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nightwng2000
11-07-2006, 01:40 PM
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/high_school/15947323.htm

Out of control parents, out of control coaches, out of control players. Now this. Organized sports for kids aren't looking too good these days.
Tollwutig
11-07-2006, 01:51 PM
Considering the HS involved.... I am not surprised in the least.
Thefremen
11-07-2006, 02:22 PM
The opposing team answered thusly:...we shall defend our Goal, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender...
Hannah
11-07-2006, 03:45 PM
I used to know a guy in highschool who had FAR too much fun yelling out the lyrics of "Ode to Joy" in Hitler's typical oratory style. It weirded out a lot of people, but it was very funny for those of us who knew roughly what he was saying :D I don't speak German at all, but I had to learn that song for choir.

German is one of those languages that can sound totally badass no matter what you say in it, so you don't actually have to quote Hitler to have the same effect on an English-speaking audience.
Tollwutig
11-07-2006, 04:07 PM
I used to know a guy in highschool who had FAR too much fun yelling out the lyrics of "Ode to Joy" in Hitler's typical oratory style. It weirded out a lot of people, but it was very funny for those of us who knew roughly what he was saying :D I don't speak German at all, but I had to learn that song for choir.

German is one of those languages that can sound totally badass no matter what you say in it, so you don't actually have to quote Hitler to have the same effect on an English-speaking audience.


Yeah but Hitler still had his style of oration and he was very good at it. I just thing the German language though still takes a wrap. It's actually a beautiful language.
Hannah
11-07-2006, 04:12 PM
Yeah but Hitler still had his style of oration and he was very good at it. I just thing the German language though still takes a wrap. It's actually a beautiful language.

Oh, it's certainly beautiful, but you can't deny that all those delightful guttural sounds are EXTREMELY useful if you want to sound angry or militaristic. I just think that adds to the language's beauty :)
Jabrwock
11-07-2006, 04:13 PM
Yeah but Hitler still had his style of oration and he was very good at it. I just thing the German language though still takes a wrap. It's actually a beautiful language.
True, it only SOUNDS like you want to strangle the person you're talking to. ;)
Tollwutig
11-07-2006, 04:45 PM
True, it only SOUNDS like you want to strangle the person you're talking to. ;)

Then you have not heard German very much.
Jabrwock
11-07-2006, 04:50 PM
Only heard it spoken by very exited people. ;)
SlyFox
11-07-2006, 08:40 PM
Yeah but Hitler still had his style of oration and he was very good at it. I just thing the German language though still takes a wrap. It's actually a beautiful language.

Yes... some historians would even go so far as to say that Hilter's speeaches were "orgasmic" for him. No foolin.
Sprngpilot
11-08-2006, 12:31 AM
Charlotte Catholic (the visiting school) should have just invoked Godwin and declared victory upon hearing the speech over the PA.