Simon Yates/Steve McLaren
Listening to Simon Yates' interviews over the past couple of weeks, mainly on the Cycling Podcast, I've been wandering if Steve McLaren has been giving him English lessons. He seems to have the timbre of a European speaking English as a 2nd language. Am I the only one that's noticed this?
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Have you ever been to Buuuureee0
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SpecialGuestStar wrote:Have you ever been to Buuuureee
English is definitely a second language round there.0 -
Sounds a bit boring on Eurosport.
I appreciate he's just finished racing, and does have to answer the same questions, multiple times.Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.
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Tashman wrote:Listening to Simon Yates' interviews over the past couple of weeks, mainly on the Cycling Podcast, I've been wandering if Steve McLaren has been giving him English lessons. He seems to have the timbre of a European speaking English as a 2nd language. Am I the only one that's noticed this?
Yep, defo a weird accent developing (over the last couple of stages). I reckon he's mates with Steve McLaren and Joey Barton
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Harsh on the land of Victoria Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Danny Boyle, Cherie Blair and Victoria Derbyshire. And me.Vino'sGhost wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Have you ever been to Buuuureee
English is definitely a second language round there.
Though perhaps the fact that most of them moved away tells a story...2015 Canyon Nerve AL 6.0 (son #1's)
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larkim wrote:
Harsh on the land of Victoria Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Danny Boyle, Cherie Blair and Victoria Derbyshire. And me.Vino'sGhost wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Have you ever been to Buuuureee
English is definitely a second language round there.
Though perhaps the fact that most of them moved away tells a story...
haha yes and Me too 0 -
Vino'sGhost wrote:larkim wrote:
Harsh on the land of Victoria Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Danny Boyle, Cherie Blair and Victoria Derbyshire. And me.Vino'sGhost wrote:SpecialGuestStar wrote:Have you ever been to Buuuureee
English is definitely a second language round there.
Though perhaps the fact that most of them moved away tells a story... haha yes and Me too
Moved away or they kicked you out?0 -
What is it with pros saying "for sure" in interviews? I wish I hadn't noticed it, they ALLLLL do it...0
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Being on an Aussie team isn't helping with an uptick at the end of each sentence.0
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Same with 'super', it's bloody annoying as hell. What happened to 'very' or 'extremely' and all the other words that could be used. As for the upward inflection that's as prevalent in California where it likely started that's far, far worse than using 'for sure'.B3rnieMac wrote:What is it with pros saying "for sure" in interviews? I wish I hadn't noticed it, they ALLLLL do it...
As a rugby league man another common Australian theme in that the beginning of a sentence is bastardised all the time, shortening words by removing the consonants and simply popping an 'O' on the end. Registration (for cars) is 'reggo'' for example. :x0 -
B3rnieMac wrote:What is it with pros saying "for sure" in interviews? I wish I hadn't noticed it, they ALLLLL do it...
it's a continental thing, get it in F1 all the time. Id imagine he's picked it up from the other pros we talks to.
Super still used a lot in other continental languages as well, sometimes still in English which can sound strange when you hear a converation0 -
tonyf34 wrote:
Same with 'super', it's bloody annoying as hell. What happened to 'very' or 'extremely' and all the other words that could be used. As for the upward inflection that's as prevalent in California where it likely started that's far, far worse than using 'for sure'.B3rnieMac wrote:What is it with pros saying "for sure" in interviews? I wish I hadn't noticed it, they ALLLLL do it...
As a rugby league man another common Australian theme in that the beginning of a sentence is bastardised all the time, shortening words by removing the consonants and simply popping an 'O' on the end. Registration (for cars) is 'reggo'' for example. :x
Another Australian one is starting the answer to a question with "ah, look...." - once heard you'll never miss it again0 -
Irrespective of how Simon Yates sounded, the Italians seemed to think he resembled Hugh Grant!Tashman wrote:Listening to Simon Yates' interviews over the past couple of weeks, mainly on the Cycling Podcast, I've been wandering if Steve McLaren has been giving him English lessons. He seems to have the timbre of a European speaking English as a 2nd language. Am I the only one that's noticed this?0 -
It's all just dreadful if you ask me. All these good boys leaving glorious England and living among the heathens. It's no wonder they lose all culture!
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I have been using super as an adjective since 2015, and woe betide anyone who tells me I'm wrong to do so0
