(Groan)

Sunny Lam, if you're reading this... for God's sake, the time has come to hire some professional -or at lest COMPETENT- announcers for the MIDBRF! At the very least, then:

A) NOT a 16 year old, Chinese girl who speaks English as a third language, after Mandarin and French, or;

B) NOT a hostile francophone who seemingly doesn't have the patience to make slow, deliberate, careful announcements at a festival for all to understand, is in no way proficient in English, or else seems to be terribly annoyed with the fact that even has to make announcements in that filthy, pig-dog language, because after all, he figured they'd chased us all the hell out of town years ago.

"Rain, rain, go away"? As annoying as it was -and frankly it's received so much commentary that it’s almost inconceivable to think that you haven’t noticed- it doesn't compare to, "Keep doing! Keep doing!", from a festival in 2000. That was yet another 16 year old Chinese girl's attempt to encourage the teams in a particular heat.

Lookit, the volunteers were great, their hearts were all in the right place, and God knows you couldn’t run an event without them, but if you want to get your blood up because you fancy me culturally insensitive, then consider how sensitive you’ve being to everyone else by bringing in people in whose sole job is communication, and who then proceed to indifferently murder the language. Athletes need to hear announcements clearly, or else need just a bit of focus time. A qualified announcer mightn’t engage in inane banter, and sing-songs, to drive everyone around the freakin’ bend!

I grew up in this town, and like many Montrealers, have come to take as commonplace the extraordinary fact that people here speak two, three, or more languages in the course of a day, and think nothing of it. However, the mere fact that I’ve always wanted to be a fireman doesn’t make me qualified to do the job, and because my grasp of the French language is NOT 100% spot on, I wouldn't DARE presume to announce in French, either. It’s offensive to hear your language butchered over a loud speaker, and there IS such a thing as being unqualified for a particular job, ethnicity aside.

How about forming a broadcast team; one to announce proficiently in English, one to announce proficiently in French, and yet another to announce proficiently in Mandarin, and/or Cantonese? For the love of God, you pour so much energy into having things run properly, how about expending a little of that on your team behind the mike? The people you had making the announcements in English could barely form a single sentence off the cuff. What are you doing, Sunny? That important component of MIDBRF had “amateur hour” written all over it, as it always does, all weekend long, every year.

You know what? If you want to be cost efficient, then find some kids from a local broadcast announcer’s school, or from the numerous CEGEP’s or universities in town –advertise for the job, and audition them- toss ‘em a couple of bucks, give ‘em the gig, and there you are. Half of those aspiring sports announcers would probably kill to do it for FREE, just to be able to list it on their CV’s!

Really, now… let's hope this is the last time we all have to suffer this! Teams deserve better.

Gee I think someone should take a valium and chill...
But seriously 4 things to improve the festival next year

Stuff The MIDBRF can control...

#1) Move the food vendors back to alongside the race course.

#2) More portable toilets

#3) Quicker race results postings

#4) Better announcers (Why not get the people from CTV sports like GWN or Centre Island does)


Stuff MIDBRF can't control but it would be nice to have

#1) a new scorboard.

#2) Better PA system

Fuite ensoleillée, si vous lisez ceci... dans l'intéret de Dieu, le temps est venu pour louer un certain professionnel - ou à de peur que les annonceurs COMPÉTENTS pour le MIDBRF ! Pour le moins, puis :

A) PAS 16 ans, une fille chinoise qui parle anglais comme troisième langue, après mandarine et français, ou ;

B) PAS un francophone hostile qui apparemment n'a pas la patience à rendre des annonces lentes, délibérées, soigneuses à un festival pour que tous comprennent, est nullement compétent en anglais, ou bien semble être terriblement gêné avec le fait qui même doit faire des annonces dans ce dégoûtant, langue de porc-chien, parce qu'après tout, il a figuré qu'elles nous avaient chassés tout enfer hors de la ville il y a des années.

La « pluie, pluie, partent » ? Aussi ennuyant qu'il était - et franchement il a reçu tellement le commentaire qu'il le ’ s presque inconcevable pour penser que vous le ’ t d'asile l'avez noté ne compare pas à, « faire de subsistance ! Faire de subsistance !« , d'un festival en 2000. C'était la tentative d'encore une autre 16 filles chinoises d'ans d'encourager les équipes dans une chaleur particulière.

