Football
2 short anecdotes:
Whenever I told anyone I was going to college in Boston, they would always throw that natural reaction my way, "Don't come back with that Boston accent now......cah....pahk the cah....havahd yahd." Ok ok, it was cute in the beginning (no it wasn't), but by Thanksgiving of my Freshman year, I was pretty much over that.
"Yeah Uncle Morris I get it, pahk the cah, it's like park the car, only no r's, 'cause that's how everyone in Boston talks....right...great story."
"Don't come back a Sox fan? I'll see what I can do."
Everyone at home gets so flustered and has so much fun with that Boston accent, and some of them still do to this day.
And yet, when the announcement came that I would study in Ireland, I was not met ONCE with "Don't come back with Irish accent now." This puzzles me. Why is the Boston accent looked at with such perplexity and taboo? Does this mean if I came home with an Irish accent that everyone would be ok with that? Boston is a mere 4 hour drive from home. God knows how long it might take to drive to Ireland! And yet, it's all English. Just as long as I don't come home a Sox fan, I guess everyone's pretty much ok with me speaking any way I want.
On a different note, the DCU American Football and Cheerleading club captains met with us yesterday to 1, recruit us, but 2, learn from us. Apparantly, a lot of interest has grown over the last few years in American-style football, and last year, DCU started their own team, which is 1 in a division of (you guessed it) 2. The captain met us with hopes that we might be interested in training with the team, or helping out at practices. I wished I could be of more help, but let's look at the BU team roster:
37 female, 7 male.
Of that 7, 1 is me, 1 looks like me, 1 is a swimmer, 1 has a girlfriend, and it's just not happening with the other 3.
And the first thing the captain of the cheerleading squad said was, "We've been watching 'Bring It On' to get ideas for moves and choreography." At least she knows where to do her research. (Skip the sequal though, it went straight to regionals, I mean DVD)
In a country where there is so much tradition surrounding soccer and rugby, why get it all muddy with our yankee game? Soccer never took in the US, maybe football has a chance here. They are so enthusiastic and have massive turnout at meetings, all I can say is, good luck.
Oh and this is for you, Mom. I took a step class, and you can rest assured, they exercise just the same. Up up down down (left right start).
Whenever I told anyone I was going to college in Boston, they would always throw that natural reaction my way, "Don't come back with that Boston accent now......cah....pahk the cah....havahd yahd." Ok ok, it was cute in the beginning (no it wasn't), but by Thanksgiving of my Freshman year, I was pretty much over that.
"Yeah Uncle Morris I get it, pahk the cah, it's like park the car, only no r's, 'cause that's how everyone in Boston talks....right...great story."
"Don't come back a Sox fan? I'll see what I can do."
Everyone at home gets so flustered and has so much fun with that Boston accent, and some of them still do to this day.
And yet, when the announcement came that I would study in Ireland, I was not met ONCE with "Don't come back with Irish accent now." This puzzles me. Why is the Boston accent looked at with such perplexity and taboo? Does this mean if I came home with an Irish accent that everyone would be ok with that? Boston is a mere 4 hour drive from home. God knows how long it might take to drive to Ireland! And yet, it's all English. Just as long as I don't come home a Sox fan, I guess everyone's pretty much ok with me speaking any way I want.
On a different note, the DCU American Football and Cheerleading club captains met with us yesterday to 1, recruit us, but 2, learn from us. Apparantly, a lot of interest has grown over the last few years in American-style football, and last year, DCU started their own team, which is 1 in a division of (you guessed it) 2. The captain met us with hopes that we might be interested in training with the team, or helping out at practices. I wished I could be of more help, but let's look at the BU team roster:
37 female, 7 male.
Of that 7, 1 is me, 1 looks like me, 1 is a swimmer, 1 has a girlfriend, and it's just not happening with the other 3.
And the first thing the captain of the cheerleading squad said was, "We've been watching 'Bring It On' to get ideas for moves and choreography." At least she knows where to do her research. (Skip the sequal though, it went straight to regionals, I mean DVD)
In a country where there is so much tradition surrounding soccer and rugby, why get it all muddy with our yankee game? Soccer never took in the US, maybe football has a chance here. They are so enthusiastic and have massive turnout at meetings, all I can say is, good luck.
Oh and this is for you, Mom. I took a step class, and you can rest assured, they exercise just the same. Up up down down (left right start).
posted by Evan at 4:53 PM
1 Comments:
hey, they have NFL europe.
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