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Subject: Daily Blurb - December 3, 2010
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 11:56
Quote of the day
"He`s a Cub, there`s no doubt about it. Not only is he a great ballplayer and a Hall of Famer, but he`s a Chicago Cub." -- Ron Santo (1940-2010), at the 2005 ceremony to retire Ryne Sandberg’s number Daily blurb
Although today’s quote was spoken by Ron Santo about someone else, it could just as easily be applied to Santo – except for the Hall of Fame reference. Although his career stats put him on the HOF bubble (or just below, evidently), Bill James did rank him in his Top 100 All Time list, so there must be something there beneath the surface of the traditional stats. He may not have silenced the crowd, but LeBron found an effective way to neutralize them, scoring 38 en route to a Miami blowout over the Cavs in which LeBron didn’t even play in the fourth quarter. The NBA also won the night’s TV ratings battle vs. the NFL, 5.0 vs. 4.1. I learned yesterday that “Qatar” is apparently pronounced something like “cutter”, and that it is slightly smaller than Connecticut with a population that is roughly one-fourth of Connecticut’s. According to a USA Today article, alcohol cannot be drunk in public there, purchase of alcohol is very restricted, and it can’t be brought in by tourists. (Can you say “developing black market”?) Seems like an odd choice as the host site for the 2022 World Cup. (I wonder if vuvuzelas are also restricted?) |
| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 12:02
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For linguists out there, I'll point out that even "cutter" is apparently not quite right. After checking several sites, the best answer I can find is that "Qatar" cannot be properly pronounced in English.
Here are a few opinions:
Slate.com
ingolo.com (this one sounds more like "kotter")
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| 2 | JeffG
Dude
ID: 01584348
Fri, Dec 03, 2010, 14:19
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Or as Boom Boom Washington would pronounce it Kah-tare.
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| 3 | Building 7
Leader
ID: 171572711
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 13:51
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We have some projects in Doha, Qatar. Most people pronounce it "cutter" here. On the Olympics, when they announce every country...they said Ku-tar. One would think they would be following protocol.
The temperature in June can be 130. I hope they are building indoor stadiums. They usually have 8 different venues for the World Cup. 8 * 4 = 32. I don't know that they have 8 different cities in Qatar. Very strange choice IMO. Must have been a big bribe.
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| 4 | weykool
ID: 138481617
Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 19:35
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From what I heard the stadiums will be outdoors but they will cool them with are conditioning.
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