2017 Scottish Open

[daffie]

His brain?

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that made me LOL!

[PatBlock]

Cao's wobbling, this is starting to smell like a decider to me....

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[PatBlock]

that made me LOL!

I thought it might, you're his No. 1 Fan aren't you. :couple_inlove:

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[Shockerz]

Turning really scrappy, both players with a weight on their shoulders

It's good though isn't it!

You never know who's gonna make the next mistake.

If Robertson takes this it'll be interesting to see if Cao shrugs it off or folds.

[VillaGuy]

It's good though isn't it!

You never know who's gonna make the next mistake.

If Robertson takes this it'll be interesting to see if Cao shrugs it off or folds.

Yeah it's good viewing, but I don't see the inevitability of a deciding frame like some. Robertson is making heavy work of his chances.

[daffie]

I thought it might, you're his No. 1 Fan aren't you. :couple_inlove:

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Yup...gotta love his strut...he looks so handsome too.



Btw...C'mon Cao!

[Odrl]

So it is you that's offended then, not the owner of the name?

Since it was I who initially started this debate, I'll just answer this quickly...

I wouldn't say it "offends" me when people pronounce foreign names incorrectly, nor is it even particularly high on the list of things that annoy me in commentary. But it's definitely an area where there is a lot of room for improvement. I mean, if you are going to commentate on a sport and you know there will be a foreign player playing, why not make an effort to pronounce his name properly? As I said last week, I think the English-speaking commentators are the worst offenders when it comes to this. It's not really a big deal in snooker where most players come from English-speaking countries, but try watching cycling when Carlton Kirby is commentating and you'll see what I mean... :smile:

I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things... I mean, there are "expert" commentators employed by the BBC who blatantly admit they don't follow snooker outside of the matches they are commentating on, and you have guys like Mike Hallett making up their own snooker rules and misleading the audience repeatedly, so mispronouncing the names of foreign players is hardly the worst offence. But then again, if I have to pay to watch snooker on TV, why shouldn't I get to criticize suboptimal commentary when I hear it?

[Shockerz]

Robertson is making heavy work of his chances.

He certainly is.

He's got in many times and then handed it back to then get another chance.

Cue Crafty is obviously right as you are the only one that can get you over the line.

When you want one more ball in those scrappy frames, they are sometimes the hardest to get!

[VillaGuy]

Since I am not watching it, does anyone know who the BBC sports personality of the year top 3 were

[PatBlock]

Anyway, 7 - 8 it is, and what an interesting match this has been. Surely we must go all the way.

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[daffie]

What a pot!

:snooker:

[VillaGuy]

Luck is on Robertson's side right now, Cao with an unbelievable pot though. Credit to him for even going for it

[jonny66]

Since it was I who initially started this debate, I'll just answer this quickly...

I wouldn't say it "offends" me when people pronounce foreign names incorrectly, nor is it even particularly high on the list of things that annoy me in commentary. But it's definitely an area where there is a lot of room for improvement. I mean, if you are going to commentate on a sport and you know there will be a foreign player playing, why not make an effort to pronounce his name properly? As I said last week, I think the English-speaking commentators are the worst offenders when it comes to this. It's not really a big deal in snooker where most players come from English-speaking countries, but try watching cycling when Carlton Kirby is commentating and you'll see what I mean... :smile:

I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things... I mean, there are "expert" commentators employed by the BBC who blatantly admit they don't follow snooker outside of the matches they are commentating on, and you have guys like Mike Hallett making up their own snooker rules and misleading the audience repeatedly, so mispronouncing the names of foreign players is hardly the worst offence. But then again, if I have to pay to watch snooker on TV, why shouldn't I get to criticize suboptimal commentary when I hear it?

I think Pat was just being a bit of a blerty splaff.

[Shockerz]

Since it was I who initially started this debate, I'll just answer this quickly...

I wouldn't say it "offends" me when people pronounce foreign names incorrectly, nor is it even particularly high on the list of things that annoy me in commentary. But it's definitely an area where there is a lot of room for improvement. I mean, if you are going to commentate on a sport and you know there will be a foreign player playing, why not make an effort to pronounce his name properly? As I said last week, I think the English-speaking commentators are the worst offenders when it comes to this. It's not really a big deal in snooker where most players come from English-speaking countries, but try watching cycling when Carlton Kirby is commentating and you'll see what I mean... :smile:

I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things... I mean, there are "expert" commentators employed by the BBC who blatantly admit they don't follow snooker outside of the matches they are commentating on, and you have guys like Mike Hallett making up their own snooker rules and misleading the audience repeatedly, so mispronouncing the names of foreign players is hardly the worst offence. But then again, if I have to pay to watch snooker on TV, why shouldn't I get to criticize suboptimal commentary when I hear it?

Trouble is, when you open the can of worms I guess commentator's get a lot wrong .

I dno't mnid too mcuh as lnog as the msitakes are mnior

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As long as they are like Chris Kamara's mistake when commentating at football then at least there's some humour!

For you footy fans!

[Stony152]

Since it was I who initially started this debate, I'll just answer this quickly...

I wouldn't say it "offends" me when people pronounce foreign names incorrectly, nor is it even particularly high on the list of things that annoy me in commentary. But it's definitely an area where there is a lot of room for improvement. I mean, if you are going to commentate on a sport and you know there will be a foreign player playing, why not make an effort to pronounce his name properly? As I said last week, I think the English-speaking commentators are the worst offenders when it comes to this. It's not really a big deal in snooker where most players come from English-speaking countries, but try watching cycling when Carlton Kirby is commentating and you'll see what I mean... :smile:

I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things... I mean, there are "expert" commentators employed by the BBC who blatantly admit they don't follow snooker outside of the matches they are commentating on, and you have guys like Mike Hallett making up their own snooker rules and misleading the audience repeatedly, so mispronouncing the names of foreign players is hardly the worst offence. But then again, if I have to pay to watch snooker on TV, why shouldn't I get to criticize suboptimal commentary when I hear it?

Very well said. As I mentioned previously, it goes both ways. The way that the Polish snooker commentators say "Higgins" and "kick" is beyond annoying to me. I guess they are catering to their audience which, for the most part, doesn't know any better.