World Cup 2006

[mtporter 0]

NNNNOOOOO!!!!! La Raza didn't bring it today. But they have been playing pretty bad lately. Oh well. The only fun thing about watching it was I love mexican anouncers, although I can't understand everything it sure is fun to listen to.

[Dumbass 0]

¡Él está sosteniendo, él pasa a los lanzamientos de Jose, de Jose y a -GOOOAAAAALLL!!!

[Ankinamuru 0]

Local sports show does "Homer Call of the Week" (which Dan Patrick stold). The best announcers are either Spanish speaking or local redneck highschool football. Though, I did enjoy the Arizona Cardinals being announced in Navajo and the show's producer's comment about "Why don't these people learn English when they come to this country."

[Finn 0]

England has beaten Ecuador 1-0, and now in the quarter finals!! It's coming home :P

[Ankinamuru 0]

England has beaten Ecuador 1-0, and now in the quarter finals!! It's coming home :P

Does England still have that foreign coach who was caught admitting he'd leave England in a heartbeat. From what I heard this news reporter who goes around pretending to be a sultan or something offered him big money to ditch England and come coach his team, and he seemed all for it... and said so while being secretly taped.

 

Or am I thinking of something else or was my source mistaken.

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

Naw, you're right that's the guy. England's got no chance of winning the cup if they go on playing like this. They didn't really deserve to win.

[STSF Seiben 0]

Naw, you're right that's the guy. England's got no chance of winning the cup if they go on playing like this. They didn't really deserve to win.

Yeah, I hear ya. England seems to be going through on sheer luck alone. Their next game with a severely depleted and banged up Portugal team is a good example of that. As bad as their playing, England should have no problems rolling over the Portugese. Although, the Portugese shouldn't have won that game either verses the Dutch. If I see another Red Card in my life, it'll be too soon.

[Cptn Corizon 0]

Since the USA is out already, I'm still rooting for either England or Argentina to win it all. You just watch out, Argentina might just surprise some people.

 

I know it's silly to go against Brazil... but I loathe Brazil's team... yea, I'm a bad person.

::mutters something about Latino's and Other Latino's:: Is it because the don't speak Spanish John?

 

::ducks::

 

 

I am rooting for the Fatherland, though if the Argentine's knock them out, I'll root for them. :P

[mtporter 0]

I was looking over this poll again and I noticed something. Where are the latin countries? How made this poll and only included Brazil!!! Don't make me get crazy in spanish with someone. And yes I know mexico is out but we still got argentina hanging in there. :P

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

Miranda is right. If Argentina doesn't play another game like their last I wouldn't be surprised to see them win the cup. But they'll have to beat Germany first. That's gonna be difficult enough.

[will_marx 0]

Well...since both England and the USA are out...

 

Deutschland über Alles

 

 

Besides, we all know that the French are cheese eating, wine-swilling surrender fiends, who haven't won a real war since the Hundred Years War.

[Marius 0]

I change my vote too.

 

GO FRANCE!!!!!

[will_marx 0]

It's been three days, and I still can't believe that Brazil got knocked out by the Frogs... I just hope it comes down to Germany and Frog-land... Rivals for 75 years, between 1870 and 1945. Germany invades France three times, France invades Germany twice... (once was during the 20's, when a bankrupt Germany defaulted in it's war reparation payments. The French invaded the Ruhr valley, and the industrious Germans staged a strike)

 

So, I'll say it again...

Deutschland über Alles

 

You can give me all the penalties you want to Jaden. It's the bloody truth.

Edited July 4, 2006 by will_marx

[STSF Seiben 0]

Hmm, I've noticed that the home teams in the last two World Cups, either won it all, or made to the Final 4. France won it in 1998, and South Korea, who co-hosted the tournament with Japan in 2002 made it to the Final Four, surprised the world by upsetting some pretty good teams on the way (i.e. Italy and Portugal). My vote now has to go with the Germans. The fact that the Germans won the World Cup the last time they hosted it in 1974, doesn't hurt either. So statistically, the Germans should win. :D

 

Bonjourrrrr, you cheese eating surrender monkies! :lol:

[will_marx 0]

I say we let the frog have his delusions of gradeur. Just like the French.

[Marius 0]

Good job Italy! Congrats to the Italians on the World Cup!

 

I just wonder, what caused Zidane to get mad enough to get ejected out of the game. It's just so sad, especially since it's his last game... Zidane didn't deserve an ending like that...

