ðə pɑːɹtˈɪsɪpənts ænd vjˈuːɚz ʌvðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi bˈoʊt ɹˈeɪs ɑːɹ fɹˈiːkwəntli ɹᵻfˈɜːd tʊ æz hˈoːɹeɪ hˈɛnɹiz ɔːɹ tˈɑːfs, ˈiːvən ɪn nˈɑːntˈæblɔɪd mˈiːdiːə lˈaɪk ðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən, wˌɛɹ ɪn ɐ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θˈɜːtiːn əpˈɪniən pˈiːs, ðɪ ˈɔːθɚɹ ɛkspɹˈɛst ðˌɐɾɪt ɪz "ˈiːzi tə snˈɪɹ æt ðə kˈaɪnd ʌv ᵻvˈɛnt wˌɛɹ tɹaɪˈʌmfənt, ɹˈɛd tɹˈaʊsɚwˈɛɹɪŋ hˈoːɹeɪhˈɛnɹiz ɡɹˈiːt ðɛɹ ɹᵻtˈɜːnɪŋ hˈiəɹoʊz wɪð ɐ ɹˈaʊzɪŋ ɹɛndˈɪʃən ʌvðə tˈaɪmləs ɹˈoʊɪŋ ʃˈænti aɪd ɹˈæðɚ biː ɐ lˈɛpɚ ðˌænə kˈæm",
The participants and viewers of the University Boat Race are frequently referred to as Hooray Henries or toffs, even in non-tabloid media like The Guardian, where in a 2013 opinion piece, the author expressed that it is "easy to sneer at the kind of event where triumphant, red trouser-wearing hooray-henrys greet their returning heroes with a rousing rendition of the timeless rowing shanty I'd Rather Be a Leper Than a Cam",