‘Shtranger’ things confuse folks about football, golf
I just got a sort of longish note from a lady who said she and her husband had traveled frequently in Canada and wanted to let me know what nice people the Canadians are.
Hokey-dokey. I guess that’s good to know.
Now let’s move on to today’s question:
Why do so many television news people or other people on TV add “sh” before the ‘t’ in words such as “shtrong’’ or “shtreet” or “shtream” or is my hearing “shtrange?”
I think either your hearing is shtrange or you need a television set with a better sound system.
I’d been trying to watch football with my husband for many years.
It is so frustrating with so many comments like, “I don’t understand this game, it’s so boring. All they do is huddle and run.” Until the miracle of television and computers finally helped explain it
a lot more for me.
How in the world do they put those “lines” and “downs to go arrows” on the TV screen? And then they disappear until the next football play.
I’m sorry, I do not know all the technical ins and outs of how it works, but you have sort of answered your own question — the miracle of television and computers.
Here’s a tip: Watch the guards, the two guys on either side of the center, the guy who hikes the ball. They’ll tell you what the play is. Where did the phrase come from in golf that a ball will break to the left on the putting green when putting downhill or across the green.
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your question and even if I did I couldn’t help because I don’t understand golf.
We frequently hear the term “clean coal.” How can coal be clean? When it comes down to it, there is no such thing.
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