The art of cycling commentary

[Hont]

Well now I feel terrible.

RIP David Duffield

 

[Newman8]

Indeed - RIP.

 

[blackgoff]

Im quite sad about David Duffield, I enjoyed many hours listening to him.. cherished days.

I've been in touch with Carlton Kirby on occasion and is nice enough to reply on Twitter and I couldn't help but relay my thoughts towards this sad passing of Duffers..

 

[uncle_adolph]

Does anyone know if Dave Harmon is still doing any commentating? Him with Carlton and Sean......easily in my opinion the best combo.

 

[blackgoff]

Does anyone know if Dave Harmon is still doing any commentating? Him with Carlton and Sean......easily in my opinion the best combo.

If I'm thinking of the right person DH had time out depression or something I think and their was a campaign to get him back on Eurosport..

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Yet he wasn't always like that. Here he is simultaneously commentating on a crash and Sean Kelly winning MSR after having done the race without a co-commentator...

What a great race that was... I was still on the edge of my seat today, watching it 24 years later. And an impeccable combination of information, anecdote and responsiveness from Duffers.

 

[beastie]

If I'm thinking of the right person DH had time out depression or something I think and their was a campaign to get him back on Eurosport..

He won't be back on Eurosport. Too much naughty...

 

[Hont]

What a great race that was... I was still on the edge of my seat today, watching it 24 years later. And an impeccable combination of information, anecdote and responsiveness from Duffers.

Amen to that.

 

[beastie]

What a great race that was... I was still on the edge of my seat today, watching it 24 years later. And an impeccable combination of information, anecdote and responsiveness from Duffers.

"The firemen behind are chucking on the coal"

 

[roadrash]

What a great race that was... I was still on the edge of my seat today, watching it 24 years later. And an impeccable combination of information, anecdote and responsiveness from Duffers.

@Flying_Monkey , do you have a link for that please 0r did you have it recorded

 

[oldroadman]

Well it's not really a dialect, he's just pronouncing the names as they would themselves. I'm all for this. British commentators' pronunciation of foreign names is embarrassing. If you ever listen to a typical German commentator, their pronunciation of English names is invariably immaculate.

The Eurosport commentator is Rob Hatch I think, who speaks many European languages. Which would account for him being able to correctly pronounce people's (and team) names. Example AG2R = (phonetically) "ar jay derz air". His English, as expected, immaculate. Learning other languages seems to improve the use of your native tongue.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

@Flying_Monkey , do you have a link for that please 0r did you have it recorded

The link was in Hont's post - the one I was replying to.

 

[blackgoff]

The Eurosport commentator is Rob Hatch I think, who speaks many European languages. Which would account for him being able to correctly pronounce people's (and team) names. Example AG2R = (phonetically) "ar jay derz air". His English, as expected, immaculate. Learning other languages seems to improve the use of your native tongue.

Mr Rob Hatch does not phonetically pronounce English exactly.

Fact.

I once attended an Italian class and the English spoken by the tutor was perfect ! as was her Italiano..

 

[oldgreyandslow]

What's with this "is in the house" Shiite in his commentary?

 

[Asa Post]

What's with this "is in the house" Shiite in his commentary?

I think commentators spend the off-season making up phrases to use at every opportunity the following year.

What he meant was that the rider was reaching out for glory.

And why not?