Allen has said in his website that he will be back for Silverstone.
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Allen has said in his website that he will be back for Silverstone.
If you have a good ear and especially if you're a local, Gary Anderson kinda has a muddled accent! Northern Irish-Northamptonshire accent. The way he pronounces Vettel is prominent. Its exactly how we would say 'kettle' for instance. We're lazy prouncing 't's' and more emphasis on the phonetic sound that proceeds it.
Gary works best pre and post race. Quite frankly you don't need fancy presentation. A pen and paper is perfectly suffice, after all they say ideas come from scrap paper and empty fag packets.
Where has Damon Hill disappeared to off Sky's coverage?
I don't believe he has been around since the Spanish Grand Prix.
Anybody an idea??!
There must be a consipracy to abduct British F1 Broadcasters! Find James Allen and we find Damon Hill!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bezza
That would be a shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
How many will give up watching if the BBC lose its rights? How can bernie think its a good move to have fewer followers??
Doesn't matter how many times he gets it right if I don't understand a bloody thing that comes out of his mouth. For all I know, he can be the personification of Stirling Moss and Rory Byrne in one body but that is of no use to me if I don't understand a word of what he says! And I don't think it's just the Irish accent. I work with an Irishwoman everyday, I grew up watching documentaries and movies about the conflict so I was exposed to the Irish accent from both sides from a very young age. But Garry's speech is something else... I think African-American rappers in New Orleans pronounce more of the letters in their words than him!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
For the record, my girlfriend (an Aussie) watched the BBC coverage with me, and she couldn't make any sense of what he was talking about. I really doubt anyone outside UK would be able to understand many of his sentences.
Which makes me wonder, do any overseas broadcasters still carry the BBC feed? Or have they all switched to Sky? I know that in Australia, Network Ten has switched to Sky but I think the BBC commentary (and prior to that, the ITV commentary) was carried in many other countries as well.
Gary is good for post race analysis and the forum, but he's no good as a pit lane reporter.
Firstly, as an Irishman, I will say that Gary's accent is particularly difficult to understand at times if you can't catch all of the nuances of the dialect. However, I think most people can catch what he is saying. It's not like a foreign person speaking in broken English.Quote:
Originally Posted by aryan
Secondly, for what it's worth, Setanta Sports use the BBC feed for their showing of the races. But they only use the race commentary i.e. the programme doesn't include the BBC's pre-race show and, during qualifying sessions, the break between Q1, Q2 and Q3 does not include the analysis from the BBC presenters. We just get on-track and pitlane shots with ambient noise.
I disagree. I think he's suited to the pitlane. The biggest problem I have is his location. I wish the directors could come to some kind of compromise with regard to where they station Gary. It seems that every time Ben and David ask him for analysis or updates during the race, a stream of cars come racing down the straight and he gets drowned out. Yet, when there are no cars passing, he's crystal clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark