[YankBastard]

One thing you Frenchies aren't good at....backing up your trash talk.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/...aves+best+last

[NicolasN.]

Originally Posted by YankBastard

One thing you Frenchies aren't good at....backing up your trash talk.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/...aves+best+last

How come I haven't heard any trash talk ?

[Pierre-Henri]

Never heard about that either. Bernard is a nice guy, I doubt he would say such a thing. Do NBC reporters hear voices in their heads ?

Read the article : "some media reported". Wow : the "some people say" gimmick is world class journalism, for sure.

[lefutur]

Its been repeated ad nauseum in the US media for days now. On the TV before the event it was mentioned at least 50 times, and then after the race the person who interviewed the swimmers talked about it again.

I did a search on google.fr to see the actual quote in french to see if the translation had been skewed at all but couldn't find it mentioned anywhere in the French news.

Although I did see that the Americans did trash talk the Aussies back in 2004 when one of the swimmers said that the US would "smash them like guitars".

[LJSoccer]

Originally Posted by Pierre-Henri

Never heard about that either. Bernard is a nice guy, I doubt he would say such a thing. Do NBC reporters hear voices in their heads ?

Read the article : "some media reported". Wow : the "some people say" gimmick is world class journalism, for sure.

The NBC reporters must hear voices in their heads. Frenchmen making threats. That's funnier than Jerry Lewis. Giving lessons in surrender maybe, threats never!

[Pierre-Henri]

Originally Posted by LJSoccer

The NBC reporters must hear voices in their heads. Frenchmen making threats. That's funnier than Jerry Lewis. Giving lessons in surrender maybe, threats never!

Tiens, ça faisait longtemps...

[lefutur]

Originally Posted by Pierre-Henri

Tiens, ça faisait longtemps...

I know...so original. It must be a Texas thing.

[LJSoccer]

Originally Posted by Pierre-Henri

Tiens, ça faisait longtemps...

Originally Posted by lefutur

I know...so original. It must be a Texas thing.

I am just kidding around guys. No harm meant. Sorry for the cheap shot.

[SportBoy333]

I'm still trying to figure out why everyone stopped wearing speedos. Those long shorts and body suits those guys wear now look rediculous. Cant imagine Mark Spitz in one of those.

[Gotham PSG]

^^hehe
Personally I wonder why nobody is growing a mustache anymore
Their aerodynamics surely skimmed half a second from Spitz time, enabling him to beat record after record


but seriously, with all the bullshit from US media, nowhere did I read Bernard really say those words, and it makes me wonder how much of it is the usual francophobic US media creating a story out of a mistranslation?