[Finn 0]

Well, that's that then. I guess it's Rome in 2010. Still, an excellent game by the Italians.

 

A real shame about Zidane. Obviously I don't condone violence of any sort, but why on earth would you headbutt someone on their chest? Perhaps he missed his strike or maybe it's a French thing like cheek kissing. Who knows?

[Guest STSF_Amnor]

Local sports show does "Homer Call of the Week" (which Dan Patrick stold). The best announcers are either Spanish speaking or local redneck highschool football. Though, I did enjoy the Arizona Cardinals being announced in Navajo and the show's producer's comment about "Why don't these people learn English when they come to this country."

Umm... perhaps because English isn't the official language of the United States. In fact, there IS NO official language of the United States!

 

::goes away grumbling about english-centric stupid Americans... would grumble it in spanish, si puedo recordar las palabras::

[Marius 0]

from what I've been speculating with other people, we know the italian and he had been arguing thru-out the game. the italian guy said something, then zidane headbutted him. what i'm wondering is what the guy said

[will_marx 0]

::goes away grumbling about english-centric stupid Americans... would grumble it in spanish, si puedo recordar las palabras::

That's what happens when your Founding Fathers are from Great Britain, Amnor-chan. But, despite what has been mentioned in Congress to make English the official language, I believe they had the foresight to not make English the official language. It has just been understood for the past 230 years that English is the official language of the United States.

 

For example, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission offers the written test in 50+ different languages. Of course, a problem with that is all the cops speak English, so it makes traffic stops somewhat difficult.

 

 

<---speaks enough Spanish to get drunk, enough German to sort of survive, enough French to ask if they speak English, enough Japanese to barely survive, and enough Tagalog to understand some of what my girlfriend is saying.

[Ankinamuru 0]

Umm... perhaps because English isn't the official language of the United States. In fact, there IS NO official language of the United States!

 

::goes away grumbling about english-centric stupid Americans... would grumble it in spanish, si puedo recordar las palabras::

I'm hoping either you misunderstood the tone of my post or I'm misunderstanding yours. What was funny was the total absurdity of the producer's comments. He wasn't being serious, the impossibility of it being serious was the joke.

 

And if the english-centric stupid American comment was directed at me, I'll let you know I have Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee ancestors and my SN is actually a Hopi word. So, I'll take your apology in any language you want.

 

Again, hopefully we're just misunderstanding each other's posts. IF so please ignore my little rant there and I apologies.

[Ankinamuru 0]

That's what happens when your Founding Fathers are from Great Britain, Amnor-chan. But, despite what has been mentioned in Congress to make English the official language, I believe they had the foresight to not make English the official language. It has just been understood for the past 230 years that English is the official language of the United States.

Actually the reason there is no official language is because when they first formed the country they couldn't decide between English or German.

[Finn 0]

Of course, speaking from my British stiff upper lipped living room, I have to say that there is nothing wrong with speaking English.

 

Where else would you have a language which used the letters gh to form the words 'cough' and 'through' and expect everyone to know the difference?

 

My personal favourite is the word phlegm. So much more intricate and bemusing than 'flem'.

 

Ah yes, I raise my Union Flag (that's the British one, not the non-confederate one :lol: ) up the pole and stand to attention whilst listening to 'God save our gracious Queen' and awaiting my High Tea.

[Finn 0]

Well...since both England and the USA are out...

 

Deutschland über Alles

 

 

Besides, we all know that the French are cheese eating, wine-swilling surrender fiends, who haven't won a real war since the Hundred Years War.

Whilst their combat score may be below par, you have to credit them with more than wine swilling.

 

There's Vanessa Paradis, for example, or even better, Sophie Marceau!!

The Parisian monmarte quarter is splendid and their custard pies knock the pantaloons off our English ones!

 

Disappointed with the Seine though. I thought it would be wetter somehow :lol:

[Marius 0]

<---speaks enough Spanish to get drunk, enough German to sort of survive, enough French to ask if they speak English, enough Japanese to barely survive, and enough Tagalog to understand some of what my girlfriend is saying.

I wish I knew Tagalog... I mean, for heaven's sake, I'm a full blood Filipino, and I don't know more than about 5 phrases in Tagalog...

 

Oh yeah. How'd we manage to switch the topic from the World Cup, to languages, mainly the official one of the USA?

Edited July 9, 2006 by Marius