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| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5101 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 9 of 29 18 April 2013 at 12:24am | IP Logged | ||
Same here. I'd much prefer European French, but I'll take what I can get. Edited by Darklight1216 on 18 April 2013 at 12:29am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 10 of 29 18 April 2013 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeees I do this a lot! ♥
I love hockey too but I can't watch it online, too difficult to see the puck loooool. I've learned surprisingly many words that are useful outside the topic, and I've gained confidence not only at the intermediate level, but even as a beginner. And lol, so true about not considering any recordings too fast! My favourite commentator is Auriemma! He's also more emotional than any audiobook narrator :D (and I don't even support Napoli... but I love how in Italy there are commentators that openly support this or that team!) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7157 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 11 of 29 18 April 2013 at 2:47am | IP Logged | ||
Hehe, we call such a person a "homer". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 12 of 29 18 April 2013 at 2:55am | IP Logged | ||
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nooo, it's not like that. it's official. nice of them to realize that fans actually WANT to listen to someone supporting their team.
like, i've seen how the person doing the streaming would switch between "neutral" and "napoli fan". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7157 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 13 of 29 18 April 2013 at 3:10am | IP Logged | ||
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But that's pretty much what a homer is :-). Most teams are strongly associated with a particular broadcaster or pair of broadcasters and over time their bias toward the team that they cover shows. Of course, it's fine for the audience since most of them are fans of the team anyway as you note.
You're probably familiar with the play-by-play of Antero Mertaranta, right? ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 14 of 29 18 April 2013 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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but it's done officially. and anyone who doesn't want can switch to a neutral commentator. Auriemma doesn't abuse his position as a commentator, it's his job to provide the commentary specifically for Napoli fans, and anyone who isn't one is listening at their own risk.
No but the voice is familiar of course, I watched a lot of hockey videos on youtube when I needed to improve my listening. Did you mean any specific vid? Also OMG, I found a cool video of a Russian shadowing Mertaranta. Impressive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4737 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 29 18 April 2013 at 11:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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One of my favorite things about adding Spanish to my list of languages I'm semi-seriously
studying is the availability of NBA blogs and telecasts in that language. It's always great to combine learning and procrastination. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 16 of 29 19 April 2013 at 1:57am | IP Logged | ||
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Heh, Spanish kinda added itself to my list because Spain and South America are so important football-wise :)
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