Abbreviations 11

[Cliff.Barnes]

A friend of mine and I were once picking our fantasy premiership team and for some reason we tried to pick a team of players that sounded like they were abbreviations.
We never managed to get a whole team but I'll try to remember the ones we did get.

Feel free to add your own - past and present players allowed:



----------------------------????????------------------------

????????------------????????---------????????----------????????

????????------------????????------S.E.N.(Essien)---------Q.L.(Kewell)

---------B.T. (Beattie)-----------O.N.(Owen)


Damn, I can't remember any more, I'll have to go and email him now.

[Rev]

The best I could come up with is K.L. (Cahill)

Impossible to complete the XI

[leeman]

haha!! these threads are going insane! K.R.E (kiraly) is the besat i can think of, but its a bit garbage

[Mike777]

M.R.A. (Emre) ... T.L. (Teale) ... K.C. (Casey? There must have been someone called Casey at some point) ... D.K.N.E.O. (Di Canio?) ... J.G.L.K. (Jagielka? lol) ... D.D. (Hamann) or T.T. (Camara), stretches I know ... if I think of more I'll post them, heh ...

[Rev]

DKNEO is pretty impressive Mike!

[Mike777]

DKNEO is pretty impressive Mike!

Ta, I was working on that one for a while, I knew I could fit him in somehow, hehe ...

[leeman]

S.h.e.v.c.h.e.n.k.o

[PubiqCruyff]

Bonsoir Bitches. I think I like this thread? Not sure but I think I do.
Anyway, this guy is the Pièce de résistance. His first and last name fit the criteria. Too bad he's a sh!te player. Radhi Jaidi (aka R.D J.D). He's at Birmingham at the moment. What about Man Utd's kid, P.Q (Pique). These three might be stretching the friendship, but R.B.L.O.R (Arbeloa), O.M.B (Olembe) and E.R.O (Elano with a japaneese accent?) Merci.

[Mike777]

Bonsoir Bitches. I think I like this thread? Not sure but I think I do.
Anyway, this guy is the Pièce de résistance. His first and last name fit the criteria. Too bad he's a sh!te player. Radhi Jaidi (aka R.D J.D). He's at Birmingham at the moment. What about Man Utd's kid, P.Q (Pique). These three might be stretching the friendship, but R.B.L.O.R (Arbeloa), O.M.B (Olembe) and E.R.O (Elano with a japaneese accent?) Merci.


P.K., rather -- can't believe I didn't get that one, I've been making lame jokes about it all year ...

[Mike777]

R.L.E.O (Aurelio) ...

[leeman]

Bonsoir Bitches. I think I like this thread? Not sure but I think I do.
Anyway, this guy is the Pièce de résistance. His first and last name fit the criteria. Too bad he's a sh!te player. Radhi Jaidi (aka R.D J.D). He's at Birmingham at the moment. What about Man Utd's kid, P.Q (Pique). These three might be stretching the friendship, but R.B.L.O.R (Arbeloa), O.M.B (Olembe) and E.R.O (Elano with a japaneese accent?) Merci.


:laugh:laugh:laugh

[Slug]

Bonsoir Bitches. I think I like this thread? Not sure but I think I do.
Anyway, this guy is the Pièce de résistance. His first and last name fit the criteria. Too bad he's a sh!te player. Radhi Jaidi (aka R.D J.D). He's at Birmingham at the moment. What about Man Utd's kid, P.Q (Pique). These three might be stretching the friendship, but R.B.L.O.R (Arbeloa), O.M.B (Olembe) and E.R.O (Elano with a japaneese accent?) Merci.


This dude cracks me up.

Good ones Mike.. I am crap at this I must say.

[Slug]

BKM? Beckham?

[leeman]

thats shockin dougie! actually reading it back its not too bad. S.K.E for heskey? U.K.B for huckerby, lol.

[Slug]

thats shockin dougie! actually reading it back its not too bad. S.K.E for heskey? U.K.B for huckerby, lol.

BKM isn't too bad if we're using the Japanese accents :laugh!

Yours are x1,000,000 worse!

What about E2? LOL!?

[Cliff.Barnes]

The best I could come up with is K.L. (Cahill)

Impossible to complete the XI
K.L. is good enough for me, I'll add him to the starting 11. :nod

haha!! these threads are going insane! K.R.E (kiraly) is the besat i can think of, but its a bit garbage
Hmm, don't think I'll accept that one. Although I'm not sure exactly how Kiraly is meant to be pronounced?

