Rider's Languages

I know I might get flamed for this,

but since this sport spans throughout the globe, was wondering if any of you knew if some of the

motogp riders speak muiltiple languages and what languages they are!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (willdafrog @ May 21 2008, 05:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I know I might get flamed for this,

but since this sport spans throughout the globe, was wondering if any of you knew if some of the

motogp riders speak muiltiple languages and what languages they are!
most speak a bit of english ofcourse. was a bit weird to hear Debon (whose fairly old) speak in spanish when the official reporter asked him stuff in english. but it was his first victory, guess he doesn't have that much practise with interviews.

I know teo told me that most riders speak a bit italian too. he's in italy atm and has to watch races on italian tv. and I assume most speak a bit spanish

we all know Hayden doesn't know any other language other than his own english! haha was so funny to see him stumbling in that MTV show he did when he wanted to get some shampoo in spain (for those who haven't seen it http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1573916&vid=189099 NH: I've been kinda craving for raw ham all day )

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marijke @ May 21 2008, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>we all know Hayden doesn't know any other language other than his own english! haha was so funny to see him stumbling in that MTV show he did when he wanted to get some shampoo in spain

American English should not be confused with English, and in Nicky's case he definitely speaks American not English.

However, most riders speak English (in some form or other)....so English is riders language, and if they don't speak it now they all learn at somepoint in their career....

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MigsAngel @ May 21 2008, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>American English should not be confused with English, and in Nicky's case he definitely speaks American not English.

However, most riders speak English (in some form or other)....so English is riders language, and if they don't speak it now they all learn at somepoint in their career....

If Nicky speak American (actually with Southern slang ) then Casey is Aussie

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (V5Stroker @ May 21 2008, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If Nicky speak American (actually with Southern slang ) then Casey is Aussie

You've heard Casey speak, and clearly that is not English so if you want to call it Aussie then that's what it is....

Then again we could say that JT does not speak English either....he talks bloody Yorkshire


I like to think of how riders language does not really matter since their talent on track says all that needs to be said by them and any of us here...

They all speak same damn language --use some sort of hand and leg signals. I remember Junior (K. Robert) used a lot of signs when riding.dunno about others . But I think Vale and Lorenzo are most entertained when winning the race..

I think most of them speak English to an extent. Colin Edwards speaks more than passable Italian (all those years of hanging around with Valentino I guess) and so does Troy Bayliss...granted not in Motogp anymore but it always great to see a native english (of whichever form) speaker making an effort to learn an alternative language as normally it's the other way round with the Italians and Spanish needing to make more of an effort. Vale speaks his own brand of English, and having heard Simoncelli interviewed after Sunday's race I'd say not only have those two been training and working out together every day, but Vale's been giving him English lessons too!!!
Guintoli gets my vote for sexiest accent. Nothing beats the sound of a french dude speaking in English.
I think most riders need a basic grasp of English Italian and Spanish around the paddock anyway.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MigsAngel @ May 21 2008, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Then again we could say that JT does not speak English either....he talks bloody Yorkshire

Oi!!! Us Yorkshiremen talk normal, its everyone else who sounds weird

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Checa_7 @ May 21 2008, 03:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Oi!!! Us Yorkshiremen talk normal, its everyone else who sounds weird

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Checa_7 @ May 21 2008, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Oi!!! Us Yorkshiremen talk normal, its everyone else who sounds weird




My personal favorite thing is about Yorkshire is the total abscense of the word....THE.

English is promoted by DORNA trying to make MotoGP more worldwide friendly, but really the core of this championship speaks Italian and Spanish, because most of the people are from these 2 countries, or live there (like most of the Asian riders and race technicians).

It's curious that Japanese is almost unheard when most manufacturers are Japanese and there's a quite a decent number of riders from this country.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ May 21 2008, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Guintoli gets my vote for sexiest accent. Nothing beats the sound of a french dude speaking in English.
Yeah, but it's fast metamorphosing into a Leicester drawl, which isn't a good thing! It's similar to Jan Molby coming to LFC and inventing Danish Scouse.

Roby Rolfo speaks five different languages fluently, and I think Regis Laconi and Rueben Xaus speak four.

James Toseland doesn't have a heavy Yorkshire accent being from South Yorks, and it is mellowed anyhow by his piano playing. Foggy meantime had that heavy Lancashire brogue, which was intensified by his constant blowing of his own trumpet.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ May 21 2008, 06:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Vale speaks his own brand of English, and having heard Simoncelli interviewed after Sunday's race I'd say not only have those two been training and working out together every day, but Vale's been giving him English lessons too!!!

Holy .... you're so right.

True story, when the 250 race finished (watched it recorded), i walked over to the kitchen to get another beer and look for something to munch on, I stopped to listen to the interview and I ran back down because I swear I thought I heard Rossi. I got back in front of the tube and thought What the ....? That guy sounds exactly like Rossi.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MigsAngel @ May 21 2008, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>American English should not be confused with English, and in Nicky's case he definitely speaks American not English.

