British people don’t seem to comprehend that a Spanish J is a ‘ya’ sound.
I remember awhile back some announcer really struggling with Brenda Martinez, pronouncing it like MAR-tinn-ez. Guess they don't come across these names too often.
That is how British people pronounce Martinez. All of them pronounce it that way.
Those 5k heats were fun! Great entertainment. Givala and Jakob with a show.
While the athletes may dislike the small 'q's, it does make it more fun for the viewer. So I am all for it. If you can't make the top 5, then you don't deserve to medal anyways. And while I understand the achievement it is to make it to the final, as a viewer, I honestly don't really care if someone who won't be relevant in the final makes it or not.
I think it should be 6 from each heat and then 3 small q's.
haha, I may agree with this. Such a small change may improve the margins quite well, avoiding harshly unevenly seeded heats.
I remember awhile back some announcer really struggling with Brenda Martinez, pronouncing it like MAR-tinn-ez. Guess they don't come across these names too often.
That is how British people pronounce Martinez. All of them pronounce it that way.
But it’s wrong. This isn’t opinion, it’s someone’s name. If someone was pronouncing Jones as Jo-ness, everyone would be losing their minds, not excusing it. Martinez is pronounced Mar-TEE-nez all over the damn world. Get it together Brits.
I remember awhile back some announcer really struggling with Brenda Martinez, pronouncing it like MAR-tinn-ez. Guess they don't come across these names too often.
British people seem to think they should hold to their own pronunciation of things. Like a British judge of Top Chef said it was pretentious to pronounce paella the right way--the Spanish way. He was enunciating the two lls. And their pronunciation of Nike.
However, I am still puzzled by the whole discussion that it's easier for heat 2. Heat 1 knows exactly what time they need to run to make it through as it's not a surprise what heat 2 can run. (My guess is you can predict it to 2-3 seconds) The question is just whether the ranked 6-10 guys want to push the pace. Of course, the best guys in heat 1 have no interest in doing so - but neither do the best guys in heat 2. In other words, if the mediocre guys want to run a PB, then go for it. In short, it's not quite clear whether this sequential games features a first or a second mover advantage. I think i've concluded that I enjoy this (even though all my fellow Germans are out).
I think you have a valid point to be fair. 13:15 is a safe time. And 15 flat for the women
I remember awhile back some announcer really struggling with Brenda Martinez, pronouncing it like MAR-tinn-ez. Guess they don't come across these names too often.
That is how British people pronounce Martinez. All of them pronounce it that way.
We know. His point was that that is the wrong pronunciation. Get it right, idiots.
British people seem to think they should hold to their own pronunciation of things. Like a British judge of Top Chef said it was pretentious to pronounce paella the right way--the Spanish way. He was enunciating the two lls. And their pronunciation of Nike.
Al-lu-minnie-um.
To be fair, most of the world spells it aluminium, and pronounced it as such.
Americans are the ones who screwed this one up.
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