sam thomas!!
Report Eddie Batt March 6, 2010 10:09 PM GMT
Trotsky -Trot Sky.Russian history isn't his thing.
Report sinndar001 March 6, 2010 11:17 PM GMT
Ted Grunther today was fair annoying.
Report Giant Strides March 6, 2010 11:21 PM GMT
Gaurd Chompetray.
Report Dan Chipowski March 6, 2010 11:27 PM GMT
Used to call Ansar as Ansari......senile gimp.
Report workrider March 6, 2010 11:57 PM GMT
what this new fraction of a mile they all say now ,final furling :^0
Report Stelvio March 7, 2010 1:01 PM GMT
Bals -a-fleur (Balsaflour) .... Go-in-for-porter (Goinforporter) ...
Report redbait March 7, 2010 1:09 PM GMT
He is making some odd digestive noises in the middle of commentaries of late
Report Frank The Tank March 7, 2010 1:19 PM GMT
Maiden hurdle in Gowran.

Roi Du Mee and Roi Toscan. Pronounced them Roy Toscan and Roo Du Mee!

2 guesses and still couldn't pronounce it right.
Report rule4 will apply March 7, 2010 1:34 PM GMT
dont be biting/dont be bitten

the one that really annoyed me was his insistance of calling Hi Cloy
Hoy Cloy
Report skinnyboots March 7, 2010 2:55 PM GMT
a tremengous thread
Report Kelly March 7, 2010 3:00 PM GMT
Dancing Tornado --whats new !
Report frank barcelona March 7, 2010 3:07 PM GMT
kings advocat is running now at naas ,but nothing beats ted grunter he`s been calling it wrong for 3 years
Report barnes March 7, 2010 4:53 PM GMT
Gungagai instead of Gundagai
Report General Idea March 7, 2010 5:32 PM GMT
Doishland
Report Giant Strides March 7, 2010 9:42 PM GMT
the one that really annoyed me was his insistance of calling Hi Cloy
Hoy Cloy

Totally forgot about that. Without doubt the most ridiculous one.
I can only presume he introduces himself by saying "hello" and not "HOY"!
Report jair1970 March 7, 2010 10:38 PM GMT
defo hoi cloy wtf?

over in dubai last week, the bloke had laa rayb as lay raab, which perplexed me somewhat
Report irish_guy_13 March 8, 2010 12:21 AM GMT
wales? whales? no difference right?
Report monksfield2 March 8, 2010 12:40 AM GMT
Lord Cellebino
Report Over the last March 8, 2010 7:58 AM GMT
don't know if it was Des but Merdermit was pronounce Me-Dermit on the tv a few weeks back.

the Muirhead pronunciation is another one that ges me is it Muir-head or Mwir-ed (irish pronunciation)
Report Bernie doesn't have a clue March 8, 2010 8:41 AM GMT
calling Sam Adams as Sam Thomas was a personal fav, also calling Loch Long as Loch Song on the Flat was pretty special
Report soapp March 8, 2010 6:24 PM GMT
Two for the notebook.

1) Kilbyrne King ( Kilbrian King)

2) Ursuman ( Should have called it Your Some Man) not Ur su man
Report kooyonga88 March 8, 2010 7:50 PM GMT
calling Harchibald - Archbald!
unforgivable

also, Ballinstraw

oh, and Sam Adams being Sam Thomas. brilliant.
Report jair1970 March 8, 2010 10:34 PM GMT
archbald!
christ the man is something else isn't he?
Report barnes March 10, 2010 9:43 PM GMT
Manger Hanament (missing out the g)
Report formstar March 11, 2010 1:40 PM GMT
Agg Dul Su-as
Report shaggykev March 11, 2010 2:49 PM GMT
mispronounced vast comsumption as jacks island

silly boy
Report formstar March 11, 2010 4:18 PM GMT
Ante-pode!
Report JohnMagnier/JohnMurtagh/AOB 10 March 11, 2010 6:36 PM GMT
Georgebearnardshaw

prounced

George Washington 2 season ago

Hilarious
Report Giant Strides March 11, 2010 11:25 PM GMT
Blackstairsmountain
Report barnes March 12, 2010 12:48 PM GMT
Platinum Starlight
Report monksfield2 March 12, 2010 8:58 PM GMT
Par-A-bowl-a
Report rule4 will apply March 21, 2010 3:38 PM GMT
Barck...Big Robert...wins the watch
Report Mr Mischief March 21, 2010 3:41 PM GMT
:-)
Report jair1970 April 6, 2010 10:11 PM BST
He's back!

