A little help (hleb).. Pronouncing.

[Baxrus]

I have often tried to tell my friends what new players Arsenal have bought, and when I come to Hleb, my tongue goes crazy. How do we pronounce Hleb?

sorry if this has been up before. ops:

 

[RocktheCasbah]

Gleb, I believe.

 

[deeplennon]

I have often tried to tell my friends what new players Arsenal have bought, and when I come to Hleb, my tongue goes crazy. How do we pronounce Hleb?

sorry if this has been up before. ops:

A close appoximation is to pronounce it like 'kleb'

 

[mood]

GHLEB

 

[jay-d]

Well in pro evo Martin Tyler pronounces it Khleb. KH as in your about to hawk up a greeney from the back of your throat.

 

[Baxrus]

thanks guys

 

[malagar]

Hlyeb - he isnt some ukrainian - so its Hlyeb.

 

[RocktheCasbah]

Hlyeb - he isnt some ukrainian - so its Hlyeb.

No it isn't.

 

[deeplennon]

Hlyeb - he isnt some ukrainian - so its Hlyeb.

errmmm no. It's pronounced with a gutteral H, closest approximation in English is a hard k. Every announcer in bundesliga pronounced it this way as did Arsenal TV Online's announcer in both friendlies so far. No G sound either..

 

[mccroix]

righ, it isn't
it is definetly KHLEB...the way jd said

 

[Spike]

Sorta like Hkleb real fast.

 

[teitzo]

haha, this is funny, i always thought it was just hl-eb. i suppose we'll have to wait to hear how its pronounced when our first games is aired.

 

[Gooner83]

i'm laughing at myself, i was pronouncing it HELP.

;D

 

[Gooner4Life]

i'm laughing at myself, i was pronouncing it HELP.

;D

Bwahaha.

I was just doing the same thing.

 

[djphonze]

Or we can easily come up with a nick for him if his real name is that hard to pronounce....what do you think?....any suggestions? :?:

 

[yoinkster]

it's pretty easy to pronounce !!
I think I'm right in saying it's said with a "ch" the way the germans say it.
kinda like a scratching noise.
then you just say leb one the end !!
that how i say it anyhoo.
maybe someone can say it and record it to wav and upload it so we cann all hear it .... !!

 

[Guns and Arses]

The ESPN guys pronounce it as SH-LEB.

 

[Jinn]

The Arsenal commentator pronouced it "Kleb". Like in Kleberson.

For the Aussies, I think its meant to be like in that song by The Cat Empire, "Hello, Hello"

 

[Canuck]

The ESPN guys pronounce it as SH-LEB.

Never trust ESPN's pronunciation though. :wink:

*K*leb will be fine I'm sure.

 

[Soler]

Or we can easily come up with a nick for him if his real name is that hard to pronounce....what do you think?....any suggestions? :?:

I call him Lebby.