It's spelt RUBENS!!!!

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

We Finns do speak foreign languages better than most Europeans, it's down to that.

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I used to work with Danes - they spoke English very well.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

His name , in cheers from the crowd , is Rubinho .

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello
Both his father and paternal grandfather are also named Rubens, and Barrichello shares his father's birthday: May 23. Therefore, Rubens Barrichello was known as Rubinho (Portuguese for "little Rubens"), which has become his nickname.

I work with a bunch of English people, most of them seem to struggle with the language :D

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

We Finns do speak foreign languages better than most Europeans, it's down to that.

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You do ? :confused: I must have been unlucky then :p : I agree about the Danes though, and as for the Italians...never mind :s ;)

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I used to work with Danes - they spoke English very well.

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So, the one guy you worked with who was a real 'diamond geezer', was he a 'Great Dane'? ;)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Noticed today that some people seem to spell Rubens as Rubins :confused:

I mean seriously wtf? Is this some kind of lame joke that I don't get because I don't visit the F1 that much or do people really not know how to spell the name of one of the best drivers of our era? :confused:

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WFT Denial :?: Sorme orf ous catn splel fro hsit :p :

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Originally Posted by pino

You do ? :confused: I must have been unlucky then :p : I agree about the Danes though, and as for the Italians...never mind :s ;)

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I like to think I know bit about the subject through my work :) , lets say younger Finns. One of the fashinating things about Italy for me is the lack of foreign language skills, one really has to learn some words of Italian to survive outside the Colosseum etc..... Talking about pronunciation, Jarno Trulli is actually an interesting case, I wonder how many Italians actually know how to pronounce his Finnish first name, coming from Jarno Saarinen.

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Originally Posted by henners88

His name is Rubinho Barrichello so who cares?

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Rubinho is his nickname not his name, it's the Portuguese diminutive for Rubens.

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

I like to think I know bit about the subject through my work :) , lets say younger Finns. One of the fashinating things about Italy for me is the lack of foreign language skills, one really has to learn some words of Italian to survive outside the Colosseum etc..... Talking about pronunciation, Jarno Trulli is actually an interesting case, I wonder how many Italians actually know how to pronounce his Finnish first name, coming from Jarno Saarinen.

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In that case you must be one of those who are not best at English. :p :

Seriously, there are many countries in Europe where young people speak several languages, it is not a Finnish exclusivity.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

I'll tell you what irks me .
It's the damned announcers that can't seem to say Robert Kubica's name correctly.

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It's not only announcers. Alex Wurz who's been commentating for the Austrian television last season and is doing it this season too, has constantly called him Kubika.