Libba or Libber?

[ScragCity]

No one has ever been able to give me a convincing answer to this. I used to say Libba because it looks a bit nicer and it's a bit easier to say but lately I've found myself going to Libber when I'm screaming at the telly. I feel it really emphasises his hardness in the contest and just how much of an intense bloke he is when you put that R at the end. However, I also didn't mind BT's now infamous round two call: "Libbalibbalibbalibbalibbalibbaaaaaa"

So, how do YOU say it?

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Libba. Good thread but could have used a poll.

 

[Freshwater]

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

No one has ever been able to give me a convincing answer to this. I used to say Libba because it looks a bit nicer and it's a bit easier to say but lately I've found myself going to Libber when I'm screaming at the telly. I feel it really emphasises his hardness in the contest and just how much of an intense bloke he is when you put that R at the end. However, I also didn't mind BT's now infamous round two call: "Libbalibbalibbalibbalibbalibbaaaaaa"

So, how do YOU say it?

How about we listen to you screaming it both ways and then we’ll decide?

 

[ScragCity]

Libba. Good thread but could have used a poll.

Good call. Poll added.

 

[NBates]

Libba

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[fitzroybowiedog]

LIBBA everyday of the week.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

If you use Libber instead of Libba you aren't a dogs supporter (j/k)

 

[Jean Claude Vas Deferens]

Parma.

I mean Libba.

No f***ing contest.

 

[Doggy Dan]

Libber


Libba

 

[Next Waiting]

No one has ever been able to give me a convincing answer to this. I used to say Libba because it looks a bit nicer and it's a bit easier to say but lately I've found myself going to Libber when I'm screaming at the telly. I feel it really emphasises his hardness in the contest and just how much of an intense bloke he is when you put that R at the end. However, I also didn't mind BT's now infamous round two call: "Libbalibbalibbalibbalibbalibbaaaaaa"

So, how do YOU say it?

Definitely Libbaaaaaaah unless he does something wrong and then I prefer Thomaaarse in a measured but disapproving tone.

 

[Triple Baileys]

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Libber

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Libba

I wasn't going to post a picture but you beat me to the Liberace association. He was a good entertainer.

 

[Dazb86]

Libber seems too formal

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Coming from Italian stock myself, and seeing the full name is Liberatore, I always thought it should be 'Liber', but 'Libba' Australianises it nicely. (In the same way that the former player to me when kicking goals was always 'Stringggaaaa'...)

Note: There was an awful period in the early 90s where that tool McAveney actually referred to Tom's dad in commentary as 'Libbers' with an 's', and also pronounced the 'r' - astounding!

 

[Bont2Bruce]

but 'Libba' Australianises it nicely.

Surely you meant to say "skipifies" - having married into a collection of Italian in-laws that is certainly their favoured terminology.

 

[Chicago1]

I say Libber since "we" pronounce the final 'r' of a word, unlike youse.

 

[Next Waiting]

On international talk like a pirate day the correct enunciation is Libbarrrghhhh

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Surely you meant to say "skipifies" - having married into a collection of Italian in-laws that is certainly their favoured terminology.

My family came here just after the war (WW2, that is), predates the ‘skippy’ reference. I loved watching it as a child though - I’m so old I saw it’s original tv run!

 

[Mofra]

I have one of these.



There is no question.