Giro stage 2 *spoiler* Appeldoorn > Nijmegen
rick_chasey
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Great turnout by the locals. Extra incentive for Kittel here? If he gets the bonus seconds on offer could he be in the pink?0
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It's been 2 years. Someone please tell Sean how to say "Caleb".0
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did anyone see the bottles that Cannondale are using? looked a little larger and with a different top?0
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Lucan2 wrote:
Bonifications?!?!?! Stop making words up, kn0b!
Bonifications is a legit French word. English has a long history of shamelessly importing words from other languages - it's what give it its certain je ne sais quoi. Perfectly acceptable.
edit: plus it exists in American English afaiu. And that's a far more sensible version of the language anyway.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
The_Boy wrote:Lucan2 wrote:
Bonifications?!?!?! Stop making words up, kn0b!
Bonifications is a legit French word. English has a long history of shamelessly importing words from other languages - it's what give it its certain je ne sais quoi. Perfectly acceptable.
edit: plus it exists in American English afaiu. And that's a far more sensible version of the language anyway.
Like many things, it sounds stupid when he says it. If he was speaking French, then OK, but he's supposed to be doing an English commentary, so English would be good.
And there's no such thing as American English. There's English and there's wrong!0 -
when Kelly talks about cycling its legit. end of.0
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Vino'sGhost wrote:when Kelly talks about cycling its legit. end of.
Maybe there should be subtitles
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Lucan2 wrote:
but he's supposed to be doing an English commentary, so English would be good.
Usage is the final arbiter...And there's no such thing as American English. There's English and there's wrong!
No. There's English according to the OED, and then there's correct.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
Exciting stage this eh?Correlation is not causation.0
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Above The Cows wrote:Exciting stage this eh?
Im enjoying the windmills0 -
Vino'sGhost wrote:Above The Cows wrote:Exciting stage this eh?
Im enjoying the windmills
When I first moved here I got really excited about windmills for abut two weeks, now I don't even notice them and I get excited about bruggen, dijken en duinen because it means some sort of gradient!
Gradients and days with little wind... The stuff of Dutch dreams...Correlation is not causation.0 -
Kijk! Een beetje heuveltje!Correlation is not causation.0
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Above The Cows wrote:Kijk! Een beetje heuveltje!0
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Firsanov caught up in that bit of a crash."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Of course he was. I backed him for the podium.
edit: first time i put a bet on to pass the time at work (i worked in a bookies at the time), all four selections died. There was a reason the punters in shop called me 'the jinx'.Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
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Still early I guess with 6km to go, but no sign of EQS anywhere at the mo.0
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was there even a sprint there? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:**************************************************
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Kittel takes it easy as you like. It was like a pro versus a couple of juniors.0
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Pure tedium that."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Blazing Saddles wrote:Pure tedium that.0
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Vino'sGhost wrote:when Kelly talks about cycling its legit. end of.
Fact!
The issue of Kelly's pronunciation and use of the English language will always stir debate. I think we have to remember that he has spent more of his life speaking French, Spanish, and Flemish and is fluent in all three (if not fluent, he isn't far off) as well as a smattering of Italian and a few other languages, than he has speaking English. He could be listening to race radio in French or Flemish and having to commentate in English and that, I would imagine, takes some serious mental dexterity. Plus the "language" of cycling borrows so many words from French, in particular, that words like bidon or peloton are instantly recognisable to all fans of the sport.
DD.0 -
Lucan2 wrote:Vino'sGhost wrote:when Kelly talks about cycling its legit. end of.
Maybe there should be subtitles
:roll:
Kelly has forgotten more about cycling than you'll ever know.0 -
Amador in 9th, beating Nizzolo0
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Lucan2 wrote:The_Boy wrote:Lucan2 wrote:
Bonifications?!?!?! Stop making words up, kn0b!
Bonifications is a legit French word. English has a long history of shamelessly importing words from other languages - it's what give it its certain je ne sais quoi. Perfectly acceptable.
edit: plus it exists in American English afaiu. And that's a far more sensible version of the language anyway.
Like many things, it sounds stupid when he says it. If he was speaking French, then OK, but he's supposed to be doing an English commentary, so English would be good.
And there's no such thing as American English. There's English and there's wrong!
If this stuff bothers you you're watching the wrong sport.
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The world was a better place when Lucan was still missing ...Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.0
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What odds would you get for Amador to finish higher than Valverde I wonder?0