Better Bring Your Crampons * (the blog quebecois)

Better Bring Your Crampons *

England's loss to Croatia in the Euro 2008 qualifying rounds got off to an amusing start, at least.

Tony Henry was trying to sing the national anthem in Croatian, but reportedly got the words wrong.
Fans say the mispronounciation helped the players relax before the game at Wembley where Croatia beat England 3-2.

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).

Which is kind of suggestive all by itself.

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".
Croat players like Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and Arsenal target Luka Modric started looking at each other and grinning when they realised what he was singing.

Croat fan websites have been calling for Henry to be given a medal of honour for helping the players relax, they also want him made an official team mascot for the tournament.

I think they should make the change official. It's much more intimidating than "You'll Never Walk Alone."