Time in Beijing
Links
News & Organizations
Other Beijing Blogs of Note
Other Blogs of the Authors
Archives
Come discuss the 2008 Beijing Summer games with a couple of fanatics!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Fun Fact #1
Did you know that Japanese curlers use English commands when they play? The English words for sweep, guard, etc. are shorter in English and therefore faster to pronounce. In this way, the Japanese stay competitive during competition...so competitive in fact, that they beat our women in extra ends, the equivalent of curling overtime, today.
Did you know that Japanese curlers use English commands when they play? The English words for sweep, guard, etc. are shorter in English and therefore faster to pronounce. In this way, the Japanese stay competitive during competition...so competitive in fact, that they beat our women in extra ends, the equivalent of curling overtime, today.
