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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
Steven Hodge, SBS¹ expert cycling analyst, announced last night the arrival
of a new contender for this years Grand Boucle * Jan Ullrish! |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
Screw the name. and how we pronouce it. we all know who he is talking about
when he says "Ullrich" . Why dont we import a scottish for the TDF announcer? That would makes it more interesting. "Shabby" wrote in message ... As much as I think Hodgo is a tool, the German pronunciation of Ullrich is more like "Ullrish" than the accepted "Ullrick" type sound that Phil and Paul use: 2. "Ch" following "e", "i", "ä", "ö", "ü", the diphthongs "eu" or "äu" and the consonants "l", "n" or "r". Whereas "ch" in the previous instance was a sound formed in the back of the mouth, this is one formed in the front of the mouth. Imagine saying the English words "humour" or "humane", but breathe with the tip of the tongue touching the back of the lower front teeth. Realistically you'll never say it properly unless you are a native German speaker. -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
..... and further to that, why does the other presenter on SBS think that any
European cyclists name should be pronounced with an faux European accent ? He doesn't pronounce the American cyclists names with an American accent or the English with an English accent. It ****s me. -- Tony (Feels like nit picking again) Remove the .fish after .com to reply --= This is a fish anti-spam device =-- `·.¸.·´¯`·...¸((((º "Steve Hubbard" wrote in message ... Steven Hodge, SBS' expert cycling analyst, announced last night the arrival of a new contender for this years Grand Boucle - Jan Ullrish! |
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..... and further to that, why does the other presenter on SBS think that any
European cyclists name should be pronounced with an faux European accent ? He doesn't pronounce the American cyclists names with an American accent or the English with an English accent. It ****s me. -- Tony (Feels like nit picking again) Remove the .fish after .com to reply --= This is a fish anti-spam device =-- `·.¸.·´¯`·...¸((((º "Steve Hubbard" wrote in message ... Steven Hodge, SBS' expert cycling analyst, announced last night the arrival of a new contender for this years Grand Boucle - Jan Ullrish! |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
"((((º" wrote
.... and further to that, why does the other presenter on SBS think that any European cyclists name should be pronounced with an faux European accent ? It ****s me. (Feels like nit picking again) That's a very small nit you're picking there Tony. My surname is Dutch and Bekkers is pronounced the same in English as in Dutch. People tend to insist on spelling it with ck but shrug. One person (in the USA) corrected it to ck on a form I filled in. :-) My mother's maiden name is Schoots which is invariably pronounced in English as Scoots or Shoots. My mother would not audibly recognise either as being her name. She would not respond to it. You cannot pronounce Schoots without a Dutch accent and few people whose first language is not Dutch or German could enunciate the 'sch' sound anyway. People prefer you to get their names right in spelling and pronunciation. The presenters are only trying to accommodate that. Cheers Theo You probably didn't say Tay-oh the way my mother did but I'm used to Cee-o. Bill Gates spellchecker tried to change my mum's name to Scoots with Shoots as a second option. LOL. |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
"((((º" wrote
.... and further to that, why does the other presenter on SBS think that any European cyclists name should be pronounced with an faux European accent ? It ****s me. (Feels like nit picking again) That's a very small nit you're picking there Tony. My surname is Dutch and Bekkers is pronounced the same in English as in Dutch. People tend to insist on spelling it with ck but shrug. One person (in the USA) corrected it to ck on a form I filled in. :-) My mother's maiden name is Schoots which is invariably pronounced in English as Scoots or Shoots. My mother would not audibly recognise either as being her name. She would not respond to it. You cannot pronounce Schoots without a Dutch accent and few people whose first language is not Dutch or German could enunciate the 'sch' sound anyway. People prefer you to get their names right in spelling and pronunciation. The presenters are only trying to accommodate that. Cheers Theo You probably didn't say Tay-oh the way my mother did but I'm used to Cee-o. Bill Gates spellchecker tried to change my mum's name to Scoots with Shoots as a second option. LOL. |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
You cannot pronounce Schoots without a Dutch accent and few people whose first language is not Dutch or German could enunciate the 'sch' sound anyway. A Dutch friend told me once that they way we Aussies pronounce the swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband's name (sorry if I misspelled it) is pretty funny. &roo |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
You cannot pronounce Schoots without a Dutch accent and few people whose first language is not Dutch or German could enunciate the 'sch' sound anyway. A Dutch friend told me once that they way we Aussies pronounce the swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband's name (sorry if I misspelled it) is pretty funny. &roo |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
"Andrew Swan" wrote
A Dutch friend told me once that they way we Aussies pronounce the swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband's name (sorry if I misspelled it) is pretty funny. It sure is. Can't even get the poor guy's first name right. Theo |
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New contender for 2003 TdF announced on SBS
"Andrew Swan" wrote
A Dutch friend told me once that they way we Aussies pronounce the swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband's name (sorry if I misspelled it) is pretty funny. It sure is. Can't even get the poor guy's first name right. Theo |
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