Meadowsisms

Collapse

Unconfigured Ad Widget

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Steele
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2021
    • 1146

    Meadowsisms

    From the Keino Classic:

    1. Mabomba
    2. Mambomba
    3. Mabama
    4. Mobamba
    5. Mboma (with an almost imperceptible M)

    No mention of front-end mechanics, however.

  • guru
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 13168
    • Deadwood, SD

    #2
    Ha!

    Comment

    • aaronk
      Senior Member
      • May 2012
      • 10745
      • Bellingham

      #3
      Originally posted by Steele View Post
      From the Keino Classic:

      1. Mabomba
      2. Mambomba
      3. Mabama
      4. Mobamba
      5. Mboma (with an almost imperceptible M)

      No mention of front-end mechanics, however.
      In the beginning, Athing Mu was pronounced as it's spelled, like "moo"!
      Now we know better!
      Athing's got her MU-jo working!
      LOL

      Comment

      • Steele
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2021
        • 1146

        #4
        Tokyo Mens 400H

        Lane 8 - Hiroya Kawagoe pronounced Hiragatsu (one name only). Couldn't have been a mispronunciation, must have been incorrect listing.
        Lane 7 - Kurokawa pronounced Kurokaway
        Lane 4 - Toyoda pronounced Toyod-da
        Lane 3 - Yamamoto pronounced Yakamoto-da. Maybe she is saying "Yakamoto there" and it's just her little speech mechanism and accent that throw me.
        Lane 2 - Matsushita pronounced Matushuteei. The stadium announcer pronounced it perfectly just two seconds prior! It's not like these are obscure Japanese names...
        Lane 1 - Onodera pronounced Owadera.

        smh

        Comment

        • Steele
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2021
          • 1146

          #5
          Tokyo Womens 100H

          Lane 5 - Aoki pronounced Aoku
          Lane 7 - Fukube pronounced Fukukube (extra syllable, no charge)
          Lane 9 - Shimura pronounced Shimuru

          Comment

          • clementina
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2022
            • 353

            #6
            Justifiable criticisms in the main. Let us hope the piss taking here also occurs when usa tv commentators start their name pronunciations of european,african and asian athletes in a couple of months.!

            Comment

            • guru
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 13168
              • Deadwood, SD

              #7
              Originally posted by clementina View Post
              Let us hope the piss taking here also occurs when usa tv commentators start their name pronunciations of european,african and asian athletes in a couple of months.!

              Clearly you're new here lol

              Comment

              • Wiederganger
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2019
                • 1763

                #8
                Originally posted by Steele View Post
                It's not like these are obscure Japanese names...
                Yes, some of her pronunciations are awful, but in her defense in this specific instance, she will not have had exposure to many Japanese names at all, not from growing up in Wigan in the north of England. The UK has a teeny, tiny Japanese population (something like 30k in the whole country) and when competing the majority of her competitors were European or others, rarely Japanese.

                She will have no knowledge of how to pronounce Japanese names, where the emphasis should be etc.

                Comment

                • ceil
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2017
                  • 340
                  • Sweden

                  #9
                  She used to be a world-class athlete, certainly met many Japanese athletes, has been commentating for some time now...
                  Even in this specific instance, it's not a problem of not emphasizing syllables correctly as much as completely changing them for at least three athletes. It's an issue with literally reading words. I do not want to take the piss too much in case she does have a reading disability of some sort, but in the absence of that, it's simply not justifiable.

                  Comment

                  • 18.99s
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2011
                    • 5700

                    #10
                    Originally posted by ceil View Post
                    I do not want to take the piss too much in case she does have a reading disability of some sort, but in the absence of that, it's simply not justifiable.
                    She might indeed be dyslexic or have some other reading or speech impediment. But if that is the case she shouldn't be in the job, or she should spend extra time learning and rehearsing the names before each meet.

                    Comment

                    • clementina
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2022
                      • 353

                      #11
                      Originally posted by guru View Post


                      Clearly you're new here lol
                      I have been reading the posts on this site for years and not posting myself
                      😄

                      Comment

                      • Atticus
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2014
                        • 26557
                        • on task

                        #12
                        Originally posted by 18.99s View Post
                        She might indeed be dyslexic or have some other reading or speech impediment. But if that is the case she shouldn't be in the job, or she should spend extra time learning and rehearsing the names before each meet.
                        I was thinking the same thing, as if she has a mild case of aphasia. In the Mboma case, she might hear that she's saying the same thing every time and they are all 'bomma' with that barely audible m at the beginning (which I think is correct (?) ).

                        Comment

                        • lonewolf
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 16315
                          • Indian Territory

                          #13
                          Just curious. Frequently in the minority here, am I the only person here who is unperturbed by the mispronunciation of foreign names?

                          Comment

                          • Atticus
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2014
                            • 26557
                            • on task

                            #14
                            Originally posted by lonewolf View Post
                            Just curious. Frequently in the minority here, am I the only person here who is unperturbed by the mispronunciation of foreign names?
                            I think it's unprofessional. If you are being paid to comment, getting the name right is high on my list. I bet you tried to do that when you were calling names for jumping. I sure did, even asking them what they wanted to be called, often the first name.
                            Last edited by Atticus; 05-09-2022, 03:50 PM.

                            Comment

                            • lonewolf
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 16315
                              • Indian Territory

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Atticus View Post
                              I think it's unprofessional. If you are being paid to comment, getting the name right is high on my list.
                              Apparently so.

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X