Putting the shot (not really science)
 

They are doing it again! The actions of projecting the various pieces of apparatus are different. One throws a discus; one hurls a javelin; one tosses a caber; and one puts a shot. For some reason when they list the apparatus they call it the discus, the javelin and the shot put, not the discus throw, the javelin hurl and the shot put. This leads to such silly comments as "She's picking up the shotput now" or "He's getting ready to throw the shotput". I wish someone would tell these clowns that the cannonball being thrown is called a "shot" and "putting" is what you do with it. I know where I would like to put it in the next ignorant commentator.

well put??

maybe they should try the exercise with a piece of chain once in a while. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.png

Admittedly if I was to make a list of things I need to fix tomorrow, this would be low.

Unfortunately, it's reasonably common to see or hear misuse of English language terms.

What do you think he should of said Steve,

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.png (yes I remember)

Brett

Maybe it's the language that should change, rather than the commentators.

Or, given time, both...

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Hear, hear.

Freestyle swimming should also be called the "front crawl" :;

Freestyle swimming should also be called the "front crawl" :;
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Except the rules state that you are free to use any style.

Except the rules state that you are free to use any style.

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Tell me about any freestyle swimmer that has won a medal at the Olympics not doing the front crawl...

....Should HAVE said.... when I went to school. Language is dynamic, but many wish for a slower pace, and a greater attention to old standards. Makes for greater clarity, if nothing else. I quote the then meaningless office note from Victorian times:
"Yours of the 21st inst. at hand........" to illustrate that brevity and slang still do not effective communications make.

That was the point of the post should have/of is Steve's pet hate.

"Tell me about any freestyle swimmer that has won a medal at the Olympics not doing the front crawl... "

Perhaps not the Olympics but backstroke is the commonest stroke in freestyle in the lower rated classes at the Paralympics.

Tell me about any freestyle swimmer that has won a medal at the Olympics not doing the front crawl...
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Well, there is this guy,... Micheal Phelps.... who is a freestyle swimmer (200m is his best distance),... that has won several Olympic gold medals not doing the front crawl.

What's he do?

Media interviews.

Tell me of any freestyle swimmer who has been disqualified for incorrect technique?

Back to the OP: These people are sportsphiles-not likely to be linguisticly gifted, or know much about unfamiliar sports linguistics. Listen [if you dare] to their usual speech patterns--I find them absolutely awful. They are a reason why I dislike remote sports listening or viewing. Silence is something their industry cannot accept, and thus their verbosity knows no bounds. I wonder if any of them have more that yr 10 qualifications, because they sound so uneducated, & a better qualified person would surely choose a better job? What they are doing takes only a specialized memory, not real intelligence.

I'm not sure if it still applies, but think that distinction was made very clear when the commercial cricket coverage began on TV.

People who loved the cricket on TV had real problems with the TV commentary, so watched the tv and listened to the radio simultaneously.

I can remember walking on summer evenings and being able to see cricket flickering on the tvs through the windows but hearing the ABC radio commentors.

Pretty soon the ABC commentators learned to include what was happening on the commercial cricket TV coverage in their commentary.