Player Watch: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

[Marty]

So how do we pronounce the Ø in his name now that I need to learn it?

Seen a few Danes say his name is pronounced Hoy-byer if that makes sense. Silent G at the end.

The Danish Ø is a bit weird as it's often just pronounced like a standard O, and Danes barely pronounce consonantes at the best of times so yes the G is silent, not like the Norwegian Bergs who have been in the PL over the years.

Hoy-byear is probably the closest I can Anglify it.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

You are. It’s pronounced Peeeeeere Emily Hodge Berg.

We’re signing Sander Berge? About time

 

[Spursberg]

So how do we pronounce the Ø in his name now that I need to learn it?

The Ø in Norway/Denmark is the sound you make of the E when you say her or the U when you say turd or the I in Flirt, you get it.

 

[Marty]

The Ø in Norway/Denmark is the sound you make of the E when you say her or the U when you say turd

I've never thought of the u as you say turd before, that's actually really helpful.

 

[ackie]

You learning to say his name,
Now learn to spell his name with that Ø
Hojbjerg with HØJBJERG

Practice it lads

 

[tiger666]

Can we just settle on PEH and be done with it.

 

[Marty]

You learning to say his name,
Now learn to spell his name with that Ø
Hojbjerg with HØJBJERG

Practice it lads

How do you even get an Ø on an English keyboard? Genuinely asking as I've had a Norwegian keyboard on my laptop or PC ever since I was a kid.

Obviously it's easy enough on a phone.

 

[the yid]

Some people struggled to spell Eriksen properly we're screwed with this lad

 

[teok]

Some people struggled to spell Eriksen properly we're screwed with this lad

Zakora.

 

[Marty]

Can we just settle on PEH and be done with it.

Too close to PEA for my liking.

 

[CornerPinDreamer]

How do you even get an Ø on an English keyboard? Genuinely asking as I've had a Norwegian keyboard on my laptop or PC ever since I was a kid.

Obviously it's easy enough on a phone.

I just drew a line through the zero key on my keyboard

 

[Marty]

Some people struggled to spell Eriksen properly we're screwed with this lad

It boggles my mind that people can see a name on a player's back for a number of years and are still never able to write the name correctly. Zokora, Eriksen and Gomes aren't hard to spell, yet we constantly saw Zakora, Erikson, Ericksen, Eriksson and Gomez on here.

I can accept that Højbjerg is harder to get right, especially with the ø.

 

[PrettyColors]

Think PEH or “Hojberg” is going to be popular around here

 

[wiggo24]

Decent deal. Imagine KWP will be 12m rising to 16m or so.

 

[Marty]

That is a very decent fee in my mind.

 

[Real_madyidd]

Decent deal. Imagine KWP will be 12m rising to 16m or so.

You imagine that?

 

[tiger666]

This is what we need more of in our midfield. A scrappy fucker that will run through brick walls for the team. Take note Ndombele.

 

[wiggo24]

You imagine that?

Did indeed. All of my dreams focus on the detailed transfer valuations of outgoing Tottenham players, don't yours?

 

[daveduvet]

Genuinely not bothered by fee - let the bean counters sort the finances; just want Maureen to get the players he needs within the boundaries of our expenditure

 

[topper]

Fabrizio Romano reckons it's a "here we go"

Noooo! I’ve got the Chemical Brothers track playing on a never-ending loop in my head- hear we go!