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Maybe it’s because many Irish people pronounce some words differently from English and German folk?
Btw, is "tetonic" much to do with "teutonic", or is there a distinct difference?
Dessie’s commentaries have been deteriorating badly over the past few years. He doesn’t seem to have the same enthusiasm for the game that he once had. He frequently misses fallers and mispronounces horses names. He must have been prouncing Clopf, as “Cloft” for at least a year before someone must have had a quiet word.
Its a pity really because he was a great commentator back in the day. His radio commentary of Dawn Run’s Gold Cup was awesome. I’ve posted a link to it below.
http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t07j.html
Hopefully Jerry Hannon will get to cover some more of the higher profile meetings in the next few years.
I misread the title as "tectonic".
Which will be fine if he’s commentating on the Galway Plate.
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Could be worse I asked a pakistani to fix my car because he said he was a deisel fitter turned out he sold womens knickers "Dees il fit her" old ones are the best
I misread the title as "tectonic".
Which will be fine if he’s commentating on the Galway Plate.
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Boom boom!
No, just a Dessie thing. As some of us have remarked before, he seems to be going through the motions until retirement which can’t come soon enough for him or us.
Commentary of the year:
http://www.attheraces.com/VideoConsole/ … 24_02_1440
The full story there is that Dessie was doing a corporate gig in a tent at the Curragh and got delayed, hence he had to sprint back to the commentary box and just made it for the end of the race. It’s actually one of his better commentaries!
Commentary of the year:
http://www.attheraces.com/VideoConsole/ … 24_02_1440His laboured breathing was unnerving.
He could do a job for the ‘smile’ digi channel when turns it in
That’s brilliant – he sounds as though he is going to have a heart attack.
I suppose that’s what comes of the commentators not calling the runners to post in Ireland.
Not naming any names, I can think of more than one occasion when I have seen some of our callers making a mad dash to the box when at least half the field are already at the post.
Awful commentator for me and didn’t he even admit that he hated the job these days a few years ago?
I remember him not even noticing that Solerina fell in one race and he seems to do the bare minimum each time instead of putting that little bit extra in as say, Simon Holt would.
I like the irish commentator that RTE usually use – Tony O’Hehir I think?
Now that would be funny to have Graham Norton to do a commentary especially if he threw in his usuall homosexual puns,innuendos and references.
Dessie very much like GG is just plodding on till the pension book can be cashed in.
Jerry Hannon is a much better caller and deserves his chance to do some more of the big meetings although its a pity some of ours dont get a chance to do some over their, I know Jim McGrath did a couple of Irish Legers and Mike Cattermole did a Downpatrick either this year or last.
Wasn’t there an Irish caller at Lingfield a year or so ago, or am I imagining it?
Entirely feasible – Jerry Hannon has been booked to commentate on "Irish Night" meetings a few times in the past. He did Sandown and Worcester during summer 2006 alone.
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