The Powell's interview Elaine Thompson Herah

[Speedster]

https://youtu.be/FdBbNIPrSwQ

Pretty slick set up from Asafa and Alyshia Powell (I guess moving more towards lifestyle vlogging) and their interview with Elaine Thompson Herah. Good mix of questions across the track world and outside of it. It's been promoted on social media pretty heavily but worth a watch if you're yet to see it. Interesting to hear of the reflections of being a track star while living at home in Jamaica and community expectations. Also Elaine's contractual motivations for being in Eugene last summer.

[The Klingon]

Nice interview. Well, the part I could understand. Sometimes, I could not understand what they were saying, especially Elaine. I watched it twice.

[SoCal45]

Nice interview. Well, the part I could understand. Sometimes, I could not understand what they were saying, especially Elaine. I watched it twice.

thanks, won't bother!

[The Klingon]

thanks, won't bother!

I disagree. I think you should watch it once. Give it a try. You may understand them more than I did. The Jamaican accent can be difficult for me to understand at times.

[lonewolf]

I could not understand them either... but then, I have that trouble with any accent outside OkieTex.-

[jazzcyclist]

I disagree. I think you should watch it once. Give it a try. You may understand them more than I did. The Jamaican accent can be difficult for me to understand at times.

All thick accents (eg. Southern, Cajun, British, Australian, Caribbean, etc.) are hard to understand unless you're from that place, but I never have any problem understanding news anchors and sports broadcasters regardless of what country they're from, probably because people in that profession usually have impeccable diction.

[The Klingon]

All thick accents (eg. Southern, Cajun, British, Australian, Caribbean, etc.) are hard to understand unless you're from that place, but I never have any problem understanding news anchors and sports broadcasters regardless of what country they're from, probably because people in that profession usually have impeccable diction.

That is true. I watched it a third time and I understood more the third time than I did the first two. I had no problem understanding Alyashia Powell (I think she is originally from Ghana), but Elaine and Asafa, SMH. But, I also realized that, hey, they were not talking to me. I could be wrong, but I think this video was aimed at Jamaica and Jamaicans. If I watched it and I understood what they were saying, then fine. If I watched it and did not understand what they were saying, that is fine too, because they were really not talking to me.. But anyway, just my 2 cents.

[Conor Dary]

Not sure what some are going on about. She is very easy to understand. Lovely accent.

Mrs. Powell was born in Ghana but she doesn't sound Ghanaian, I've been there. She was raised in Canada.

[Conor Dary]

All thick accents (eg. Southern, Cajun, British, Australian, Caribbean, etc.) are hard to understand unless you're from that place, .....

Not really. I certainly have no problem...

Now Germans speaking German can be hard!

[The Klingon]

Well, they are giving Asafa and Elaine the "business" on YouTube. WOW!!!!

[Awsi Dooger]

Well, they are giving Asafa and Elaine the "business" on YouTube. WOW!!!!

Well earned. I have no idea how they didn't realize how poorly it would come across, especially Asafa: We're celebrities. Don't lump us together with regular people. You're lucky to have us. You're lucky we continue to live here.

The tone of the comments isn't obvious if you use the default sort of Top. But if you switch to New, the outrage really stands out, especially if you sample one new block after another, as I have. There are now nearly 1300 comments.

[The Klingon]

I think both the fans and the athletes have valid points.

[reggaeirie1234]

The interview was very tacky. I'm actually surprised at Asafa's takes. Elaine not so much but I'm not going to say more than that. They both came across very ungrateful.

[Speedster]

Would athletics/track and field be considered Jamaica's number one sport? Would the sprinters be the biggest sports stars? What about cricketers? Just for comparison to other nations?

[The Klingon]

Would athletics/track and field be considered Jamaica's number one sport? Would the sprinters be the biggest sports stars? What about cricketers? Just for comparison to other nations?

I could not name a Jamaican cricketer (or a cricketer from any nation) if my life depended on it. I can name many Jamaican track and field stars.