M.R.A. (Emre) ... T.L. (Teale) ... K.C. (Casey? There must have been someone called Casey at some point) ... D.K.N.E.O. (Di Canio?) ... J.G.L.K. (Jagielka? lol) ... D.D. (Hamann) or T.T. (Camara), stretches I know ... if I think of more I'll post them, heh ...
Wow, you have been busy thinking about this. :laugh
MRA has the rights sound so he's in. Good one.
Can't beleive ther'e not a KC anywhere, that would have been a good one.
DKNA - nah, the K needs to be more of a 'cah'
J.G.L.K. Hmm, not quite close enough.

S.h.e.v.c.h.e.n.k.o
Good first attempt although I think you need to work on this one a bit more.

Bonsoir Bitches. I think I like this thread? Not sure but I think I do.
Anyway, this guy is the Pièce de résistance. His first and last name fit the criteria. Too bad he's a sh!te player. Radhi Jaidi (aka R.D J.D). He's at Birmingham at the moment. What about Man Utd's kid, P.Q (Pique). These three might be stretching the friendship, but R.B.L.O.R (Arbeloa), O.M.B (Olembe) and E.R.O (Elano with a japaneese accent?) Merci.

Bonsoir Bitch.
Radhi Jaidi - good shout :clap He's straight in to the first 11.
PK too, I think you meant K and not Q, yeah?

R.B.L.O.R - I think its the BL bit that makes this one not work. bel-oah, not bee-ell
OMB is very close but not quite right.

Okay, so far we have:

----------------------------????????---------------------------------

--------P.K.(Pique)---------J.D.(Jaidi)-----------R.L.E.O.(Aurelio)---

--------------M.R.A.(Emre)---------------S.E.N.(Essien)--------------

T.L.(Teale)-----------------K.L.(Cahill)---------------Q.L.(Kewell)---

--------------B.T. (Beattie)-----------O.N.(Owen)--------------------

I think that would be the best way to line them up?

Class. :laugh

We still need a keeper?

[Cliff.Barnes]

thats shockin dougie! actually reading it back its not too bad. S.K.E for heskey? U.K.B for huckerby, lol.
S.K.E. is probably the best one there, but it's not quite right.
S.K. maybe?

[spen71]

S.h.e.v.c.h.e.n.k.o

****e?

[Redhat]

MC - Messi

PP - Pepe

LTDR - Altidore

i want to sleep so i tried this, poor attempt i know.

[CanadianGunner]

Aliadière - L.E.L.D.R!!

[ada]

or not

[dixie]

GVN

Shay Given

[mart]

Keeper : Massimo Taibi - T.I.B

[Gazza]

G.L.R.D.N.O (Gilardino)

[Cliff.Barnes]

MC - Messi

PP - Pepe

LTDR - Altidore

i want to sleep so i tried this, poor attempt i know.
Hmm, they would sound a bit more like Em-see, Pee-pee and El-Tee-Dee-ahr when spelt out.


Aliadière - L.E.L.D.R!!
Ell-ee-Ell-Dee-ahr. :laugh
Good try, its almost there. I might have him as a sub.

GVN


Shay Given
Who sounds like Gee-vee-ehn? lol

Keeper : Massimo Taibi - T.I.B
Tee-aye-bee, very close.

Damn, I might have to cheat if I can't find a keeper that fits the bill - K.C. (Keller)

[Cliff.Barnes]

G.L.R.D.N.O (Gilardino)

But his name phonetically sounds something like Gee-lahr-deen-yo, nothing like Gee-el-ahr-dee-ehn-oh.

[mart]

How about Seaman - C.M.N

[CanadianGunner]

^:laugh Seaman = cee-emm-enn

I don't think he understands what you're doing Cliff...


This could be your keeper: Casillas - K.C.S.

[random monkey]

but you don't pronounce K as Kah.

[ada]

In Spanish you do. I think :huh

BK

I don't actually know how his name is spelt, it just sounds like BK to me.

[Cliff.Barnes]

^:laugh Seaman = cee-emm-enn

I don't think he understands what you're doing Cliff...


This could be your keeper: Casillas - K.C.S.

Hey, I think I like that. K.C.S. is in the line-up until anyone comes up with a better one. :clap

[Cliff.Barnes]

Here's the line up: :nod


----------------------K.C.S.(Casillas {on loan})---------------------

--------P.K.(Pique)---------J.D.(Jaidi)-----------R.L.E.O.(Aurelio)----

--------------M.R.A.(Emre)---------------S.E.N.(Essien)-------------

T.L.(Teale)-----------------K.L.(Cahill)---------------Q.L.(Kewell)----

--------------B.T. (Beattie)-----------O.N.(Owen)-------------------

[-Orion-]

I think Emre needs replacing ... Em Arr Ay... doesn't really work...awesome tho, a couple of them are stretches but you're never gonna get it exact, so nicely done

[ada]

What about BK :censored

[Slug]

I'd have Samuel E2 up front :ninja

[Cliff.Barnes]

What about BK :censored

BK? Fa's he then?
Beekay?
Never heard of him.

[intotheforest]

M.R.T.N = Nigel Martyn

C.H.C = Cech

[Cliff.Barnes]

M.R.T.N = Nigel Martyn

C.H.C = Cech

0/10

[intotheforest]

0/10

I know I will admit they were shocking. For Martyn I just took all the a and the y out lol.

Cech may have something in it though, no? NO! ok then :laugh

[Slug]

BK? Fa's he then?
Beekay?
Never heard of him.

Andre Bikey, plays for Reading.

[mart]

How about Harper - H.R.P huh-are-per

[Mike777]

^ But 'H' is pronounced 'aich' or 'haich', not 'huh' ...

[nAz]

great thread, some funny stuff man, cant think of any but its great u got an actual decent team

[ada]

BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrgh

[ada]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bikey

[Omar]

But his name phonetically sounds something like Gee-lahr-deen-yo, nothing like Gee-el-ahr-dee-ehn-oh.


If he was Brasilian, maybe. As it is, it's more like Gee-larr-din-no

[Scholesy18]

L.N.O?:ninja

Not quite but close i guess:P

[Barcelinha]

i love E2 the best, but hmm...never really pronounced it like that.

[-Orion-]

Yeah BK seems the best for now

[ada]

BK


... tut

[Cliff.Barnes]

BK

Latest news - Emre's been dropped and well be playing 4-4-f*cking-2:

----------------------K.C.S.(Casillas {on loan})-----------------------

B.K.(Bikey)-------P.K.(Pique)---------J.D.(Jaidi)-------R.L.E.O.(Aurelio)

T.L.(Teale)------S.E.N.(Essien)-------K.L.(Cahill)--------Q.L.(Kewell)

-----------------B.T. (Beattie)---------O.N.(Owen)-------------------

Subs:
M.R.A.(Emre)
D.R.B (Diaby)

[ada]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Bikey!!! :D :D :D

[ada]

Sh1t, how could I have overlooked one of my own players!!!

DRB

Diaby

Brilliant
Better than KL for sure

[random monkey]

KL is pretty bad.

[-Orion-]

Hahaha! DRB... quality...how did we miss that one...

If we're to continue looking to strengthen the squad...haha...others that ideally should be replaced are:

KCS...kinda obviously
JD... it's Jah-ee-dee really
RLEO... it's quality but fact is, it's AUrelio not AR...so if we can replace it, we should
TL... again it's not really pronounced Tee-ell...it's teele more or less...close tho
KL...as above
annnd QL... it's Kyool really, or Q-wl... so tho it's spelled like it'd be pronounced QL, it's not

So DRB can replace the worst of those...not KCS obv as he has to stay till we can find another keeper...but out of those the worst is JD really...so yea

[Mike777]

^ About QL, tbh I think a lot of people pronounce it quite close to that ... same with RLEO, even tho it's spelled 'AU' most people pronounce it pretty much as a straight 'R' I think, or like a-REL-e-oh, which is close enough methinks.

With all of them you have to run them together smoothly like you're pronouncing a proper word instead of stressing each individual letter -- even in simple ones like DRB, if you stress each letter it sounds a tad off, but if you just stress the R it's spot on. (With BK or PK it doesn't matter tho, they're pretty much perfect).

[Cliff.Barnes]

Hahaha! DRB... quality...how did we miss that one...

