Is It Chair or Cha-ear? 12:24 - Jan 14 with 2174 views | DylanP | Until recently every commentator has pronounced his name Chair, exactly how it is spelt. Just recently, commentators have been pronouncing his name Cha-ear. So, which is correct? Anyone? | ![](/images/avatars/2677.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 12:36 - Jan 14 with 2142 views | FDC | The latter apparently, at least that's the morrocan pronunciation | ![](/images/avatars/1599.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 12:54 - Jan 14 with 2087 views | QPunkR | Sofa | ![](/images/avatars/5500.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 12:57 - Jan 14 with 2081 views | Watford_Ranger | I was shouting boo-urns | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 15:10 - Jan 14 with 1976 views | bellomatic |
Here’s a clip of Ilias pronouncing his name as something like Cha-ear. (This was from the World Cup website, if I remember correctly.) | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:04 - Jan 14 with 1895 views | Boston | Left ear Right ear Final frontier Ilias Cha ear. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:33 - Jan 14 with 1860 views | southbound_tram | If you call the club, the waiting message you get is Albert and Ilias saying they are in the queue too. Ilias pronounces his name there as Chair, as in furniture. So he probably does not care. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:46 - Jan 14 with 1840 views | Boston |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:33 - Jan 14 by southbound_tram | If you call the club, the waiting message you get is Albert and Ilias saying they are in the queue too. Ilias pronounces his name there as Chair, as in furniture. So he probably does not care. |
Let alone how they pronounce it in his place of birth, Antwerp, or in his mother's native Polish. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:50 - Jan 14 with 1838 views | Lanhoop | When the team line-ups are called at the ground before the match it's always Chair. I'd assume if he wanted anything else used then he would have said something to Paul Morrissey by now. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 18:41 - Jan 14 with 1776 views | Boston |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:50 - Jan 14 by Lanhoop | When the team line-ups are called at the ground before the match it's always Chair. I'd assume if he wanted anything else used then he would have said something to Paul Morrissey by now. |
As Morrissey said...what difference does it make? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 03:36 - Jan 15 with 1608 views | DylanP |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 15:10 - Jan 14 by bellomatic |
Here’s a clip of Ilias pronouncing his name as something like Cha-ear. (This was from the World Cup website, if I remember correctly.) |
He actually pronounces it Sha'ir, which makes sense because there is no CH sound in Arabic. Thanks all for the enlightenment | ![](/images/avatars/2677.gif) |
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Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 08:44 - Jan 15 with 1525 views | stevec |
Is It Chair or Cha-ear? on 17:04 - Jan 14 by Boston | Left ear Right ear Final frontier Ilias Cha ear. |
Shame he didn’t play for Zaire*. * (if, like me, you were wondering why you don’t hear about them anymore, apparently they’ve changed their name to Doctor Congo) | ![](/images/avatars/6823.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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