[thechat] Chile's tennis fighting for the medals
Terry Fowler
quackamoe at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 23 17:29:36 CDT 2004
--- javier velasco <lists at mantruc.com> wrote:
> In Chile, on the other hand, we have the (somewhat
> silly) tradition of making an effort of pronouncing
> european-language
> (mostly english) words as close as possible as they
> are supposed to,
> while our neighbor country, Argentina, always adapts
> their sound and accent to their own fit.
>
I was watching Man U vs Norwich City on Saturday, in
Spanish as usual. I've noticed that the announcers
follow the Chilean approach to pronunciation,
pronouncing names and places pretty much as they would
be pronounced in England. I couldn't figure out,
however, why they kept talking about geeks. I mean,
these guys are professional athletes, not geeks. I
imagine some of our UK members are already a step
ahead of me on this one.
Then when Man U had a corner kick I saw the name on
the
back of #11 was "Giggs." Ah, now I understood.
Terry
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