Lookit, les volontaires étaient grand, leurs coeurs étaient tous dans le bon endroit, et Dieu sait que vous le ’ t de couldn courez un événement sans eux, mais si vous voulez obtenir votre sang vers le haut parce que vous m'aimez culturelement peu sensible, puis considérez comment sensible vous ve de ’ étant à chacun autrement en apportant les personnes dans lesquelles le travail unique est la communication, et qui procèdent alors assassiner indifférent la langue. Les athlètes doivent entendre des annonces clairement, ou bien ont besoin juste d'un peu d'heure de foyer. Un ’ qualifié t de mightn d'annonceur s'engagent dans la plaisanterie inepte, et les chanter-chansons, pour conduire chacun autour de la courbure de ’ de freakin !

J'ai grandi en cette ville, et comme des beaucoup de Montrealers, suis venu pour prendre comme banalité le fait extraordinaire que les gens ici parlent deux, trois, ou plus de langues au cours d'un jour, et ne pense rien à lui. Cependant, le seul fait qui le ve de ’ d'I a toujours voulu que fût un ’ t de doesn de pompier me font qualifié faire le travail, et parce que ma prise de la langue française n'est pas allumée tache de 100%, je N'OSERAIT PAS présument d'annoncer en français, l'un ou l'autre. C'offensive du ’ s pour entendre votre langue envoyée à la boucherie au-dessus d'un haut-parleur fort, et il Y A une chose telle qu'étant incompétent pour un travail particulier, appartenance ethnique de côté.

Que diriez-vous de former une équipe d'émission ; un à annoncer proficiently en anglais, un à annoncer proficiently en français, mais des autres à annoncer proficiently en mandarine, et/ou cantonais ? Pour l'amour de Dieu, vous versez autant d'énergie dans avoir des choses courues correctement, que diriez-vous de de dépenser de cela sur votre équipe derrière le microphone ? Le peuple que vous avez eu faire les annonces en anglais pourrait à peine former une phrase simple outre de la manchette. Que faites-vous, ensoleillée ? Que le composant important de MIDBRF a eu le ” d'amateur d'heure de “ écrit tout au-dessus de lui, comme le fait toujours il, tout le week-end long, chaque année.

Vous savez ce qui ? Si vous voulez être coûté efficace, trouvez alors quelques enfants d'une école locale du ’ s d'annonceur d'émission, ou du nombreux ’ s de CEGEP ou des universités dans le – de ville annoncez pour le travail, et auditionnez-les fin de support de ‘ de jet en l'air un couple des mâles, fin de support de ‘ d'élasticité la gig, et là vous êtes. La moitié de ces annonceurs aspirants de sports tuerait probablement pour le faire pour LIBRE, juste pour pouvoir l'énumérer sur leur ’ s de cv !

Vraiment, maintenant le … espérons que c'est la dernière fois nous que tous doivent souffrir ceci ! Les équipes méritent mieux.

Wow! That was a positively brilliant translation! Word for word... that's extremely hard to do!

SUNNY! HIRE THIS PERSON!!!!

Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is language proficiency!!!

#1) Move the food vendors back to alongside the race course.

*****We disagree, this was a better spot for racers, spectators and vendors.

#2) More portable toilets

*******agree

#3) Quicker race results postings

*********was better than last year but could be a touch faster, but I must say they are doing a good job for 18 crews/

#4) Better announcers (Why not get the people from CTV sports like GWN or Centre Island does)

**********you must be kidding!! Are you there for racing or for the announcers?!


Stuff MIDBRF can't control but it would be nice to have

#1) a new scorboard.

#2) Better PA system

# 1) mouvement les fournisseurs de nourriture de nouveau à à côté du cours de course.
***** que nous sommes en désaccord, ceci était une meilleure tache pour des coureurs, des spectateurs et des fournisseurs.

# 2) des toilettes plus portatives
******* conviennent

# 3) une course plus rapide résulte des postings
********* était meilleur que l'année dernière mais pourrait être un contact plus rapidement, mais je dois dire qu'ils font un bon travail pour 18 sert d' équipier

# 4) de meilleurs annonceurs (pourquoi ne pas obtenir le peuple de CTV fôlatre comme GWN ou île de centre )
********** que vous devez badiner ! ! Êtes vous là pour emballer ou pour les annonceurs ? !