However, most riders speak English (in some form or other)....so English is riders language, and if they don't speak it now they all learn at somepoint in their career....
There is no end to your hate.

Yeah, he speaks "American". You remind me of a co-work that said they speak "Brazilian" in Brazil. I laughed it off because it was just ignorant, unlike you, who simply looks for new ways to spout your hate for Americans and Hayden.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ May 21 2008, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>There is no end to your hate.

Yeah, he speaks "American". You remind me of a co-work that said they speak "Brazilian" in Brazil. I laughed it off because it was just ignorant, unlike you, who simply looks for new ways to spout your hate for Americans and Hayden.

Now, now Jumkie....Migs will tell you he lived in the States(for how long I'm not sure) but l wonder Migs, did you ever visit the South? When I mean the South, I mean down South? You cannot get an appreciation of the South unless you've visited it at least once. Yes we have our own words and expressions, and take things a little slower i.e. we enjoy life because in all honesty, nothing else really matters. Just because we don't all speak the Queens English, doesn't make us non English speaking. That's the cool thing about the good ol US of A, diversity and variety.

I think they all at least speak spanish, except nicky and casey.

Does anybody know what language(s) Rossi, Max, and Sete speak?

And are they fluent in it or just to get by?

Thanks!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (L8Braker @ May 21 2008, 11:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Now, now Jumkie....Migs will tell you he lived in the States(for how long I'm not sure) but l wonder Migs, did you ever visit the South? When I mean the South, I mean down South? You cannot get an appreciation of the South unless you've visited it at least once. Yes we have our own words and expressions, and take things a little slower i.e. we enjoy life because in all honesty, nothing else really matters. Just because we don't all speak the Queens English, doesn't make us non English speaking. That's the cool thing about the good ol US of A, diversity and variety.




Since it was brought up I was born and grew up mostly in Cleveland, Ohio ( I also spend a good deal of youth in Mexico City). I was an undergrad in southern Ohio, and graduate student in Texas (were my parents still live). My last home in the US and where still vote absentee was San Francisco, CA. I travel for work a lot, which how I met my South Yorkshire wife (My Father in Law lives across the street from JT grandparents), and I have been in the UK since 2001...

So yes, I have been to the Southern US (my sister lives in Atlanta and I visit her every couple of years), I visit my parents every year, and I am American (Mexican American to be precise)....I have every right to hold my opinons and views on the US and Americans (which include me)

And I speak English and I write in American!

You have to be able to laugh at yourself and your own first...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (L8Braker @ May 22 2008, 12:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>did you ever visit the South? When I mean the South, I mean down South? You cannot get an appreciation of the South unless you've visited it at least once. Yes we have our own words and expressions, and take things a little slower
Is that where they say "y'all"??


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (willdafrog @ May 22 2008, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Does anybody know what language(s) Rossi, Max, and Sete speak?

And are they fluent in it or just to get by?

Thanks!
Rossi and max speak Italian and English. you've probably heard Vale being interviewed, not too bad a vocabulary- just a really weird (but very typically Italian) accent that comes from reading words in english and pronouncing letter combinations the way they would be in italian. (also most italians cannot pronounce the letter 'h' as used in english because h sound does not exist - unless yo're in florence where they pronounce their 'c' as h in english...oh never mind. max's english is passable too. sete obviously speaks spanish and english. he speaks goodish italian in the manner that all spanish riders speak italian ie in italian and spanish many words are similar or almost identical give or take a vowel, but others are miles apart. so when speaking italian most spanish riders tend to use the spanish word where it is similar and stick in the italian word where it is not. a typical example would be 'for the race' which in italian would be 'per la gara' and which a spanish rider would pronouce 'por la gara' - race is gara in italian but 'carrera' in spanish. I'm pretty sure I heard sete speak french once but i could be wrong.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ May 21 2008, 11:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>
Holy .... you're so right.

True story, when the 250 race finished (watched it recorded), i walked over to the kitchen to get another beer and look for something to munch on, I stopped to listen to the interview and I ran back down because I swear I thought I heard Rossi. I got back in front of the tube and thought What the ....? That guy sounds exactly like Rossi.

Of course - same region, same accent! Which is nothing but the accent of the 'emiliano-romagnolo' dialect, a language of celtic roots spoken in the region between Parma and Pesaro, passing through Bologna, Imola and Rimini. I was born in Imola and speak English with exactly the same accent when I'm tired and forget my education

As many of you probably know, Emilia-Romagna is Italy's motorland. Without Emilia-Romagna (which culturally extends down to include San Marino, Pesaro and Urbino) we wouldn't have Ferrari, nor Ducati, nor Lamborghini or Maserati, - nor Morini, Benelli, Marchesini, etc etc. They are all there along the 200 kilometers extension of the ancient Via Emilia.
Mugello, Imola, Misano, are all there within 1 to 2 hours drive.

But even more importantly, Emilia-Romagna has given the world things like Parmesan cheese, lambrusco and tagliatelle, ham and lasagne... So when you hear that accent - respect!