Is it dubbed in German? Do you get non-Euro sports like Baseball?fresh_42 said:Funny to read an American German surname (ESPN reporter) that you never saw before, and even don't know where to part the syllables.
Tart argue?fresh_42 said:Kirk Herbstreit. Funny name: Herb Streit = tart argue and Herbst Reit = autumn ride.
Nobody watches adult men chewing tobacco here.WWGD said:Is it dubbed in German? Do you get non-Euro sports like Baseball?
Google chooses "bitter argument". Herb is not really bitter, but o.k. in a way. E.g. beer with much humulus is "herb", not bitter. The dictionary gave me "dry" or "tart". I guess it's obvious that both words have a common origin, herb and herbs, which indicates the taste.WWGD said:Tart argue?
So is it a direct translation /rebroadcast or a German made affiliate? Just confused.fresh_42 said:Nobody watches adult men chewing tobacco here.
They broadcast football, and right now the College final as a takeover from ESPN. They have German commentators, and good ones: a former NFL player and a coach who won the European championship with France. So at least they know what they are talking about.
Never heard the name Herbstreit, but it consists of German words. Btw. Ebstreit is also a German word, meaning an argument about inheritance.WWGD said:So is it a direct translation /rebroadcast or a German made affiliate? Just confused.
No, I meant the station. Is it rebroadcast or an affiliate station?fresh_42 said:Never heard the name Herbstreit, but it consists of German words. Btw. Ebstreit is also a German word, meaning an argument about inheritance.
They bought the live coverage (pictures) from ESPN (or whoever owns the rights) and comment it from the studio.WWGD said:No, I meant the station. Is it rebroadcast or an affiliate station?
Mary the universal French Idiot? She was in the Guinness book at one point but not last I checked.fresh_42 said:Marylin is probably a version of Maria, Idiot is universal, and Savant french.
You'd be surprised that some channels, I think ESPN included, has fishing shows where someone is filmed while just doing some fishing.fresh_42 said:Another random thought: One of the healthiest cuisines is the Japanese, and - let's be honest - one of the unhealthiest the American. But both cultures invented a sport where fat people can participate.
They bought the live coverage (pictures) from ESPN (or whoever owns the rights) and comment it from the studio.
And I thought Golf was the ultimate tranquilizer.WWGD said:You'd be surprised that some channels, I think ESPN included, has fishing shows where someone is filmed while just doing some fishing.
Those have been around forever. They are one of my main arguments against solipsism. I have serious doubts that, even in its most deranged state, my mind would have ever come up with TV shows where you watch others fish. (And this is from someone who done some fishing in his time.)WWGD said:You'd be surprised that some channels, I think ESPN included, has fishing shows where someone is filmed while just doing some fishing.
How about chess matches? (Maybe with cheerleaders, as in SNL?) That would add to the proof, put a nail in the coffin for me.Janus said:Those have been around forever. They are one of my main arguments against solipsism. I have serious doubts that, even in its most deranged state, my mind would have ever come up with TV shows where you watch others fish. (And this is from someone who done some fishing in his time.)
Chess is exciting and if commented well, an interesting sport!WWGD said:How about chess matches? (Maybe with cheerleaders, as in SNL?) That would add to the proof, put a nail in the coffin for me.
You like the cheerleaders too? I imagine the comments: "Scratches his nose...going to move his rook...no, changed his mind".fresh_42 said:Chess is exciting and if commented well, an interesting sport!
I'm not sure yet I like them at all.WWGD said:You like the cheerleaders too?
It is a weird thing. Wonder if any other country has something similar.fresh_42 said:I'm not sure yet I like them at all.
Does this count?WWGD said:It is a weird thing. Wonder if any other country has something similar.
fresh_42 said:Does this count?
... and of course our football teams (yes, there exists such a thing) have Cheerleaders, too. Not quite sure about basketball, but probably yes.
No, I've checked and they have some non-pro baseball leagues in these countries. I'll give you a link when I get on my PC; I am on my phone now. I was surprised. Edit: I think this was made possible because of the internet, allowing small groups like Baseball fans outside of the main countries to get together and provide enough of an audience to start a league. Overall RIP with majority tastes/culture thanks to the internet, which allows them to know each other and form groups of common interests.fresh_42 said:Basketball, yes, baseball probably not. The only baseball countries I'm aware of are the USA, Cuba and Japan. However, if you count ... uhm ... uhm ... cricket ...
Strange. Last time I saw a baseball ground was at an abandoned US military base near Heidelberg.WWGD said:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Baseball+Leagues+in+Europe&atb=v189-1&ia=web
To say something really annoying: Now you have Baseball, you don't have to envy us anymore ;). You too now have an excuse for chewing a known carcinogen and spitting. You're Welcome!
There may be just a few in each country most likely; fewer than 10-20 I would guess. Maybe even some of them are adapted/adaptable from other sports, i.e., mixed use. Sometimes even stadiums used for rock cncerts are converted to Baseball stadiums. EDIT: Otherwise they are not likely economically viable. Would sound strange to hear of the top 3rd base man for the , e.g., Munich wolves ( made up name).fresh_42 said:Strange. Last time I saw a baseball ground was at an abandoned US military base near Heidelberg.
There's a photo somewhere in lame jokes of a blackboard with the three unwritten rules of life:WWGD said:People still post things like "List of unwritten rules for..." without seeing a problem with it. I guess "List of ( heretofore) unwritten rules" may sound too clunky. I mean, they are writing a set of rules which they claim are unwritten.
Phone numbers are a fascinating example - pure numeric codes (all the brackets and + signs and spaces are ignored when dialling) that aren't numbers because the leading zeroes matter.WWGD said:Just like customer service may assign your ticket the "number" 2-145g , etc. What kind of a number system is that?
Good point about numbers.Ibix said:There's a photo somewhere in lame jokes of a blackboard with the three unwritten rules of life:
...so someone agrees with you.
Phone numbers are a fascinating example - pure numeric codes (all the brackets and + signs and spaces are ignored when dialling) that aren't numbers because the leading zeroes matter.
Is there a pocket version that only has the even numbers?WWGD said:And mentioning lists of numbers, I remember when I would carry my book 'Dictionary of Mathematics' with me, people would ask: "What's in that book?"(Meaning what is the content of it). I would reply that it is a list of all the numbers, because Math is 'about numbers', and people seemed to buy it and say things like "Hmm...interesting!".