Can you pronounce this Liverpool star's name?

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Letter from Africa: How not to mangle African sports stars' names

So here's a quick guide for commentators out there:

Liverpool star and Senegalese player Sadio Mané's first name is not pronounced"sah-dee-oh", but"sah-jaw" The surname of Stoke City's Mame Biram Diouf, from Senegal, is not pronounced"dee-oof", but"joof", rhyming with roof

 

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Why are the English vanishing from our football TV & streets

Easily! Facinho, facinho! 😂😂😂😂 The worst is to hear people pronouncing the ão! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I work with lots of people for who English isn’t their first language. They mispronounce my name. I really don’t mind.

Judging people for not speaking another dialect? What more are we going to be blamed for?

Letter from England : get a life.

Why not just rename him ‘Sam’? It would mean not having to read this pointless BBC clickbait.

Might it be simpler to hire a few West African sports commentators since Africa has so many dialects, languages, and such talented athletes?

Main ask VirgilvDijk 👍🏻

Does it matter if I can’t. 🙄

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