La substance MIDBRF ne peut pas commander mais il ferait beau d'avoir
# 1) un nouveau scorboard.
# 2) un meilleur système de PA

It's true. I'm there for the packaging and not for the announcers.

Babelfish...!?

Oooooohh.... this guy's goooooood...!

Babelfish... ! ? Oooooohh.... le goooooood de ce type... !

Sayyyy, now cut that out!

Sayyyy, 现在裁减在之外!

A-HA!

(You're fired!)

Just got home. Too tired to write. But what the hell...?

Can you please... PLEASE.... in the name of all that's decent, and holy, get a new ****ing announcer!!?? I can still hear her voice in my head. It's making me crazy. I'm going to eat a ****ing gun. Tonight! Right now! The incessant droning, and ad libbing, and mispronunciations of this adolescent girl have driven me completely round the ****ing bend. Her voice is in my head, and it will never leave until I blow my ****ing brains, right out the side of my skull! I'm ready to surrender, and I'm not even in the ****ing WAR!

Do you know that this is precisely how they extract information from detainees?

You think I'm kidding, don't you?

I'm not. It's an extremely effective technique, and actually considered cruel. If you did this to an animal, you'd have the police, and the SPCA on your ass: Blast noise through a loudspeaker. It has to be something that absolutely annoys the living **** out of them. Over, and over, and over again. And keep it going. All day long. It makes them crack. By the end, they'll tell you their own mother is a two-dollar hooker, who makes it with circus clown wearing red shoes -ANYTHING- just to make it stop!

It took her four ****ing minutes to explain that there were two free cases of water waiting for each team captain at the registration table.

There, how long did it take you to read that!?

I COULD HAVE MADE THE ****ING ANNOUNCEMENT!!

"Cheer for your favourite team!"

Let me tell you something sweetheart, and listen well: My favourite ****ing team??? That's MY OWN ****ing team!!! Stop telling me to cheer for my favourite team, when 6 boats made up of people whom it would be humanly impossible to care any less about are panting, and huffing, and battling their way through to make it into the D final! I don't give a ****!!!

(Jesus mother****ing Christ, where's my gun? Where's my rope? I can't take it any more!!!! I'VE LOST MY ****ING MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Dude... the racing is over.

It's okay to start taking your pills again.

Take my pills again!?

Never NEEDED pills before!

NOW I do.

(...'****ing voice is still in my head!...9mm pill will solve this problem right good...make the voice go away...)

Voice voice go away...

Yeahhh... that was a classic, wasn't it? I think few will ever forget. Somehow... only in Montreal. Could you envision something like that from the Ottawa people? Toronto? Sudbury, even? Nope, definitely more professional.

Only in Montreal would you be serenaded by a 17-year old Chinese girl ad libbing "Rain, Rain, Go Away" over the festival PA system. ****ing amateur hour.

So....what?

Who the fu-ck cares? Did she do her job in relaying relevant race information? If so, then why are you riding on her ass for adding a little levity to the announcements?

Oh, excuse me, your puritanical sensibilities were offended by her non-military snappiness, brevity, and consiseness.

If you don't like it, create your own regatta and do the announcements yourself. Almost 200 teams, and the festival was only about 20 or so minutes behind schedule. Face it, she was one of the reasons for a regatta that was really well run. If you can't accept that, tough sh-it.

"Oh, excuse me, your puritanical sensibilities were offended by her non-military snappiness..."

Non-military snappiness??

Although now that you mention it, that guy from M*A*S*H would have been better.

I too agree that the announcer did a wonderful job getting people to their designated areas on time. She also relayed heat information promptly (cant say that for the pinup-board).

I say give her some slack - I'd take her over nothing anyday. I'd probably take her over anyone on this thread too - she was rather uplifting.

Ability to read beyond a third grade level should definately be considered when choosing an announcer next year. The 2 second pause that she required to find her place at the end of each line was excruciating.

to all of you who complains about the announcer , you guys really have nothing better to do haha
who cares about announcement, i think she did a great job, didn't bother me at all,compare to all the other regatta, at least she did her part clearly and can be heard all the way to the end of the stadium

you guys should know what time and race # for the events ahead of time anyways, grow up~ people , gees~

"And there you have it"......

the worst was she couldn't even pronounce all the team names correctly, even the ones that were clearly in english or french

Get a life. It wasnt that bad.