hckošice 13,285 Posted December 25, 2018 #3201 Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Dmitry said: They need this manual: Australia ≠ Austria Slovakia ≠ Slovenia Iraq ≠ Iran Sweden ≠ Switzerland Dominican Republic ≠ Dominica + GUM / GUA ISV / IVB THA / TPE Dmitry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,578 Posted December 25, 2018 #3202 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Etna wakening yesterday for the first time after 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,189 Posted December 25, 2018 #3203 Share Posted December 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Quasit said: Probably because of the IOC code. When they see BUR, they think of Burundi first. Call me old fashioned, but I'd say the sports commentators should be better than that. Quasit 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,189 Posted December 25, 2018 #3204 Share Posted December 25, 2018 7 hours ago, hckosice said: + GUM / GUA ISV / IVB THA / TPE + countries like BIZ or VIN which they just skip because they have no clue what that is. Griff88 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,285 Posted December 25, 2018 #3205 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Just now, dcro said: + countries like BIZ or VIN which they just skip because they have no clue what that is. and my favorites moments of all games are when the commentators names athletes representing Lebanon and athletes representing a certain North African country, trust me but once I even heard a sprinter being introduced as Libyan dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,285 Posted December 25, 2018 #3206 Share Posted December 25, 2018 + once I heard a athlete being introdruced as a competitor from Montserrat. dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry 92 Posted December 25, 2018 #3207 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I remember that commentator prefer just to ignore athletes from at the swimming world championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,570 Posted December 27, 2018 Author #3208 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) On 25/12/2018 at 21:57, Dmitry said: I remember that commentator prefer just to ignore athletes from at the swimming world championships. Those heats are not even shown here (unless Eurosport shows it and former swimmer Inge Dekker is the co-commentator and gets all giggly and confused with the main commentator about these nations ) Edited December 27, 2018 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,578 Posted December 28, 2018 #3209 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) France: after riots of workers ,'the yellow vests' , the police 'bleu gyros' here is 'the red pens' of teachers is born Edited December 28, 2018 by bestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,737 Posted December 28, 2018 #3210 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 26/12/2018 at 03:46, hckosice said: + once I heard a athlete being introdruced as a competitor from Montserrat. That's just absurd. It's Indonesia! But anyway, the IOC code BRN is famous for making commentators mistaking it for Brunei (it should be Bahrain). hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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