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 Post subject: How do you say "JOOLA"?
PostPosted: 05 Mar 2013, 06:44 
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PostPosted: 05 Mar 2013, 07:47 
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Haha, in England we say joo-la. is it yo-la then?

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PostPosted: 05 Mar 2013, 08:15 
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In Holland we pronounce it like yo-la, same as in Germany.

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PostPosted: 05 Mar 2013, 08:22 
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Yoo-la indeed. English is the only language I know of which hard-pronounces a J.

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When I talk to Germans I say yoola and to Kiwis its Joola
on a side note I think Gewo has a German more like gaywoo and the rest of us say how it's spelldid

on another side note dawei (I usually say Dawee, but Chinese say Darrway )

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So how do you say Juic then? LOL

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Everyone in Lithuania calls it "YOLA" :)

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PostPosted: 05 Mar 2013, 17:43 
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I've always pronounced it as jew-laa.. not sure where I got that from.

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yeah, I always pronounced the "J" hard. Hm....."yo-la" sounds better, I have to admit.

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haggisv wrote:
I've always pronounced it as jew-laa.. not sure where I got that from.


Jew=Joo (the player)=pronounced by several ITTF comment als "Jew"


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Most people in my area say "jew-la" but I think it's suppose to be "you-la".

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