Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 7,657]

Quite the headline.

 

 

[heywoodu 13,809]

4 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Quite the headline.

 

 

Oddest thing being that it was declared a DNS, while it very clearly was a DQ.

 

On a side note: as someone who also writes articles about sports, don't you find it annoying that they literally write down the quotes, even when they are just....wrong? Like "they was just taking too long", "them blocks look like" and "we at a professional meet"  

Edited June 10 by heywoodu

[Olympian1010 7,657]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

On a side note: as someone who also writes articles about sports, don't you find it annoying that they literally write down the quotes, even when they are just....wrong? Like "they was just taking too long", "them blocks look like" and "we at a professional meet"  

Personally, I think it's important to provide an authenic account of what is said by the athletes being interviewed. In this instance, Kerley's using a lot of AAVE (African American Vernacular English), so the quotes aren't really "wrong," so much as following a modified gramatical structure from standard English.

 

Here's some info about AAVE for users who haven't heard of it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/african-american-vernacular-english  

[Grassmarket 2,973]

European meets resume over the weekend, but tomorrow morning starts with the Kenyan trials

 

https://www.youtube.com/@KenyanAthleticsTV/streams

[Josh 7,754]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

European meets resume over the weekend, but tomorrow morning starts with the Kenyan trials

 

https://www.youtube.com/@KenyanAthleticsTV/streams

Olympic Trials?

[Grassmarket 2,973]

6 hours ago, Josh said:

Olympic Trials?

Yes, African Champs were back in March or so.

[De_Gambassi 959]

Not your typical athletics venue. Tomorrow there will be a pole vault meeting at the national museum of air and space near Paris.

 

Renaud Lavillenie will be there chasing for the olympic qualification.

 

[phelps 7,422]

On 6/10/2024 at 8:45 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Here's some info about AAVE for users who haven't heard of it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/african-american-vernacular-english  

really interesting 

[Pasolini 229]

47 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Not your typical athletics venue. Tomorrow there will be a pole vault meeting at the national museum of air and space near Paris.

 

Renaud Lavillenie will be there chasing for the olympic qualification.

 

amazing!!!
Any place to follow live score? I guess this is his last chance?

[Grassmarket 2,973]

On 6/10/2024 at 7:45 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Personally, I think it's important to provide an authenic account of what is said by the athletes being interviewed. In this instance, Kerley's using a lot of AAVE (African American Vernacular English), so the quotes aren't really "wrong," so much as following a modified gramatical structure from standard English.

 

Here's some info about AAVE for users who haven't heard of it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/african-american-vernacular-english  

But don’t forget the easy, logical & consistent Golden Rule:  

 

Huckleberry Finn is racist badthing because it uses the AAVE of 1840.

Tom & Jerry cartoons are racist badthing because they use the AAVE of 1940-1950.

A newspaper article is racist badthing because it it does NOT use the AAVE of 2024.  

 

See?  Simple.

Edited June 14 by Grassmarket