If we're to continue looking to strengthen the squad...haha...others that ideally should be replaced are:

KCS...kinda obviously
JD... it's Jah-ee-dee really
RLEO... it's quality but fact is, it's AUrelio not AR...so if we can replace it, we should
TL... again it's not really pronounced Tee-ell...it's teele more or less...close tho
KL...as above
annnd QL... it's Kyool really, or Q-wl... so tho it's spelled like it'd be pronounced QL, it's not

So DRB can replace the worst of those...not KCS obv as he has to stay till we can find another keeper...but out of those the worst is JD really...so yea
JD - Some people pronounce J more like Ji than Jay, so it works if you do that.
RLEO - is perfect I think. He's probably my favourite.
TL and KL and QL are not perfect but I think they are better than DRB (Dee-ahr-bee has a 'r' sound there that shouldn't be.)

Come up with some better ones first and then we can replace those that aren't perfect.

[Cliff.Barnes]

Sh1t, how could I have overlooked one of my own players!!!
DRB
Diaby

Brilliant
Better than KL for sure
Okay, he's on the bench.

[Parlour4Ever]

Does it have to be their actual name, or will what they have on their shirt do? G.O. Giovani Van Bronkhorst.

And a real stretch could be L.T.C.A - Matthew Le Tissier! Although the L's a bit Spanish, 'El Tee Cee Ay'!

[PubiqCruyff]

Bonsoir Bitches. Can I be blunt? Your options upfront are quite poor. You need a bit of class. I know this guy, he might have his best days behind him, but he seems pretty fit 'selling his arse' to mastercard. So what about considering the 3rd best player ever, P.L.A(say it quick now)......Pele.

[Parlour4Ever]

Bonsoir Bitches. Can I be blunt? Your options upfront are quite poor. You need a bit of class. I know this guy, he might have his best days behind him, but he seems pretty fit 'selling his arse' to mastercard. So what about considering the 3rd best player ever, P.L.A(say it quick now)......Pele.

Sounds like a Russian Pele, but it works!

[Rev]

KL is pretty bad.
:Knob

[Rev]

JD - Some people pronounce J more like Ji than Jay, so it works if you do that.
RLEO - is perfect I think. He's probably my favourite.
TL and KL and QL are not perfect but I think they are better than DRB (Dee-ahr-bee has a 'r' sound there that shouldn't be.)

Come up with some better ones first and then we can replace those that aren't perfect.
I think BK is the best one so far. Good job Ada. Not too sure about the likes of TL and JD. And yeah, DRB has the 'r' sound which shouldn't be there but it's not a bad attempt.

[Gaurav]

sub keeper

K.C=kasey keller.

[ada]

I think BK is the best one so far. Good job Ada. Not too sure about the likes of TL and JD. And yeah, DRB has the 'r' sound which shouldn't be there but it's not a bad attempt.

It should, it's not
Dee abby
It's Dee Arr Bee

[Rev]

Never heard anyone say Dee Arr Bee...always heard people say Dee Ah Bee. Where does the r sound come from?

[Da Fat P0rn Sta]

The obvious JJ. As Okocha

[Mike777]

It should, it's not
Dee abby
It's Dee Arr Bee

The thing is it's a short D sound and the stress is on the R -- it's not Dee-Arr-Bee with flat long syllables, it's more like Di-ARR-Bee. I think it could still be included but others might not ...

[ada]

Only if you're going on the way Andy Gray says it.

I use proper standard (southern ;) ) english

[Mike777]

Only if you're going on the way Andy Gray says it.

I use proper standard (southern ;) ) english

But it's a French name, so that's irrelevant. :P

[ada]

Yeh but I don't go round referring to

Cherree Aurn-rrree

[Cliff.Barnes]

Does it have to be their actual name, or will what they have on their shirt do? G.O. Giovani Van Bronkhorst.

And a real stretch could be L.T.C.A - Matthew Le Tissier! Although the L's a bit Spanish, 'El Tee Cee Ay'!
Ah, yes, he has GIO on hit shirt now. I'll add him to the bench.

I like the LTCA shout. :laugh
Shame its a 'El' and not 'Le' at the start - maybe he was called that in Spain.

