It's Villas-Boas not AVB

[Flashspur]

Generally speaking, Portuguese is just Spanish as spoken by Sean Connery (think about it...).

having both Spanish and Portuguese relatives on my mothers side, I think the Portuguese half would be deeply offended by that but the Spanish side is cracking up because it is so funny.........go figure

 

[brasil_spur]

I remember reading that Pele hated being called "Pele" at an early age. I can see why now. "Darky" really?!

I feel like i might be getting into Luis Suarez territory here but actually these kinds of nicknames are fairly common in Brazil even now and aren't anywhere near as racist as we take them as.

My wife, who is about as white as any white person can be, is called Negrinha (little black girl) in an affectionate way by her Grandma.

When watching football on TV it's pretty common to say things like "vai negrinho" (go little black guy) at the players.

This spans other races as well such as Asians (Chinese/Japanese).

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

I feel like i might be getting into Luis Suarez territory here but actually these kinds of nicknames are fairly common in Brazil even now and aren't anywhere near as racist as we take them as.

My wife, who is about as white as any white person can be, is called Negrinha (little black girl) in an affectionate way by her Grandma.

When watching football on TV it's pretty common to say things like "vai negrinho" (go little black guy) at the players.

This spans other races as well such as Asians (Chinese/Japanese).

It seems unusual to us here in Britain, but obviously it's a cultural thing in South America. As long as no one is offended!

Kinda like the "Yid" thing I suppose. Some people are offended, and some aren't. Depends on context and other variables.

 

[DJS]

Would also mean we shouldnt shorten other players names, as above BAE, Hudd, Verts, Sig, Ade..... e.c.t.

but i dont agree with the first post so i will keep shortening the names.

I have to use Sig as still working on how to spell his name lol.

I've just got my head around Verts, ahem I mean Vertonghen...

 

[brasil_spur]

It seems unusual to us here in Britain, but obviously it's a cultural thing in South America. As long as no one is offended!

Kinda like the "Yid" thing I suppose. Some people are offended, and some aren't. Depends on context and other variables.

I think it boils down to how Brazil works culturally. There is very little (almost no) scope for non-integration in Brazil.

You live in Brazil and you are Brazilian, you adopt the culture, the language and for the most part the religion (Jewish people seem to be one of the major/only exceptions here).

So what you don't get is areas and groups of certain cultures/nationalities/religions forming and isolating themselves like you get in England.

The only real divide culutrally in Brazil is the rich vs poor divide....

.....ummm i think i'm way off topic now though, so back to AVB...

 

[Yid-ol]

I have to use Sig as still working on how to spell his name lol.

I've just got my head around Verts, ahem I mean Vertonghen...

You need to get a new name, just incase people think we are shortening your name to DJS... ask A&C... i mean
Archibald & Crooks to change your name!

 

[Kendall]

bored are we ?

compare that to the amount of times I have said Van Der Vaart

Took me about 20 seconds during my lunch break.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

While we're at it, can everybody stop calling me BBLG! It is disrespectful to a poster of my standing!

Fuck off....

 

[tototoner]

Agree i hate it when radio pundits call him AVB it should be Andre Villas Boas

agree , and it's one of the reasons why he is not given the respect he deserves

 

[THOWIG]

RDM
BMJ
BAE
SAF/Fergie/Beetroot Head/Bacon Face/Whiskey Breath
VDV
WAGS
Cloughie
Paedo
Pineapple Head
Spit the Dog
Wooden Mardi Gras Clown Head, Mr Punch

The funny thing is, I had never thought about it, but:
As Karenina says, nobody has the rhythm to make the acronym catchy.
In speech, I use Villas Boas, Vilasch Boasch, and AVB. In writing/typing, always AVB. If I were composing a dissertation, I am sure, I would use Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas - but I'm not, this is a football forum, and I will quite happily continue typing AVB for no other reason than that it is easier until Doomesday and beyond.
Journalists, particularly television journalists, could maybe get into the habit of calling him Andre Villas Boas, at first mention in any given piece, as a sign of respect, and then subsequently use the acronym like a pronoun.

This is who it is aimed at. What we supporters call him doesn't matter.

 

[StartingPrice]

This is who it is aimed at. What we supporters call him doesn't matter.

Which is fine...journos deserve all the stick they get, in my book

 

[DJS]

You need to get a new name, just incase people think we are shortening your name to DJS... ask A&C... i mean
Archibald & Crooks to change your name!

But I like my name...

 

[teok]

You will call him Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas!

Na only kidding AVB is fine.

 

[Donki]

S&M? Shit sorry wrong forum!

 

[BringBack_leGin]

But I like my name...

Aw thanks, I like my name too!

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Fuck off....

Right Bear, you, me, 2x4 planks with rusty nails sticking out, outside now!

This is who it is aimed at. What we supporters call him doesn't matter.

So next game a chant of '****, give us a wave, **** **** give us a wave' is okay?

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Right Bear, you, me, 2x4 planks with rusty nails sticking out, outside now!

Your face is a rusty nail!

 

[Greenspur]

Apart from the fact that 'SWP' has more syllables than 'Shaun Wright Phillips'.

Except that it hasn't.

 

[Mr-T]

I think that most people I speak to about football don't know that Villas-Boas is pronounced like that, so they probably think I'm having shum short of Shteve McClaren-Shtyle weird accent episode when I say it.

I'm still not a fan of it being abbreviated. The only people who can get away with using their initials as their name are JR, PT, R2-D2, and Mr T.

4 real

 

[THOWIG]

Right Bear, you, me, 2x4 planks with rusty nails sticking out, outside now!



So next game a chant of '****, give us a wave, **** **** give us a wave' is okay?

Absolutely.