Tor-Sten

bdorman said:
I guess that would be pronounced "Te itman"
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Yup, that would be the response of your average uncultured/culturally-neutered American. Thorsten's first name is indeed pronounced "Tor-sten" but with a breathy "h" sound in the first syllable. Not the classic "th" sound in American english when you say e.g. "thorax."

Americans: keeping an eye on the world from a room with no windows. ;)

-Sean
 
JoeyA said:
Yes, it is pronounced that way and spelled Thorsten as in Hohmann.

The following article has a lot of GREAT information in it about who he is and what he has become and how he thinks.

Two thumbs up for "The Hitman". :thumbup2::thumbup2:

http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11287-theyll-have-to-play-their-best-to-beat-me/

JoeyA
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awesome. Thorsten is one of my favorite players, a consummate professional and one of best tournament players now :) ). I like his positive attitude , mindset and strategy of ameliorating losses and not letting them affect him , of peaking at right time and physical conditioning. :D
 
sfleinen said:
Yup, that would be the response of your average uncultured/culturally-neutered American....Americans: keeping an eye on the world from a room with no windows. ;) -Sean
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How true, Sean.
Many Americans are sadly ignorant of cultures outside their country.
Sometimes when they don't understand or don't even care to understand they simply make fun.
This makes them look, as you say, "uncultured."
There's a lot of that ignorance on this forum as well, unfortunately.
What these individuals most likely fail to understand is that this American, ego-centric view of the world is gone.

Let's take pool as our relevant example....pool's "face" is now anywhere BUT the U.S. Get used to it, folks.
The bar has been raised.
Learn another language besides English [what the hell am I talking about? many can't even write their own language!],
get healthier, look at pool as sport, etc.

If not, you'll be sitting on the sidelines on your unhealthy behinds drinking your alcohol,
soft drinks and other nasty processed foods simply fading away.
But then, that's what we need (attrition) in order to improve the quality of our sport....as I have said before, I can't wait.
Next generation of players will be enthralling!
 
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While I'm not entirely sure a bad pun on the pronunciation of a proper noun signals the downfall of society there is something that I am curious about that wasn't touched on in Toasty's interview. As I'm watching a youtube video of the recently completed China Open it looks like Thorsten may be playing with a new cue. It's certainly not the white Lucasi Hybrid model he's won big tournaments with over the last few years. I'm sure it's still a Lucasi model, but I would have been interested to know why he made the switch and what he likes about his new weapon.
 
Thanks for the post. I enjoyed this comment from the interview:

‘What do you think would be the best game for us Americans to play so we can win tournaments again?’ I said, ‘No, no, no. you are approaching this from a different angle. You have to figure out what can you do to do your best to win a tournament.’ And that’s my approach.
 
boogeyman said:
How true, Sean.
Many Americans are sadly ignorant of cultures outside their country.
Sometimes when they don't understand or don't even care to understand they simply make fun.
This makes them look, as you say, "uncultured."
There's a lot of that ignorance on this forum as well, unfortunately.
What these individuals most likely fail to understand is that this American, ego-centric view of the world is gone.

Let's take pool as our relevant example....pool's "face" is now anywhere BUT the U.S. Get used to it, folks.
The bar has been raised.
Learn another language besides English [what the hell am I talking about? many can't even write their own language!],
get healthier, look at pool as sport, etc.

If not, you'll be sitting on the sidelines on your unhealthy behinds drinking your alcohol,
soft drinks and other nasty processed foods simply fading away.
But then, that's what we need (attrition) in order to improve the quality of our sport....as I have said before, I can't wait.
Next generation of players will be enthralling!
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Bullseye...Big Time!!
:clapping:
 
nobcitypool said:
...‘What do you think would be the best game for us Americans to play so we can win tournaments again?’ I said, ‘No, no, no. you are approaching this from a different angle. You have to figure out what can you do to do your best to win a tournament.’ And that’s my approach.
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Great perspective, nobcitypool.
We need to stop making excuses about the game and start thinking more about ourselves as players (and individuals).

Bruce Lee is attributed with a wonderful quote that relates to your concept (italics are added for emphasis)...
"Too much time is given to the development of skill and too little to the development of the individual for participation."

An real-world example of Bruce Lee's philosophy playing out right now is Mark Wilson's U.S. MC team!

Apply it to pool...Awesome!
 
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sfleinen said:
Yup, that would be the response of your average uncultured/culturally-neutered American. Thorsten's first name is indeed pronounced "Tor-sten" but with a breathy "h" sound in the first syllable. Not the classic "th" sound in American english when you say e.g. "thorax."

Americans: keeping an eye on the world from a room with no windows. ;)

-Sean
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boogeyman said:
How true, Sean.
Many Americans are sadly ignorant of cultures outside their country.
Sometimes when they don't understand or don't even care to understand they simply make fun.
This makes them look, as you say, "uncultured."
There's a lot of that ignorance on this forum as well, unfortunately.
What these individuals most likely fail to understand is that this American, ego-centric view of the world is gone. ....
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SlickRick_PCS said:
Bullseye...Big Time!!
:clapping:
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Wow, you guys really can't take a joke. Lighten up before you have a heart attack. :D (grin just to make sure you realize I'm joking...)

mbvl said:
Why do some people have so much trouble with his name? How do they pronounce Thomas?
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One of the editors of my magazine is from Sweden, named Thomas and pronounces it Toe-mas (not Ta-mas with a short "a"). Odd thing is that I've been with him around his Swedish friends and half of them put the emphasis on the first syllable and the other half emphasize the second.
 
mbvl said:
Why do some people have so much trouble with his name? How do they pronounce Thomas?
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Well, if you think about, in the U.S., people see "Thor...," and due to popular culture,
they think of the super hero pronunciation. Mr. Hohmann is not the only "Thorsten."

There is Thorsten Kaye for all you soap opera fans, who, incidentally, was a guest on The View last year.

It just comes down to culturally-specific expectations when other languages come into play.
That's why I applauded the original poster for spreading the knowledge.
 
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