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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5345 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes  Speaks: Spanish* | Message 17 of 38 22 June 2010 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like Argentinian commentators and Colombian narrators.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 18 of 38 22 June 2010 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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British English suits the game well, at least the northern accents. But I can't imagine a commentator speaking with a "posh" southern accent. That would be outright hilarious.
French commentators can be very funny. I laughed with tears once, when some commentator started shouting in a hysterical high-pitched voice. Bulgarian commentators sound "normal" to me. I suppose they can be equally hilarious for sb who is not a native speaker of the language. On a side not, I think the recent "strike" of French players is also very funny. It's sad really, but also a typical French thing to do. If the French don't go on strike, then who? ;). By the way, for all learners out there, the best English football radio is BBC 5 Live, and the best French one - Europe 1. Personally, I'm not a big football fan but I find it more interesting in a foreign language. Edited by Sennin on 22 June 2010 at 7:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5345 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 19 of 38 22 June 2010 at 7:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
The French were a disgrace, along with the Italians and the English. This has been Latin America's World Cup. The Africans were also a disappointment. Here are links to live feeds of Colombian TV stations. I don't know if they show the games online though, given asinine copyright restrictions: http://www.caracoltv.com/senal-vivo http://www.canalrcnmsn.com/streamingrcn 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Felipe Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6030 days ago 451 posts - 501 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Italian, Dutch, Catalan | Message 20 of 38 22 June 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
What does this have to do with race? I've only mentioned that soccer commentators are not as exciting in English (my native language) as they are in Spanish or Portuguese. I am confused as to how this could be perceived as racism. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5649 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 21 of 38 23 June 2010 at 12:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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On ESPN, they advertise you can listen to the games in other languages on their website (not sure if it's ESPN.com, ESPN360.com, or some other site.)
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| Patriciaa Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5685 days ago 59 posts - 73 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese | Message 22 of 38 23 June 2010 at 1:50am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think that the French Canadian commentators are boring and, moreover, they sometimes did some mistakes (said
the wrong reason for a penalty, mixed up players, thought that the replay of a goal was a real goal, etc.) … I didn't watch a lot of French French football games but I'm pretty convinced they are way better and way more exciting! I did listen to a game of Spain on RNE and thought the commentator was energetic! But not as extreme as that Brazilian though :P … 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6528 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 23 of 38 23 June 2010 at 3:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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Turkish commentators seem also to be very good :D
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| KTHN Diglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 5733 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 24 of 38 05 July 2010 at 6:14am | IP Logged | |||||
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exlBHTyB1R0&NR=1 Almost as good Dutch version. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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