tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post5021424938609169676..comments2023-12-06T19:46:26.522-05:00Comments on The Greenbelt: His first name is an English wordThe Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-45799243545947378752011-01-20T23:53:44.447-05:002011-01-20T23:53:44.447-05:00Tonight there was a "Jeopardy!" clue abo...Tonight there was a "Jeopardy!" clue about the main language spoken in the city of Recife, meaning "reef," where the correct question (which no one got) was, "What is Portuguese?"<br /><br />Not that it would've made a lick of difference to any of the three contestants, but Alex always seems to pronounce Portuguese with a Spanish accent -- in this case "re-SEE-fay" -- when in Brazilian Portuguese it would be "he-SEE-fee" (grrr!).Kathiehttp://www.inolongerlikechocolates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-29157322484237527382011-01-18T13:55:53.512-05:002011-01-18T13:55:53.512-05:00Yes, I think they do try not to have a blank slate...Yes, I think they do try not to have a blank slate (some of them clearly use having drawn a blank to put down a joke or their spouse's name), but how could anyone who knows Tolstoy not know he's a 19th century writer?The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-53136679775481981052011-01-18T13:22:21.170-05:002011-01-18T13:22:21.170-05:00I agree that Americans don't know the names of...I agree that Americans don't know the names of many foreign authors, but I'd be surprised if people who know Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn don't also know their first names. Gorky, Dostoyevsky, and maybe even Tolstoy, yeah, probably not.<br /><br />And I would never assume that anyone knows when they lived/wrote relative to when the Soviet Union was formed. Also, don't the Final J! contestants often just put <em>something</em> down, if only so they don't have a blank slate?Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.com