ALAN Brazil has revealed that fans and pundits have been saying his name WRONG for all these years. Former Scotland striker Brazil is behind the mic on talkSPORT three mornings a week. Brazil was joined by Dean Saunders for the talkSPORT breakfast show on Thursday.
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Welshman Saunders shared with the listeners: "I’ve just found out, everybody in the country needs to listen to this. "Alan Brazil is not really Alan Brazil. His name is officially Alan Brea-zil.". It has a heavy 'E' sound in the middle and shouldn't be said the way us Brits say the country Brazil.
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Brazil, 65, asked: "Who told you that?". "You did!" Saunders replied. Brazil joked: "You little fibber, I did not.". CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. Despite his denials, Brazil then revealed that it was a family member who told him the truth.
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The former striker said: "There is somewhere someone said that to me, part of the family, and I’m like what, there’s no conclusive evidence of that.". Sanders concluded: "Brea-zil. It just doesn’t sound right.". And Brazil - who scored 70 goals for Ipswich in his heyday - is not the only former player to reveal his name is being mispronounced by us fans.
Arsenal legend and talkSPORT contributor Martin Keown revealed a few months back that he's been the victim of the same thing. The Highbury cult hero said his surname should be pronounced "Key-Owen". Keown told Hayters: "Key-owen is the pronunciation. "My father worked hard to tell others and I kind of gave up on it because it was so difficult to get people to say the word.
