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| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5433 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 9 of 38 19 June 2010 at 1:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
I've tried (half-heartedly) for years to like football and I just can't. Americans' attention spans are too short for a sport with such infrequent scoring. ;-) However, I really like T20 cricket. I think that sport could work in the US. Perhaps it's just the area I live in/company I keep now, but the World Cup does seem to be gaining fans in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5669 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 10 of 38 19 June 2010 at 2:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
This has nothing at all to do with language learning, but I think you raised an interesting point. I have noticed that when my American friend's discuss the world cup their focus is on the final scored, whereas when my British friends discuss matches they focus more on the unfolding game play. So, this is another example of savouring the journey or focusing just on the destination. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6960 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 11 of 38 19 June 2010 at 2:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Brazilian soccer commentators are the best!
Have a look here = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wwINjKMfNA 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5433 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 12 of 38 19 June 2010 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Is anyone in the US able to get broadcasted non-English World Cup feeds (satellite?) or do you just watch online?
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5693 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 13 of 38 19 June 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I *love* watching the World Cup in German, especially when the German team is playing, because the German
commentators get sooo excited they can barely keep up with their own words, and then when somebody scores, it's always: "TOOOOOOOORRRRRR!!!" ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5419 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 14 of 38 19 June 2010 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
He works for one of the my main homestate's radio here in Brazil.....he's truly good at it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5419 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 15 of 38 19 June 2010 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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What it must be interesting is that if someone is inside the stadium, they might meet many supporters from all around the world and then have endless conversations with them throughout the competition.
As far as I know South Africa now has many tourists mostly from Holland, Mexico, Argentina, Australia, America, South Korea, Japan and England. Edited by GauchoBoaCepa on 19 June 2010 at 8:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6042 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 16 of 38 22 June 2010 at 6:38am | IP Logged | |||||
Lol... No language is better...... You sound racist or at least language-ist. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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