Rudy said:
What I can't stand about Bob is his pronounciation of "Tour DAY France" and his unwillingness to change that redneck pronouciation.
He's doing it to ******** the French
Maybe they were cruel to him in print while he was racing, and so this is his payback
Keep in mind that his pronunciation of ALL the Tour locations in France during his commentary like Col D'Aspin, Tourmalet, Le Mongie, and even more difficult ones, and even the riders names most of which would twist an average tongue off like Extebarria, Moncoutie, Hinault, etc etc, are all perfect...
If indeed his pronunciation of "de" is some deficiency in his language skills, then why does he say "Le Tour" as "Leh Tour" and not "Lay Tour"?
I think its an attempt by him to stamp his defiance on the fact that in the US we have literally HUNDREDS of French phrases and words in English which we pronounce in French, and they in turn have Government Summits to create new French words to replace english words which previously had no term in French... All so they don't ever have to speak a lick of English, or any other language. I'm not saying that this is evil of them per se, only that it does get the hackles up "just" enough to want to needle them with "Tour Day France"
Plus I think his personal anedotes can be kind of funny...
I like watching the contrasting styles of Phil and Paul vs Bob as well... Phil and Paul do the live coverage commentary with Al and Bob doing the "expanded coverage" later in the evening... Its funny hearing the difference between how they react and comment on the same situation
Phil: Oh and what have we here! it seems a spectator has just run in front there, in front of (rider x), and that was a close thing... Yes indeed and as he looks back it seems that its put him in a spot of bother by interupting the pace... Please Mr Spectator, stay out of the way...
Bob: and we just had some idiot run in front of (rider x) and it looks like he's giving the guy a look, Maybe he's thinking of hopping off his bike and explaining the problem to the guy with his fist...
LoL!
Which one do YOU identify most with
If you want to complain about something PLEASE complain about the Cutters! I feel so damn sorry for Kirsten Gum... those Cutter guys are... agh, I can't even slam them effectively since they do a better job of slamming themselves with their ridiculous presence... The French probably consider them stupid, idiotic Americans and on that point the French and I are completely on the same page! Did OLN predict a large 7 year old demographic for the Tour coverage?!?!