tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post8000806317887077570..comments2024-01-16T08:38:37.343-08:00Comments on worldservice: CultureWrldServhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-14000144178404324642012-11-27T11:16:48.572-08:002012-11-27T11:16:48.572-08:00Another volume, another delight! Thank you Stefan!...Another volume, another delight! Thank you Stefan!Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-33026978790324393492012-08-23T23:45:42.455-07:002012-08-23T23:45:42.455-07:00Kenyan journalists jumped onto the apposition band...Kenyan journalists jumped onto the apposition bandwagon and "Team Kenya" was common usage in The East African Standard. Meanwhile, the term "Team GB" has drawn the attention of world-famous linguist David Crystal here:<br />http://davidcrystal.blogspot.it/2008/08/on-team-gb.html<br />It seems that "Team UK" would have been geo-politically inappropriate too!Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304281344193138722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-63401220080152880722012-08-19T04:47:26.066-07:002012-08-19T04:47:26.066-07:00My apologies. When I wrote "your" presid...My apologies. When I wrote "your" president, I was having a geographical malfunction. Of course I meant a former US of A (or, perhaps, Team You Ess Aye) President. Nothing to do with Holland.Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-30651163053062607492012-08-18T15:03:56.397-07:002012-08-18T15:03:56.397-07:00Yes, I'm a Brit (actually I'm English) and...Yes, I'm a Brit (actually I'm English) and pleased our cyclists and rowers and sailors and horsepeople did so well but agree that the Team GeeBee name was a "could-really-do-without" irritation. As far as I know, Ethiopia was Ethiopia not Team Eee. <br /><br />Agree that Mali is unlikely to become an African Afghanistan just as Sudan was never likely to be an African Afghanistan in spite of your President (was it Clinton?) trying hard to make it appear as such.<br /><br />Thank you for all your great posts by the way. I've learned a huge amount from them but have never acknowledged as much before now.Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-17663376080820349662012-08-13T23:21:43.119-07:002012-08-13T23:21:43.119-07:00Well, at least all of this is over for the Brits! ...Well, at least all of this is over for the Brits! Next, it is our time, a country that is not even sister/brother, but more like son/daughter to, well, you know who...<br /><br />(Did I say backyard? I'm sorry for not being polite!).<br /><br />In the meantime, I hope that, if we do not manage to win the WC (likely, we have the worst team ever), some African team does it!!! Viva Ghana (unfortunately it won't be Angola or Moçambique)!<br /><br />But, once more, many thanks for the fantastic music: due to the long delay, I was worried you'd given up... Please come back more often, specially with some Guinean gold!<br /><br />Abraços, and many thanks from Rio,<br /><br />FabricioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-72859551016187076412012-08-11T16:34:50.581-07:002012-08-11T16:34:50.581-07:00OK, I agree Team GB is one of those unfortunate in...OK, I agree Team GB is one of those unfortunate instances where management-speak meets branding and should have been squashed at birth. But to be in London for the Olympics is to realise that it is a uniquely global city. <br /><br />I have watched Olympic events surrounded by Ethiopians, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Brazilians, Colombians, Canadians, French, Portuguese, Nigerians, Ghanaians, Poles, Russians and other nationalities, all of whom live in London and have made it their home. <br /><br />Will any future Olympic host prove to be as cosmopolitan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-60880506858935285942012-08-11T13:29:50.751-07:002012-08-11T13:29:50.751-07:00I can not think of anything in the world that can ...I can not think of anything in the world that can drive me to contemplate these aberrant media events, but at least this time have a sense, have irritated Stefan who comes to complain and bring a gift.<br /><br /> I especially liked the part of the dynamic duo, I'm still laughing.<br /> Thank you very much for the gifts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-77910527165834191972012-08-11T13:26:03.738-07:002012-08-11T13:26:03.738-07:00Tally Hoooo!!Tally Hoooo!!LolaRadiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00780390444419118089noreply@blogger.com