02.13.06
Olympic Commentators
The Winter Olympics are pretty big here. One of the state-owned channels is all-Olympics, all the time. One thing that I have noticed is that many of the sports terms that they use are the English words with an Italian accent. Snowboarders do taiuhl grabuh in the af-pipuh. In curling they do lots of sweepinguh. Skiers do jump-uhs. Don’t read this like I’m making fun - but since all Italian words end in a vowel, it’s sometimes difficult for them to pronounce foreign words that don’t end in a vowel. It makes for some interesting TV!
Johnie Mac-Vail said,
02.27.06 at 10:42 am
I enjoyed the Olympics this year!
The Torino (Turin) mayor did a fine job! In 2010 it will be in Vancouver (Thats in Canada). Well, in case you didn’t know!
I have an idea for a new Olympic event! - ICE BLOCKING!!!! Me and you Brian - We can partner up and bring the fine sport to Canada. Think it will take?
Johnie Mac
Brian said,
02.28.06 at 3:18 am
It has to be better than curling! Though for some reason it was really popular here.
And for the uneducated, ice blocking is taking one of those five pound blocks of ice, putting a towel on it, and sliding down the biggest hill you can find, preferably in the summer. I nearly killed my youth group doing it. It’s just like sledding!