Let's examine Daryl Halligans voice.

[newman]

He has a shocking, ugly kiwi accent, meaning that 80% of words are incorrectly pronounced.
He doesn't seem to realise that individual words require space between them.
He has no variation in tone, pace or cadence.
He sounds like his tongue is too big for his mouth.


How then, is this man a professional broadcaster? The only blight on an otherwise magnificent tournament.

 

[Someone]

i read this in his voice.

 

[Dolacan]

Oh forsure... Hahahah

 

[user_nat]

He reminds me of commentators in sports games.

Like the tone he says stuff in doesn't actually match what is happening, and changes randomly.

 

[deluded pom?]

Aussies/Kiwis, you all sound the same to us.

 

[Dav0c]

He usually gets the players names right though to be fair. Can't say that about some other commentators to be fair.

 

[1stNov2000]

I'm a Kiwi and I cringe too when I listen to him

 

[SilentOne]

He sounds like he's having sex when he's commentating.

I love how he pronounces Foran, Foreign. :lol:

 

[newman]

Aussies/Kiwis, you all sound the same to us.

Yorkshire/London? All sounds the same to us.

 

[deluded pom?]

Yorkshire/London? All sounds the same to us.

If anything you Aussies speak more like Cockneys than Yorkshire people ever will. Darnce, charnce. It's a flat vowel FFS. ;-)

 

[Usain Bolt]

Halligan has a terrible lisp

 

[joseph1]

The worst commentator in the history of all sport, all countries. An embarrassment to this great country. He's also ugly.

 

[Drzoidberg]

Imagine Daryl and Stevo stephson with Ray Hadley, yuck!

 

[marv]

If anything you Aussies speak more like Cockneys than Yorkshire people ever will. Darnce, charnce. It's a flat vowel FFS. ;-)

:lol:

 

[Jimmyson/Mullins]

I also noticed he makes this grown, "Ahhhh" when NZ score a try..actually even when they have on scored against them.. It's weird

 

[Armageddon.]

I havent understood a single word he has said.
Zero understanding of basic phonetics

 

[Special K]

i read this in his voice.

f**k.

I did the same

 

[miguel de cervantes]

I like his input and accent. Go Halligan.

 

[deluded pom?]

I like his input and accent. Go Halligan.

Me too. Although very similar it's sounds better on the English ear than that whine you hear from Aussie commentators.

 

[Moffo]

Great goal kicker though