 Poster: A snowHead
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@MorningGory, yes, nice to see San Pellegrino, Passo Pordoi, Arabba, Caprile, Malga Ciapela and Passo Fedaia. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is there highlights of todays stage on anywhere this evening
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@2waterford, Quest, 7pm.
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| big_ben wrote: |
+1 for Robbie McEwan.
Sean Kelly is good, but I find myself having to mute the commentary when he is on as he normally partners with Rob Hatch. He (Hatch) needs to understand that he should only add to what we can see on screen and not make it all about his (over) pronunciation of riders names and the sheer speaking for the sake of it.
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Rob Hatch gets the pronunciation of riders' names and place names spot-on every time, whether in French, Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese. I can't comment on the pronunciation of other nationalities but it sounds like he has done his homework there etc too. It's called being a professional and it's a breath of fresh air compared to the embarrassing and infuriating butchering foreign names are subjected to at the hands of most Anglophone commentators (like Kelly). If you find correct pronunciation irritating maybe it is because it triggers your sense of linguistic inadequacy? Go and put the graft in to learn all those languages and names properly, then you can have an opinion on what constitutes "over-pronunciation".
Hatch is also good at interrupting some of the dreadful co-hosts (the charmless, repetitive Sean Kelly and the dour Brian Smith etc) when something exciting happens and they don't break their drab monologue. Someone at EuroSport should explain to them the difference between commentating and just talking. Dan Lloyd is my favourite overall, he has some great insights and the right amount of humour.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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linguistic inadequacy?
I'm currently in Spain and talking slowly and loudly in English is very adequate thank you 
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@MorningGory, sometimes it's the best way. I went on a golfing holiday to Spain with a mate who was keen to dust off his O level Spanish but every time he wanted butter for his toast he asked for 'burro' which as we all know means donkey. It was amazing how often he asked for donkey on that trip.
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| BigFoodBear wrote: |
Rob Hatch gets the pronunciation of riders' names and place names spot-on every time, whether in French, Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese. |
Indeed, he even pronounces English and American names in their Original French or Spanish way so much does he overdo it.
I had the misfortune to watch the Giro a couple of years ago commented by Rob, never again, he's worse than Hugh Porter for OTT hyperbole.
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@davidof, I take it you haven't sat through an afternoon of Carlton Kirby. His greatest asset is that he makes everyone else relatively bearable.
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