Remind me again what I should be yelling at the TV?

by randie on Jul 9, 2009 4:03 AM EDT Comment 16 comments

So I have noticed that here at the Cafe we have many wonderfully multilingual people, who help to translate foreign news stories and do other cool stuff (<-- i couldn't think of anything else as I typed but I'm sure you get the idea.) And now I would like to request their help with a little dilemma I (and maybe some others) have...

Oh wise and and wonderful PdC members who are much more wise and wonderful than me, please tell me what I should be yelling / muttering at the TV as I follow the Tour in the wee hours of the morning.

Because I just *know* the riders can hear me and my demands/encouragements/threats and it would be a whole lot better if I could utter my demands/encouragements/threats in their mother tongue.

Tips on pronunciation would also help muchly, for those as challenged as myself when it comes to languages.

Merci, Danke and Thankyou in advance (look at that, three languages!)

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I'll get you started with some scandinavian

Danish
Cur doh! fur fan-den din fur-band-edde dan-skeh skid-de-wreuw! - Ride dammit you bloody danish (equivalent of bastard/asshole)!

Norwegian
La de vair-e. Cavendish aer a-lee-ge-vell houh-tigger. – Don’t bother. Cavendish is faster anyway

by Jens on Jul 9, 2009 4:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

also being language challenged myself

I would recommend watching old tour stages and focusing on the DS in the car shots – particularly johan as he speaks like 20 languages. That will also inspire you as to the appropriate level of passion in the delivery of said encouragement!

by cg. on Jul 9, 2009 6:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

why thankyou jens.

both very cool languages, loving the cavendish comment.

by randie on Jul 9, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is the Udo Bölts quote off limit?

Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.

by TheFigurehead on Jul 9, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

come on Jens

gotta be “Quäl dich, du Sau” after you reminded us all of that brilliant phrase

(it was you wasn’t it? memory’s not what it used to be)

by plinytheelder on Jul 10, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh crap now I read Figurehead's comment

I’m dumb

by plinytheelder on Jul 10, 2009 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My personal favorite is

“Repent, bitches!”

Oh. Wait.

Wrong forum.

Sorta.

by Sui Juris on Jul 9, 2009 8:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vai! Venga! Allez!

Moveyerass!

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
Roll on Columbia, Roll on!

by Chris... on Jul 9, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

except that

“Vai” very often sounds like “Die”—which has puzzled my almost 6-year-old on occasion: “Why are they telling him to die, Dad?”

by R Mc on Jul 9, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't they also yell "dai"?

According to online dictionaries, it’s an interjection meaning “Come on!”

Among his many talents, Mark Cavendish can make it rain in Southern California--Chris Jones, ESPN Magazine

by majope on Jul 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah doesn’t it just mean “give” in Italian, i.e. “give ’er”? In Spanish they yell “dale dale!” which is beautiful since it’s an almost exact translation of “give ’er”

by plinytheelder on Jul 10, 2009 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep, it sounds like "dai!" because it is "dai!"

You hear “dai” far more than “vai” in my experience.

“dai” imperative of “dare” – to give, but “come on!” translates it fine.

by civetta on Jul 10, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Swiss Germans

always yell: Hop Hop Hop! (so you can use this for Fabian)

sometimes life is a false flat

by Willj on Jul 9, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I've heard that at skating events, what does that mean?

just sort of “go!”?

by Katiek on Jul 9, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup.

by tedvdw on Jul 9, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I often find myself yelling

“Schnell!”… regardless of the rider’s nationality.

If obscenity is required, though, the language is definitely English for me. Odd that… I can swear in a number of languages (I went to a very multi-cultural high school).

by Lou... on Jul 9, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs