partickthedog Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 The pronunciation of Shaughnessy's surname may cause some difficulty if he scores for Thistle and we have to do a shout out. There seem to be numerous variations on the first syllable. I would pronounce "Shaugh" in the same way as "Shaw" as in Geordie, but the media seem to prefer "Shoch" to rhyme with "loch". "Shock" to rhyme with "sock" might also be in the equation. Other pronunciations are available. Or we could just call him "Joe". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 34 minutes ago, partickthedog said: The pronunciation of Shaughnessy's surname may cause some difficulty if he scores for Thistle and we have to do a shout out. There seem to be numerous variations on the first syllable. I would pronounce "Shaugh" in the same way as "Shaw" as in Geordie, but the media seem to prefer "Shoch" to rhyme with "loch". "Shock" to rhyme with "sock" might also be in the equation. Other pronunciations are available. Or we could just call him "Joe". A defender scoring for Thistle …. I don’t think that will be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, partickthedog said: The pronunciation of Shaughnessy's surname may cause some difficulty if he scores for Thistle and we have to do a shout out. There seem to be numerous variations on the first syllable. I would pronounce "Shaugh" in the same way as "Shaw" as in Geordie, but the media seem to prefer "Shoch" to rhyme with "loch". "Shock" to rhyme with "sock" might also be in the equation. Other pronunciations are available. Or we could just call him "Joe". If Celtic fans could get away with calling Johannes Edvaldsson “Shuggy” then us calling Shaughnessey the same nickname wouldn’t be such a stretch. But If he didn’t make regular appearances we could call him Nessie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: A defender scoring for Thistle …. I don’t think that will be a problem. Holt and McMillan have done ok recently. Hopefully Milne will soon add to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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