Challenge of Champions

JoeyA

JoeyA

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First congratulations to Thorsten (TOR-STEN not THOR-STEN)Hohmann for winning this event.

Secondly, congratulations to the photographer who took the photo of Thorsten (that is located on the front page of azbilliards.com)

I'm not sure who or what Thorsten was talking/praying or looking at but he kind of reminded me in a way of the way Earl looks up to the sky from time to time.

JoeyA
 
lucky is good

JoeyA said:
First congratulations to Thorsten (TOR-STEN not THOR-STEN)Hohmann for winning this event.

Secondly, congratulations to the photographer who took the photo of Thorsten (that is located on the front page of azbilliards.com)

I'm not sure who or what Thorsten was talking/praying or looking at but he kind of reminded me in a way of the way Earl looks up to the sky from time to time.

JoeyA
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Didn't see the match, but the way it was described on AZB's article, Dynamite was running out for the $25K in the last game, got bad shape on the 7, and had to play safe. So Hitman ran out from there. I guess he was looking up to the heavens, thankful for his luck. I mean, sitting there, watching a guy like Daz running out; what would you figure your chances would be to get back to the table? On the flip side of that, I guess Daz is not too happy about missing out on the last rack for $25K. Who knows, maybe there was some kind of a saver.
 
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Yeah, great win from one of pool's classiest guys.

The pronunciation thing is not open and shut. No doubt, in Germany, the pronunciation is T-or-sten, but in the English language, the convention of pronouncing a TH as a T doesn't exist in even a single instance. Similarly, in the English language, we don't ever pronounce a G as if it were an H. Hence, the Dutch cheese Gouda, pronounced "HOW-DAH" in the Netherlands, is pronounced "GOW-DAH" when one is speaking English.

Thorsten's a good friend of mine. I've always called him TH-OR-STEN, and he's never corrected me or taken offense.

Whatever you call him, though, make sure to call him the champion of the Challenge of Champions. He's a credit to our sport.
 
sjm said:
Yeah, great win from one of pool's classiest guys.

The pronunciation thing is not open and shut. No doubt, in Germany, the pronunciation is T-or-sten, but in the English language, the convention of pronouncing a TH as a T doesn't exist in even a single instance. Similarly, in the English language, we don't ever pronounce a G as if it were an H. Hence, the Dutch cheese Gouda, pronounced "HOW-DAH" in the Netherlands, is pronounced "GOW-DAH" when one is speaking English.

Thorsten's a good friend of mine. I've always called him TH-OR-STEN, and he's never corrected me or taken offense.

Whatever you call him, though, make sure to call him the champion of the Challenge of Champions. He's a credit to our sport.
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How about his countryman Thomas Engert? Do you call him THomas? :grin:

I once went with my good friend Theresa to London where we dined by the Thames at a very odd Thai restaurant with the unusual habit of using thyme in their green curry. Well, not really, but I once was a smart-ass on the internet.

I'm sure Thorsten's used to us English-speakers pronouncing his name differently than the Germans do, and based on what you say I don't imagine it bothers him much these days, if it ever did. But I do believe in trying to pronounce a person's name as much like they pronounce it themselves as possible (without going so far as to imitate their accent).

-Andrew
 
sjm said:
The pronunciation thing is not open and shut. No doubt, in Germany, the pronunciation is T-or-sten
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Sounds very open and shut to me.


sjm said:
but in the English language, the convention of pronouncing a TH as a T doesn't exist in even a single instance.
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Thomas, Thailand, Thames, Thyme... Thorsten. It's not the common pronounciation, but there are plenty of examples of this.
 
Andrew Manning said:
How about his countryman Thomas Engert? Do you call him THomas? :grin:

I once went with my good friend Theresa to London where we dined by the Thames at a very odd Thai restaurant with the unusual habit of using thyme in their green curry. Well, not really, but I once was a smart-ass on the internet.

I'm sure Thorsten's used to us English-speakers pronouncing his name differently than the Germans do, and based on what you say I don't imagine it bothers him much these days, if it ever did. But I do believe in trying to pronounce a person's name as much like they pronounce it themselves as possible (without going so far as to imitate their accent).

-Andrew
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Hey, you're right, although you've cited a couple of names that derive from Germanic languages. I just wasn't able to come up with these examples. No doubt a Dutch poster will soon call me out on the cheese thing.

Thanks for the education, Andrew, and thanks to Saku Jack, too.
 
Damn! That's thoroughly awethumb.

Andrew Manning said:
How about his countryman Thomas Engert? Do you call him THomas? :grin:

I once went with my good friend Theresa to London where we dined by the Thames at a very odd Thai restaurant with the unusual habit of using thyme in their green curry. Well, not really, but I once was a smart-ass on the internet.

I'm sure Thorsten's used to us English-speakers pronouncing his name differently than the Germans do, and based on what you say I don't imagine it bothers him much these days, if it ever did. But I do believe in trying to pronounce a person's name as much like they pronounce it themselves as possible (without going so far as to imitate their accent).

-Andrew
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And I always thought it was GOO-DA. (I'm from Nu Awlins)

:-)

I have to start off my reply with a smiley face because you almost always have the most perfect reply.

Thorsten is a champion, a classy guy and a credit to our sport for sure.

In the English language, while we may not have a standard convention of pronouncing TH as a T, I believe every man deserves to called my his given name of birth.

I know a very successful man who (when he was a boy of just 6 years of age) when he moved to another part of a country that he lived in, went to the grocery store for his mother and there, was asked what his name was. After saying his real name, he was told that he could not be served and that name wasn't a name that was approved locally and to me, that is about as sad as it gets. And no it's no joke. A man's name means something and it should be pronounced as it was given no matter where he goes.

I may struggle with players' names from other countries but if I learn how they pronounce their name is his country, I will always try to pronounce it the same way regardless of my English language's limitations. That's just how I roll.

And I won't take offense if you or someone calls me JoeyA or even mispronounces my given name, just like Thorsten doesn't take offense if you call him THOR-STEN.

That's just how I roll.

JoeyA

sjm said:
Yeah, great win from one of pool's classiest guys.

The pronunciation thing is not open and shut. No doubt, in Germany, the pronunciation is T-or-sten, but in the English language, the convention of pronouncing a TH as a T doesn't exist in even a single instance. Similarly, in the English language, we don't ever pronounce a G as if it were an H. Hence, the Dutch cheese Gouda, pronounced "HOW-DAH" in the Netherlands, is pronounced "GOW-DAH" when one is speaking English.

Thorsten's a good friend of mine. I've always called him TH-OR-STEN, and he's never corrected me or taken offense.

Whatever you call him, though, make sure to call him the champion of the Challenge of Champions. He's a credit to our sport.
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