Calling all polyglots......

DiabloScott

Carrera - una ventaja si tengo, pero aprendi el idioma como tu lo aprendiste - en el norte de Espana - Burgos y Segovia, entre toros, fandanguillas, y alegria

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Carrera

Mi novia era de Burgos, sabes? Nunca he estado alli pero conozco Zaragoza, Pamplona, San Sebastian y todos los pueblos de La Ribera. Y tambien he estado en Olite, no muy lejos de Pamplona.
Y no te he dicho que una vez me puse a correr con los toros en el encierro (bull run) pero los toros eran muy grandes y tenia mucho miedo. Nunca lo volvere a hacer.
Tu sabes que Lance Armstrong domina muy bien el idioma castellano? A el le gusta mucho Espana y el ciclismo es muy popular por alli.

DiabloScott

Nunca he oido a Lance hablando castellano - solo "un momento" y frases asi.

Fui al encierro, pero lo mire desde una silla en la plaza de toros.

Eusakarz badakizu?

Man - we have totally hijacked this thread from the football theme.

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jaguar75

Also don't forget that many stadiums are switching to "fake grass" it has all of the performance, forgiveness, and feel of real grass but withvery little maintenance (continuous cutting, painting and watering) a couple of stadiums have it on a test basis and many of the players love it so you will probably see it become a staple pretty soon. The only surfaces you do not wear "spikes" are on astro turf. Astro turf has been attributed to many a destroyed knees, ankels and hips. The circumstances behind these injuries would not have been the case on real or fake grass...

I agree with you guys about rugby though. a brutal sport. I would have to say the closest thing we have would be hockey in terms of the toughness of the players and hits.

I will say though that American football players are race cars in terms of their performance. The terminal collision of two of these guys at over 20 MPH would hurt anyone. But they routinely do it and get up and go do it again.

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Carrera

Me parece que Lance se defiende bastante bien en el idioma. En su libro que se llama "Every Secomd Counts" dice que todos los que quieran unirse a su equipo (U.S. Postal) deben aprender el idioma.
Para nosotros, es una ventaja pues como sabes el ciclismo tiene mas importancia en Espana, digamos, que en el Reino Unido o Los Estados Unidos.
Vaya, estas aprendiendo vasco? Si es el caso, es much mas dificil que el castellano.
Do you think there are many people who are following all of this?

Carrera

When I watched the encierro in Tudela, the bulls seemed small so I opted to run the next morning at 7.30 a.m. On arrival they tried to disqualify me for running in zapatillas.
The rockets went off and I heard the noise of an approaching stampede. I looked behind and, to my horror, these were no small bulls that day. They were extremely big. I was terrified but you can't outrun a bull. Somehow I later appeared on Spanish TV, shown running for my life.
A friend was tossed by a cow apparently like a rag doll. He never ran after that.

Rafiki

Using the old one... It's a game played by men with odd shaped balls...

FredC

Gotcha, you're on with Rafiki, nice one. Will you do the intro, or shall I?

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Carrera

Hay una pagina web que se trata del ciclismo, pero se puede leerla en castellano o vasco:
http://www.fundacioneuskadi.com/asp/Principal_C.asp

FredC

'Waar gaan wij heen met de Tories?' Michael Howard. 'Ik heb de trein gemist.'

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jaguar75

Boo bing beetwian bada boom ding dong maw maw paw paw!!!

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