Wednesday, February 15, 2006
turin or torino?
so based on what I've been reading, it sounded like nbc sports bigwig dick ebersol arbitrarily decided to call it the 2006 torino olympic games -- when the town itself is known as turin.
to the pedestrian media consumer it sounds pretty fucking absurd, does it not? how dare this guy give a new name to the town just because it "rolls off the tongue better" (direct quote)?
I googled it up and learned that the town name is known as "torino" to the locals and "turin" is the anglocized name. turns out ebersol's doing the town justice!
in response the associated press said "It's Rome, not Roma. Munich, not Muenchen. Moscow instead of Mockba or Moskva." well how about if we called you "associated press" to your face but referred to you to everyone else as "asshole-iated press"?
dicks.
only if you hang the TP facing the wall and not over the top.
-- rsb
oh snap! she lives!
if any post were to bring you out of the woodworks, it would be one about the winter olympics.
mmmhmmm!
btw...i had both mnb and lee "scratch" berman in my house - at the same time - recently. all is well.
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to the pedestrian media consumer it sounds pretty fucking absurd, does it not? how dare this guy give a new name to the town just because it "rolls off the tongue better" (direct quote)?
I googled it up and learned that the town name is known as "torino" to the locals and "turin" is the anglocized name. turns out ebersol's doing the town justice!
in response the associated press said "It's Rome, not Roma. Munich, not Muenchen. Moscow instead of Mockba or Moskva." well how about if we called you "associated press" to your face but referred to you to everyone else as "asshole-iated press"?
dicks.
only if you hang the TP facing the wall and not over the top.
-- rsb
oh snap! she lives!
if any post were to bring you out of the woodworks, it would be one about the winter olympics.
mmmhmmm!
btw...i had both mnb and lee "scratch" berman in my house - at the same time - recently. all is well.
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