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Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - North Woods - 09-29-2016
Note that there are more comments on this article on the CardBoard than on the Washington Post.
Thanks for sharing!
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - fullmetal - 09-29-2016
Not much Stanford fandom on the east coast, I guess (assuming the majority of the WaPo readers are on the east coast...).
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - fullmetal - 09-29-2016
Not much Stanford fandom on the east coast, I guess (assuming the majority of the WaPo readers are on the east coast...).
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - fullmetal - 09-29-2016
Not much Stanford fandom on the east coast, I guess (assuming the majority of the WaPo readers are on the east coast...).
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-29-2016
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-29-2016
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-29-2016
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - Mick - 09-30-2016
(09-29-2016, 10:17 PM)ThePOC link Wrote:Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - Mick - 09-30-2016
(09-29-2016, 10:17 PM)ThePOC link Wrote:Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - Mick - 09-30-2016
(09-29-2016, 10:17 PM)ThePOC link Wrote:Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-30-2016
(09-30-2016, 05:59 AM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=ThePOC link=topic=15815.msg173862#msg173862 date=1475212644]
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
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Yes, you hit the nail on the head with that first paragraph. And thank you for your explanation.
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-30-2016
(09-30-2016, 05:59 AM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=ThePOC link=topic=15815.msg173862#msg173862 date=1475212644]
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
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Yes, you hit the nail on the head with that first paragraph. And thank you for your explanation.
Re: Washington Post does a blow-by-blow of the Burns drive - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-30-2016
(09-30-2016, 05:59 AM)Mick link Wrote:[quote author=ThePOC link=topic=15815.msg173862#msg173862 date=1475212644]
Is it me or does this article read like it's been translated into English from a different language?
In the first two paragraphs, it uses the words "bloke" and "impolite" to refer to a defense, also "amid" and "got started" instead of "started." Also the phrase "slightly wobbly passes hurry to their destinations" and "celestial" to describe CM and "palms" to refer to "hands" instead of "trees." "Painstaking increments" instead of "slow improvement." "Masterful" pass. "Curiously." "Fan palpitations." "Maestro predecessor." "Loveliest fade pass." "Tip-top memory."
Sounds like Grantland Rice or UK English. Which is, of course, a different language. Ask humorist and born-in-America-but-England-dweller-of-many-decades Bill Bryson who wrote "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States" and "The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way."
Add:Â I just checked, the writer spent four years as the London correspondent for the LA Times.
[/quote]
Yes, you hit the nail on the head with that first paragraph. And thank you for your explanation.