Croatian pronunciation / Peinlicher Aussprachefehler in der kroatischen Nationalhymne
am 23.11.2007 von Transblawg
Ananova reports that there was a pronunciation error in the singing of the Croatian national anthem before the England-Croatia match on Wednesday. Why was a British singer singing Croatian anyway?
The British singer who sang the Croatian anthem before last nights match accidentally sang My penis is a mountain. ...
The national anthem is written in old style Croatian, and there can be slightly different interpretations in English because it is a very lyrical language.
The line in which Henry slipped up should have been mila kuda si planina (You know my dear how we love your mountains).
But what he actually sang was mila kura si planina which means Dear Penis, you are a Mountain or My Dear, my penis is a mountain.
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