L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm
Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
Not a dumb thought at all.
Seriously - how hard is it to say "Napoli" instead of "Naples?"
Beijing was "Peking" in the west not too long ago.
And if you are ever in the French part of Canada, score points with the hard -to-impress locals by calling it "Kay-bec"
I'm borderline half-Canadian (bulk of wife's family lives in Ajax and Mississauga, I grew up in MI which is already close enough, I spent summers at my grandparents fishing lodge somewhere in far western Ontario.)
Anyways, one of my favorite things in the world was watching HNIC (not howard's acronym) and hearing the announcer say Goal! The Kay-bec Nordicks. Like, he was splitting the difference between saying it right and then butchering Nordiques on purpose.
Back in the 70s, the Sabres took a hotshot prospect out of the Quebec Junior named Richard Martin. Pronounced "Ree-shard Mahr-tan."
At least it was until he got to Buffalo (where he was great). But he soon became "Rick Martin" and even "Rico Martin"
The best of all though was listening to the old Leafs' and HNIC announcers (other than Danny Gallivan of course) butcher Yvan Courneyer's name.
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L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm
Here's a dumb thought I'll cop to. Why aren't place names universally pronounced in the same way the native language would say it? Like the capital of the boot-shaped peninsular state in Europe should be pronounced "Roma" no matter what language it's in, right? I can see if the name of the place is initially in another language; the largest city in California doesn't have to be pronounced "The Angels". But that just irritates me for some reason. I dig they prefer to be called "Cote d'Ivoire".
Not a dumb thought at all.
Seriously - how hard is it to say "Napoli" instead of "Naples?"
Beijing was "Peking" in the west not too long ago.
And if you are ever in the French part of Canada, score points with the hard -to-impress locals by calling it "Kay-bec"
I'm borderline half-Canadian (bulk of wife's family lives in Ajax and Mississauga, I grew up in MI which is already close enough, I spent summers at my grandparents fishing lodge somewhere in far western Ontario.)
Anyways, one of my favorite things in the world was watching HNIC (not howard's acronym) and hearing the announcer say Goal! The Kay-bec Nordicks. Like, he was splitting the difference between saying it right and then butchering Nordiques on purpose.
Back in the 70s, the Sabres took a hotshot prospect out of the Quebec Junior named Richard Martin. Pronounced "Ree-shard Mahr-tan."
At least it was until he got to Buffalo (where he was great). But he soon became "Rick Martin" and even "Rico Martin"
The best of all though was listening to the old Leafs' and HNIC announcers (other than Danny Gallivan of course) butcher Yvan Courneyer's name.
Funny. Similarly, the Sharks' play-by-play guy, Dan Rusanowsky takes great care to pronounce foreign names exactly right. We used to have a color guy partnering with him named Pete Stemkowski - old guys may remember him as a former player. Stemkowski didn't even try on the names. So, you got some funny exchanges - one I remember clearly for some reason: Dan: "...and, Alexander Kor-al-youk steals the puck in the slot... Pete: yeah, nice play by Kor-a-luck."
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:17 am
My goodness. Unknown has been gone that long. I'm sure he'd be glad that we're still going strong, even without a front page.
And without scores. Maybe the next phpBB update.
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howard wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:24 pm
Johnny Weir is like the gayest man in America, right? Nee, gayest person. Like if we had a draft for most gay person, even J-Lo would take him with the first pick. FFS, his primary fashion accessory is Tara Lipinsky! Sure, I love Little Richard, but this guy is the top of the mountain. (This Adam Rippon kid who skates for USA is off to a great career start.)
[/venting of pent-up homophobic tendencies] (I love Johnny and Tara)
I guess this team event figure skating was a thing last time, but it doesn't seem right. OTOH, I'm cool with the mixed doubles curling, mainly cuz it means moar curling.
Wanted to piggy back on this. When Canada won the Figure Skating team gold the other day. Eric Radford became the first openly gay athlete to win a Winter Olympics Gold Medal.
That really surprised me that it's taken until 2018 especially in figure skating.
Kung Fu movies are like porn. There's 1 on 1, then 2 on 1, then a group scene..
howard wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:33 pm
Confusing?
I woke up this morning, flipped on the hockey, and I saw a black guy in a USA sweater. And he scored a goal!
(Had to go to work, missed the Slovene comeback)
So that's what Hood* looks like!
(90% sure I saw him on the street in NYC a few months ago. Didn't say anything, since I knew his office was 20 blocks away. Turned the corner, and see his employer's name on another building. Had to be him. I've spoken to him on the phone numerous times, still never actually met him.)
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-Pruitt
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:17 am
My goodness. Unknown has been gone that long. I'm sure he'd be glad that we're still going strong, even without a front page.
And without scores. Maybe the next phpBB update.
A cerrano sighting! I thought maybe rass killed you or something.
Rex wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:51 pm
Yo Korea, your weather sucks dick. Maybe have this someplace more reasonable next time, like the Poconos?
There's no snow in those mountains, is there?
Not much. There are several ski slopes in the Poconos, but they are all tiny. I was going to say they all suck, but in fairness, I've never skied at any of them, only been there in the summer.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Looking at the helicopter shots, Pyeongchang doesn't get a lot of snow either, despite it being really cold every day. You can always pump in the snow. I think a Borscht Belt olympics would be fantastic. Sure the current mountains are really small, but Trump could build a bigger one for the downhill event.
Rex wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:45 pm
Looking at the helicopter shots, Pyeongchang doesn't get a lot of snow either, despite it being really cold every day.
That's what I was referring to, FWIW. There's snow on the ski runs, but the wide angle shots show a lot of brown hills and mountains, which IMHO drags the aesthetics down.
It's kinda funny because there was an article in the paper here a couple days ago worrying about what we would do if we had the Olympics again and had weather like we do this year - very little snow. As it turns out, we still have a lot more snow here than they do in Pyeongchang.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Chinese geography, but I gotta think Pyeongchang gets a shitton more snow than Beijing, but that didn't stop them from getting the games in four years.
brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:11 pm
I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Chinese geography, but I gotta think Pyeongchang gets a shitton more snow than Beijing, but that didn't stop them from getting the games in four years.
They're pretty much banking on having no natural snow and making it all. So shitty. They should be in the Alps or Rockies every time
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