Thursday, August 16, 2012

Olympic Bad Choice of Words




  I just got this in an email. Pretty bad what the wrong choice of words and sentence structure, can cause:

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Olympics that they would like to take back:
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1. Weight-lifting commentator: 'This is Gregorieva from
Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'
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2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak
from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'
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3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents,
especially my mother and father.'
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4. Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries, and even
some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'
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5. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should
think we can expect the same thing again.'
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6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition
doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'
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7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the
wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'
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8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's
like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'
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9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing
so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses
them... Oh my God, what have I just said?'

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