XX Olympic Winter Games - Page 12

scaeagles · 02-14-2006, 03:46 PM

He (Hamilton) has been demoted to "Skating with Celebreties". I'm sure he's thrilled about that.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-14-2006, 10:41 PM

Heh, American figure skating champion, Johnny Weir was wearing a Micky sweater while warming up for his short program.

€uroMeinke · 02-15-2006, 01:00 AM

So NBC decided to go with the local pronounciation and spelling of the olympic location, "Torino" instead of the accepted anglicization of "Turin." Do you suppose other Angicized names will soon be dropped for their less familiar local names? Will we visit Firenza and Roma in the Future?

scaeagles · 02-15-2006, 09:22 AM

Hmmm...If an American Skater has respect for Russian culture, that's cool, but I think there's a better way to show that than to where a sweatshirt, during warmups, that says "CCCP".

I'm not that upset that an American skater wore a sweatshirt from another country (or former country), though I thought it to be odd when he is there representing the USA, but why one that says CCCP?

innerSpaceman · 02-15-2006, 11:33 AM

Sorry, but what's "CCCP?"

Oh, and I'd love it if we dropped the retarded anglicization of non-anglo place names. What an arrogant and stupid, not to mention anachronistic, practice!

Ghoulish Delight · 02-15-2006, 11:38 AM

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Sorry, but what's "CCCP?"

Wow, has it really been that long that people don't remember this? CCCP is the cyrilic acronym for the country name "USSR" in the Russian language.

scaeagles · 02-15-2006, 11:51 AM

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Wow, has it really been that long that people don't remember this? CCCP is the cyrilic acronym for the country name "USSR" in the Russian language.

So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

Ghoulish Delight · 02-15-2006, 11:52 AM

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So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

Which American was it?

Stan4dSteph · 02-15-2006, 11:55 AM

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So did anyone else find this to be in bad taste? Or am I the only one?

Nope. Not in bad taste. It's something you wouldn't necessarily be able to buy in a store, thus raising its cool factor.

It was Johnny Weir, GD. He was wearing it in one of those "bio" pieces.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-15-2006, 12:04 PM

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It was Johnny Weir, GD. He was wearing it in one of those "bio" pieces.

Oh, then my reaction would be

, which is my reaction just about anything Weir does or says. He strikes me as someone trying a little too hard to be little mr. rebel.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Hmmm...If an American Skater has respect for Russian culture, that's cool, but I think there's a better way to show that than to where a sweatshirt, during warmups, that says "CCCP". I'm not that upset that an American skater wore a sweatshirt from another country (or former country), though I thought it to be odd when he is there representing the USA, but why one that says CCCP?
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sorry, but what's "CCCP?" Oh, and I'd love it if we dropped the retarded anglicization of non-anglo place names. What an arrogant and stupid, not to mention anachronistic, practice!
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