Freddy Garcia's English

[Gregory Pratt]

Does he know as little English as Iguchi and Contreras, or is he like Ozzie or somewhere in between?

[Kyyle23]

I think he sounds like the spanish version of Ali G when he talks. And I am completely serious too, he throws "Aiieet" in the middle of his sentences and pauses, its really strange. He never seems like he is paying attention when he is getting interviewed either.

[Gregory Pratt]

I think he sounds like the spanish version of Ali G when he talks.  And I am completely serious too, he throws "Aiieet" in the middle of his sentences and pauses, its really strange.  He never seems like he is paying attention when he is getting interviewed either.

 

Does that, at least, mean he understands/speaks it reasonably well, all things considered or...?

[Kyyle23]

Does that, at least, mean he understands/speaks it reasonably well, all things considered or...?

 

I have no idea how much he comprehends, I guess you would have to ask him. I have only caught a few interviews of his, and I was less than impressed afterwards. But the Sox arent paying him to speak, they are paying him to pitch. As long as he keeps the Sox in games, he can speak a dead language for all I care.

[EvilJester99]

From the interviews I have seen of him...he seems to speak about as well as Ozzie but seems very uncomfortable with his English and seems to really want to get it over with....

[TitoMB345]

From the interviews I have seen of him...he seems to speak about as well as Ozzie but seems very uncomfortable with his English and seems to really want to get it over with....

 

I think its more or less of him having to concentrate too much on getting his English right when he gives the interviews. He stumbles over words and sounds awkward. But who the hell cares, as long as he can dominate on the mound?

[Gregory Pratt]

I, ah, only asked because my friend, who is from Seattle and a Mariners fan, is always teasing me about how Freddy will "always be a Mariner to me." She told me that she'd curl up with him and make him soup and chat with him for awhile. I said, "He doesn't speak English!" and she said, "Really?" I told her that I know he doesn't speak it well (from what I've heard of him introducing himself in the Opening Ceremonies before each Sox game that he pitches, when they introduce the lineups and stuff) and then I said, "Actually, he might speak some, like Ozzie," and what better place to ask than here?

[Kyyle23]

I, ah, only asked because my friend, who is from Seattle and a Mariners fan, is always teasing me about how Freddy will "always be a Mariner to me." She told me that she'd curl up with him and make him soup and chat with him for awhile. I said, "He doesn't speak English!" and she said, "Really?" I told her that I know he doesn't speak it well (from what I've heard of him introducing himself in the Opening Ceremonies before each Sox game that he pitches, when they introduce the lineups and stuff) and then I said, "Actually, he might speak some, like Ozzie," and what better place to ask than here?

 

Ummmmmmwhat? Was she hooking up with him?

[Gregory Pratt]

Ummmmmmwhat?  Was she hooking up with him?

 

Hahaha! Poor diction on my part.

 

No, no, I meant to say that she told me she'd like to.

[fathom]

Every other word Garcia says is "you know". It's his transition from one period to another. It's quite comical to listen to if you focus on it.

[Gregory Pratt]

Every other word Garcia says is "you know".  It's his transition from one period to another.  It's quite comical to listen to if you focus on it.

 

Like Thome with, "Well"?

[Kyyle23]

Every other word Garcia says is "you know".  It's his transition from one period to another.  It's quite comical to listen to if you focus on it.

 

Ozzies transitions are pretty funny too

 

"This kid here...(Dees Keed here)"

[chitownsportsfan]

Ha, when I tried to speak Spanish in language lab last semester I would have long pauses of "uhhhhhhhhhh", and "y, y, yo, tambien, mucho, etc.

 

I can only imagine trying to speak in front of a televised audience.

 

Oh well, like many said, we're paying him for pitching, not PR.

[Heads22]

Ha, when I tried to speak Spanish in language lab last semester I would have long pauses of "uhhhhhhhhhh", and "y, y, yo, tambien, mucho, etc.

 

I can only imagine trying to speak in front of a televised audience. 

 

Oh well, like many said, we're paying him for pitching, not PR.

 

I have the same problem. I am the most awkward Spanish speaker cause I don't put any feeling into it....

[SSH2005]

Every other word Garcia says is "you know".  It's his transition from one period to another.  It's quite comical to listen to if you focus on it.

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^^^^^ So true.

Edited April 23, 2006 by SSH2005

[LosMediasBlancas]

I have the same problem. I am the most awkward Spanish speaker cause I don't put any feeling into it....

 

 

Three simple things that can take you from being a poor Spanish speaker to a decent one.

1. Learn where the accent falls in the pronunciation of a word.

2. Soften your consonants, especially at the beginning of a word.

3. Remember that all vowels in Spanish are short, not long.

[Heads22]

Three simple things that can take you from being a poor Spanish speaker to a decent one.

1.  Learn where the accent falls in the pronunciation of a word.

2.  Soften your consonants, especially at the beginning of a word.

3.  Remember that all vowels in Spanish are short, not long.

 

 

I just think people from NE Iowa were never intended to speak the language.

[LosMediasBlancas]

I just think people from NE Iowa were never intended to speak the language.

 

lol, I know some people from Iowa who don't exactly master the English langauge either.

.....and perhaps Venezuelans were never intended to speak English.

[chitownsportsfan]

Three simple things that can take you from being a poor Spanish speaker to a decent one...

 

A veces, como cuando estoy barrata--puedo hablar bastante bien. Por supuesto, no hay muchos tiempos a practicar en el norte de Michigan donde yo vivo. Me olvide mucho cada dia. Necesito ir a un pais donde le gente decir espanol para a mez.

Edited April 23, 2006 by chitownsportsfan

[Gregory Pratt]

A veces, como cuando estoy barrata--puedo hablar bastante bien.  Por supuesto, no hay muchos tiempos a practicar en el norte de Michigan donde yo vivo.  Me olvide mucho cada dia.  Necesito ir a un pais donde le gente decir espanol para a mez.

 

Te doy puntos por que almenos tratastes!

[LosMediasBlancas]

A veces, como cuando estoy barrata--puedo hablar bastante bien.  Por supuesto, no hay muchos tiempos a practicar en el norte de Michigan donde yo vivo.  Me olvide mucho cada dia.  Necesito ir a un pais donde le gente decir espanol para a mez.

 

Para una persona que no lo practica frequentemente, lo escribes mas o menos.

[The Ginger Kid]

It's weird, but Venezuelan Spanish is comparable to say, West Virginian English. It's even made fun of in South America, sort of how we poke fun at southerners. Some of that carries over when they learn English (I don't know why).

[Milkman delivers]

Para una persona que no lo practica frecuentemente, lo escribes mas o menos.

 

I just corrected someone who's fluent in Spanish

 

A veces, como cuando estoy barrata--puedo hablar bastante bien. Por supuesto, no hay muchos tiempos a practicar en el norte de Michigan donde yo vivo. Me olvide mucho cada dia. Necesito ir a un pais donde le gente diga espanol para un mes.

 

I think you might mean borracho (drunk) for that first one, unless there's another word that I don't know for drunk.

 

And for the second one, I think you have to use the subjunctive.

 

I'm a jerk.

Edited April 23, 2006 by Milkman delivers

[Kyyle23]

Yo no tengo la menor idea lo que usted tipos dicen y tuve que utilizar a un traductor en línea para decir esto.

 

[YASNY]

It's weird, but Venezuelan Spanish is comparable to say, West Virginian English. It's even made fun of in South America, sort of how we poke fun at southerners. Some of that carries over when they learn English (I don't know why).

 

That's ok. Southerners make fun of 'y'all' as well.