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Pronouncing it En-Gee is a bit lazy imo.
I'd much prefer it if he asked for it to be pronounced correctly.
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https://x.com/NathCcfc/status/183237...h6Kt3afvA&s=19
Seems like perry says so!
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Pronouncing it En-Gee is a bit lazy imo.
I'd much prefer it if he asked for it to be pronounced correctly.
In the UK it's pronounced the way that he's happy with, because he knows it's difficult and he's made allowances, probably for his whole life. I don't blame him for that. The proper way is at the back of your mouth, like the end of -ing words. Brits can make the sound but we're not used to doing it on its own.
Saying his whole name in one is easier, as the 'ng' sound comes after a syllable - peh-ree-young.
I'm sure I saw him even say it was engee before.
Probably more so as he's born over here and will have English family.
When in Singapore though do as the Singaporeans do. Makes sense.
He’s been on the radio before saying he pronounces it enn geeOriginally Posted by Father Dougal
Of course we pronounce it incorrectly and lazy as you say. It obviously isn’t ‘en-gee’ nor ever was.
He knows how it's supposed to be pronounced. He just anglicised it for an easy life.
It's a Chinese surname, it's not going to be said with English letters!
Didn't he say it was EN-GEE when he signed? Maybe he pronounces it Ng when he's in the Far East.
I’m 99% certain he has publicly stated it should be pronounced ‘en-gee’ on more than one occasion.
I think the confusion came from someone (possibly the man himself) saying you just say it how it’s written, and people took that as N G as apposed to ng.
I’ve never thought N G was the way to say it, you’re literally saying the letters in English, for an Asian name which makes no sense.
IIRC, it was a Crewe supporter who came on here and said pronounce it EN-GEE.
When Ng signed for City, I thought it was pronounced 'Ang' based on how that surname was pronounced in the 1988 single 'Ana Ng' by They Might Be Giants. However, in his first official interview with the club, the player himself said it was 'En-Gee'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrCub2dw8A
I'm almost certain I've heard him say the same thing in at least one other interview. Therefore, it's hardly lazy if we've been pronouncing his name in the way the player himself has suggested it should be said.
I've always thought that only one person matters when it comes to name pronunciation - if someone says 'call me X' then that's what you call them. So us calling him en-gee is fine.
I used to know a guy called Jiri, from the (then) Czech Republic, and that's pronounced something like yurjee. But he was fine with being called ji-ree as otherwise he'd spend every day of his life correcting people.
So en-gee isn't the correct way to say the family name, but he's giving permission so it's ok. I bet he'd appreciate the effort of trying to be correct though.
There should be a story on the awful pronunciation from Radio Wales and Sky sports commentators.
Row-mayo was a frequent one of radio wales and sky sports has gone ridiculous this year, Shop-iss, Gout-ass to name a few.
This news really messes up the Perry Ng song…..
Perry Young then
Time for a new one...to the tune of the Camptown Races:
"Perry Ng's from Singapore. en gee, en gee.
Perry Ng's from Singapore. and en gee's not his name
En gee's not his name, en gee's not his name
but Perry is, and he's the biz
En Gee's not his name"
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