Bonsoir Bitches. Can I be blunt? Your options upfront are quite poor. You need a bit of class. I know this guy, he might have his best days behind him, but he seems pretty fit 'selling his arse' to mastercard. So what about considering the 3rd best player ever, P.L.A(say it quick now)......Pele.
P.L.E. lol
You have to say it pretty quickly though. :laugh

Never heard anyone say Dee Arr Bee...always heard people say Dee Ah Bee. Where does the r sound come from?
I agree with Rev. I think this one only works down in London. Good enough for the bench though.

The obvious JJ. As Okocha
He never had JJ on his top though. He's not in.

Cheers for the attempts folks, the squad's looking better every day. :clap

[Cliff.Barnes]

Latest squad:

----------------------K.C.S.(Casillas {on loan})-----------------------

B.K.(Bikey)-------P.K.(Pique)---------J.D.(Jaidi)-------R.L.E.O.(Aurelio)

T.L.(Teale)------S.E.N.(Essien)-------K.L.(Cahill)--------Q.L.(Kewell)

-----------------B.T. (Beattie)---------O.N.(Owen)-------------------

Subs:
G.O. (Gio Van Bronkhorst)
M.R.A.(Emre)
D.R.B (Diaby)

[Roh]

I thought most people pronounce it Dee-Arr-Bee. Either works and both are used.
Especially compared to K.L. Which sounds nothing like Kay-ill


I take it we scrapped it being just Premiership as well seeing as Casillas and Beattie are in there?

[TRU GOON]

i think diaby is the best one cos its three letters and still sounds exactly the same as his name. if you say the alphabet and get to r and sy it as AAARRRRR then you should see a doctor or go back to school. "are" damn. shouts to BK and PK aswel..their also perfect.

[Omar]

But it's a French name, so that's irrelevant. :P

It's not a French name FWIW, but with him being a Frenchman by nationality and having spelled it the French way, it should be pronounced as such.

In which case it sounds like neither of the options you or ada gave.

Dee-ah (<-- very short)-bi. P'raps someone like Fredo can back me up on this one.

[Cliff.Barnes]

I thought most people pronounce it Dee-Arr-Bee. Either works and both are used.
Especially compared to K.L. Which sounds nothing like Kay-ill


I take it we scrapped it being just Premiership as well seeing as Casillas and Beattie are in there?
Beattie is ex-premiership and Casillas is on loan until we can get another keeper in.

You Londeners need to pronounce your Rs better though. :nono
:laugh

[ada]

Northerners telling Southerners how to speak properly. I've heard it all now.

[Cliff.Barnes]

Northerners telling Southerners how to speak properly. I've heard it all now.
Ada, put this at the top of your list for Santa. :nod

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AoQhAUmYL._AA240_.jpg

[Roh]

G.I.

Sun Jihai...Perfection.

You need some close-call ones to?

P.N.R (Steven Pienaar) (more of a Pee-Narr, but Pee-Enn-Arr will be used somewhere... no?)

N.A.C.B (enn-ah-cee-bee, close to enn-ay-che-bee... At least he's a premiership player :S)

B.N.K (Bee-Enn-Kay - Bianchi, sure it'll be more of a Bee-Ann-chee sound though :S)

D.R.A (very long shot. Dee-Arr-Ahh?? or does it have to be "Ay")
You Londeners need to pronounce your Rs better though. :nono
:laugh
Londoner? I couldn't be less of a Londoner if I tried :o

Edit; Probably a comment to ada. I'll be quiet.

[ada]

Fakk orf Cliffy boy :D

[Cliff.Barnes]

G.I.

Sun Jihai...Perfection.

You need some close-call ones to?

P.N.R (Steven Pienaar) (more of a Pee-Narr, but Pee-Enn-Arr will be used somewhere... no?)

N.A.C.B (enn-ah-cee-bee, close to enn-ay-che-bee... At least he's a premiership player :S)

B.N.K (Bee-Enn-Kay - Bianchi, sure it'll be more of a Bee-Ann-chee sound though :S)

D.R.A (very long shot. Dee-Arr-Ahh?? or does it have to be "Ay")

Londoner? I couldn't be less of a Londoner if I tried :o

Edit; Probably a comment to ada. I'll be quiet.

Some good ones there Rosický,
D.R.A - Nah, has to be an Ay sound.
G.I. - Quite good, but is it not Gee-Heye with more of an H sound?
P.N.R - good one, might have to put him on the bench too/
N.A.C.B - Nice try but no. :laugh
B.N.K - Another good one. banch maybe?