Had Rhyl Accord as 'Rile' Accord today
Report jair1970 April 6, 2010 10:11 PM BST
He's back!

Had Rhyl Accord as 'Rile' Accord today
Report yourbestmate April 6, 2010 10:31 PM BST
I liked the one where he pronounced Paul Kristian as OK Corral!!
Report Win only - Sp only April 6, 2010 10:36 PM BST
poor old Des, Golden silver fell today also
Report slickster April 6, 2010 11:20 PM BST
tremenjus.
Report barnes April 6, 2010 11:55 PM BST
Tim Doyle rode a winner earlier in the week.
Report ChildOfMine2 April 7, 2010 12:49 AM BST
To be fair to Dessie, he's no worse than Ted Walsh. He get's horses names wrong every day of the week and there's not a word said about it
Report Tony Fenton April 7, 2010 11:25 AM BST
He's obviously not as good as he used to be but some of the personal stuff is a bit harsh.

Ben Curtis the versatile sportsman is another favourite of his.
Report cudgel April 21, 2010 9:41 AM BST
Called Cooper's horse Talk of Excitement yesterday; but my personal (anti) favourite
is Some Timberling.

Jesus Dessie, just feck off to the Heritage n play golf. Let somebody semi-competent
take over.
Report downallstar April 21, 2010 12:47 PM BST
He'll have a field day with the last today.
Report Kelly April 21, 2010 1:57 PM BST
One of the aforementioned out today , 7.15 ...Hoy Cloy .
Report Biscar Two from a mile back April 21, 2010 2:01 PM BST
O'Muircheartaigh - he says O mear a her ta I mean htf can that be O mear a her ta
Report Hemingway April 21, 2010 5:28 PM BST
you will NEVER beat his pronounciation of QUANTATIVEEASING at last year's festival..

Pure gold.
Report rule4 will apply April 21, 2010 7:17 PM BST
only got to say hoy cloy once :(
Report heynoodles April 21, 2010 7:17 PM BST
2 ted grunters already
Report barnes April 21, 2010 9:24 PM BST
Anyone remember how he used to call Barker "MacBarker"? That was a strange one.
Report jair1970 April 21, 2010 10:46 PM BST
he hasn't read th ethread, he was still 'rile accord'ing today
Report rule4 will apply April 24, 2010 7:16 PM BST
Lee Mottershead agrees with most of us judging by his comments on page 24 RP.
Report Pandorama April 25, 2010 11:31 AM BST
what does he say R4?
Report downallstar April 25, 2010 11:48 AM BST
Reve De Sivola called him Reva De Sivola all the way.
Report barnes April 25, 2010 12:59 PM BST
Loch Long = Loch Song!
Report Pandorama April 25, 2010 3:08 PM BST
Aidan O' Brien just had the first 3 home in the 2yo maiden in Naas, despite only having 2 runners! Some achievement!
Report rule4 will apply April 25, 2010 3:10 PM BST
Mottershead was saying that its time to pass the baton on to hannon or pugh, he didnt give him too much of a grilling or single out any particular incident, critical of HRI or whoever it is that employs him
Report Giant Strides May 5, 2010 10:38 AM BST
:D
Report punchestown May 9, 2010 11:28 AM BST
A couple of years back ,Some Timbering developed a phantom L to become Some TimberlingGrin
Report Giant Strides May 12, 2010 10:37 AM BST
How blase was he when Kings Benefit unseated at the start of the 6.10 yesterday? Some people backed it believe it or not.   At least make it sound like it`s not part of the furniture, unlike you!
A part of the Irish racing decor that needs replacing. NOW.
Report barnes May 17, 2010 7:12 PM BST
Turnonthegaars. Who the fook pronounces Gas "Gaars"?
Report prufrock May 17, 2010 7:31 PM BST
Excellent thread, barnes.

Sian Thomas = Shane Thomas.

Indeed, he seems to murder anything Welsh.
Report thegalwayman May 17, 2010 7:34 PM BST
Ridiculous really that he can't grasp the Welsh language or pronounce simple names like Clopf.
Report barnes May 19, 2010 8:15 PM BST
Joints A **** = Giant Sequoia
Report barnes May 19, 2010 8:16 PM BST
Joints A****
Report barnes May 19, 2010 8:16 PM BST
Joints A Quear
Report ricky butcher May 19, 2010 9:01 PM BST
May have reached the top of his form cycle last race but worth a shot at the price. 4 Holly.
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