Biathlon IBU World Cup 2020 - 2021

[Grassmarket 4,303]

8 minutes ago, Werloc said:

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Norway: just thought it was somewhat funny that Eckhoff was kicked to the worst group with a bib 88  

 

Oh dear.   Team rules are rules, I suppose, no favourites.   
 

Will keep the race interesting till the end, though.  

[Monzanator 5,126]

@WerlocYou made no spelling errors in Szczurek & Szwajnos names! Highly impressive!

 

Jakiela comes in since Piton will do the relay.

[Werloc 3,191]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

@WerlocYou made no spelling errors in Szczurek & Szwajnos names! Highly impressive!

 

Jakiela comes in since Piton will do the relay.

I would appreciate if you kept Szczurek out of the team though, he is causing me the same amount of pain as people like Stvrtecky or Fratzscher.

[Werloc 3,191]

Our relay is really gonna feel the absence of Tomas Kaukėnas. Hopefully we get him back for stage 3

[Monzanator 5,126]

15 minutes ago, Werloc said:

I would appreciate if you kept Szczurek out of the team though, he is causing me the same amount of pain as people like Stvrtecky or Fratzscher.

Rats usually cause people problems

[dcro 10,211]

35 minutes ago, Werloc said:

I would appreciate if you kept Szczurek out of the team though, he is causing me the same amount of pain as people like Stvrtecky or Fratzscher.

Stvrtecky is easier to prounounce than, say, Roeiseland.

[Grassmarket 4,303]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

Stvrtecky is easier to prounounce than, say, Roeiseland.

Try pronouncing my cousin’s daughter’s name - Caoimhe.  95% of Scottish people can’t do it.

 

(It’s Kiva - Кива)

[Monzanator 5,126]

Feels like off-season on steroids! Irish names in a biathlon thread

 

However my name would be more difficult to pronounce than this!

 

[Werloc 3,191]

35 minutes ago, dcro said:

Stvrtecky is easier to prounounce than, say, Roeiseland.

I don't know, Scandinavian names and surnames are easier for me to pronounce than Eastern ones. 

 

Perhaps it's because those languages have germanic roots and are somewhat similar to English.

[Grassmarket 4,303]

Actually Slavic names are easy to pronounce once you’ve learnt the basic spelling rules for each of the dozen or so languages.  Only takes about eighteen months of work, but it’ll serve you for the rest of your life.