Evann Guessand (on loan at Crystal Palace)

[kippaxvilla2]

What happened to ‘Signed’?

[cdbearsfan]

Been here a while now so no need. Does his name rhyme? Is it Ay-von Gay-son?

[Percy McCarthy]

Been here a while now so no need. Does his name rhyme? Is it Ay-von Gay-son?

Not sure how to spell it phonetically but from what I’ve heard on podcasts featuring some France-based football writers, it’s like Devon (but without the D) followed by Gesson, all said in your sexiest French accent. So it does kind of rhyme, but not quite in the way you suggested.

[eye digress]

With the double 'n', I'd expect the second vowel of Evann to be a proper 'a' (as in 'van') rather than a schwa.

[cdbearsfan]

I thought the second "n" was just telling you to pronounce the penultimate one? Didn't know it affected the vowel sound. Where's Bad English when you need him?

[eye digress]

It's a bit out of standard French spelling - there'd normally be an 'e' at the end. But I'd expect it to be pronounced as you would the town 'Vanne', with an 'e' at the front.

[Somniloquism]

Not sure if correct or whether the additional E in this one makes a difference but.

[Brazilian Villain]

Been here a while now so no need. Does his name rhyme? Is it Ay-von Gay-son?

He's not selling cosmetics. I'd expect it to be pronounced like 'Evan' but just has a superfluous, silent 'n', and his surname to sound like 'garçon' but with 'gess' as the first syllable.

SQ's audio suggests his first name is more like 'EEvan'. OTOH we don't hear people asking for 'EEvian' water. Basically, we're none the wiser.

[cdbearsfan]

Évian has an acute. It may as well be a completely different language family. Tsk, honestly.

Thought thinking about it, that makes my initial pronunciation suggestion less likely. Drat.

[thick_mike]

We still have the excitement of the “How do you pronounce your name “ video from the EPL to come!

[Dave]

It's a bit out of standard French spelling - there'd normally be an 'e' at the end. But I'd expect it to be pronounced as you would the town 'Vanne', with an 'e' at the front.

Pleasant town, was there yesterday.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm going to just call him Bob as his name is too difficult. Bob Hfuhruhurr is much easier.

[kippaxvilla2]

Reminds me of that joke.  Statistics state that one in five siblings is Chinese.  Some say it’s Waylin in my family but I’m fairly sure it’s Colin.

[eamonn]

Or the other joke about acute angina

[eye digress]

It's a bit out of standard French spelling - there'd normally be an 'e' at the end. But I'd expect it to be pronounced as you would the town 'Vanne', with an 'e' at the front.

Pleasant town, was there yesterday.

It is indeed. Missed the ‘s’ off Vannes - my bad!