2025 Worlds: Info and pre-game chat

[Diana Delafield]

That's really interesting about American dialects/accents. I struggle to tell the difference between different American accents, other than Southern and New York.

You're right, there are a huge range of dialects in the UK, although, like in the US, these are disappearing.

I think to non-UK citizens, British and Australian accents must sound quite similar, as I often get asked if I'm Australian when I'm abroad (especially by Canadians).

My Canadian in-laws have to watch a lot of UK TV programmes with subtitles (e.g, "Happy Valley"), as they can't understand the dialects, which is completely understandable - I sometimes struggle myself with some UK dialects/accents, despite having lived here all my life.

Really interesting about the Scots accents. My dad was from Aberdeen and knew a special dialect called the Doric, which was really hard to understand.

Some linguists classify Doric as a separate language . There are Doric/English dictionaries. My Aberdonian father spoke it with his brothers when they didn't want their mother to know what they were up to. She was from the Highlands, with that soft, lilting accent like she was singing, and didn't speak Doric. His father, though, had been in the merchant marine and then the army and had travelled all over the world. He had a natural gift for languages and could mimic many accents from around the British Isles. I wish I'd met him, but he died long before I was born.

The Real Diana Delafield almost never became my sister-in-law because my brother, when they first met in grad school in Canada, innocently asked her if she was from New Zealand and she said NO, she was from South Africa. She gave him grudging credit for not asking if she was Australian as most Canadians were assuming -- the Australian and South African accents both sound a bit like Cockney English, so she also got asked if she was from London. But she was getting very tired of people being surprised to hear she was from Pretoria.

 

[msteach3]

Practice Groups are finally up:

https://results.isu.org/schedules/WC2025_MusicRotationAll.pdf

 

[CoyoteChris]

Interesting! I knew American drama students had their regional accents trained out of them, but not broadcasting students as well. Even tiny Scotland has many different accents. There used to be a sort-of joke (that was occasionally true) that Glasgow law courts used an interpreter because the heavy Glaswegian accent wasn't understood even by other Scots. In my Aberdeen, you just have to remember that wh is pronounced f, and otherwise it's usually understood. (Even after most of a lifetime in Canada, I'll still hear myself saying "Fit y' doin'?" which translates as "What are you doing?" Fortunately my skating partner was born in Edinburgh, so we don't have a language problem. )

The Scots I meet motorcycling are all wonderful...I have told this story before but I love it. I was at a motel in the country at the end of one touring day and a man indicated he would like to share my outside the room bench I said sure. He started to talk and I waited for a minute and stopped him and said, "I am sorry but I cant understand a word you are saying..." He said, "I am Scottish" and from then on I got 80 percent of what he said.
This is William from Scotland...you couldn't meet a nicer guy...

 

[CoyoteChris]

That's really interesting about American dialects/accents. I struggle to tell the difference between different American accents, other than Southern and New York.

You're right, there are a huge range of dialects in the UK, although, like in the US, these are disappearing.

I think to non-UK citizens, British and Australian accents must sound quite similar, as I often get asked if I'm Australian when I'm abroad (especially by Canadians).

My Canadian in-laws have to watch a lot of UK TV programmes with subtitles (e.g, "Happy Valley"), as they can't understand the dialects, which is completely understandable - I sometimes struggle myself with some UK dialects/accents, despite having lived here all my life.

Most of the English people I meet on cruise ships sound like upper class/Downton abby people. I have learned you never call an Aussie or NZ person by the other country.

 

[FlossieH]

Most of the English people I meet on cruise ships sound like upper class/Downton abby people. I have learned you never call an Aussie or NZ person by the other country.

Normal people from the UK (which is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, not just 'English' people...) can't usually afford to go on cruises! It is generally just posh people who go on them.

 

[pesto]

Posh old people, mostly.

Not many accents I struggle with. Inner city Glesga schoolkids chatting among themselves, though...

 

[soccerjc77]

Just want to say something really important to USFS !!!

Please don't put this lotion Amlactin again in the kiss & cry.

This lotion sign is affecting my mood and my experience as a viewer of the competition.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Normal people from the UK (which is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, not just 'English' people...) can't usually afford to go on cruises! It is generally just posh people who go on them.

Actually, that has been my experience but OTOH if you live in the UK, there are a whole bushel basket full of cruises you can take close by that are much cheeper than going across the pond.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Just want to say something really important to USFS !!!

Please don't put this lotion Amlactin again in the kiss & cry.

This lotion sign is affecting my mood and my experience as a viewer of the competition.

Sadly, I really agree. There is a huge difference between the subtle ads at the back of the K and C and things like these bottles. I dont even mind skaters wearing a bit of ads on their K and C Jackets (I already have a Suzuki, thank you Team Italy) The Jumbotron ads are obnoxious to me personally when I am at an event.

 

[Tutto]

Just want to say something really important to USFS !!!

Please don't put this lotion Amlactin again in the kiss & cry.

This lotion sign is affecting my mood and my experience as a viewer of the competition.

Hmm, though I agree with you in general, as it happens I am grateful you brought it up for entirely different reason - I am struggling to find a moisturiser after the Lubriderm changed the old magic formula to something horrible and left me and my skin high and dry (literally ) I might give this one a try. It seems only the Americans understand my skin. Sorry for off topic!

 

[Skating91]

Normal people from the UK (which is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, not just 'English' people...) can't usually afford to go on cruises! It is generally just posh people who go on them.

Chris needs a trip to Blackpool to broaden his horizons

 

[Gusmom]

Can someone remind me which end has the K&C / skaters entrance / NBC

Bonus is someone has the actual map that I can print)

it was on the website for a while but looks like they took it down when all event tickets were sold. :/

Thanks!

 

[Perkie1968]

Where can we find the starting order (once the orders are posted of course). I used to get them from the isu website but they've changed that thing around and now I don't know where to go.

Thank you!

 

[GinaHatim]

I'm so excited for my first worlds. I arrive Monday so hoping to get a little touristy time before spending every day at td garden. If anyone sees a brunette woman wearing a Canadian hat that is me!

 

[dorispulaski]

Where can we find the starting order (once the orders are posted of course). I used to get them from the isu website but they've changed that thing around and now I don't know where to go.

Thank you!

The start orders are part of the first post for each event, right here at Golden Skate.

They have not been posted yet, but as soon as they are, I will post them.

 

[Perkie1968]

The start orders are part of the first post for each event, right here at Golden Skate.

They have not been posted yet, but as soon as they are, I will post them.

Thank you!

 

[NanaPat]

Where can we find the starting order (once the orders are posted of course). I used to get them from the isu website but they've changed that thing around and now I don't know where to go.

Thank you!

The old-style results page (including the starting orders) is still available, and you can get to it from the new-stle page. I really like the PDF starting order, with times (and SP scores on the FP version)!

 

[labgoat]

Practice Groups are finally up:

https://results.isu.org/schedules/WC2025_MusicRotationAll.pdf

ooh some interesting groupings
Pairs - 3 Canadian pairs and Metelkina/Berulava
Ladies - The Swiss and American ladies, Schizas amongst the Japanese ladies, Samoldelkina and the Korean ladies
Men - Selevko & Shaidorov and the 3 American men
Dance - the Canadians and the Brits together, The CZE & ITA teams, The Finns & LTU, ESP & GER, Davis /Smolkin & Lim/Quan & Tkachenko/Kiliakov

 

[ramurphy2005]

Max is going to be part of the Worlds' Gala.

Maxim Naumov on Instagram: "Excited to be a part of The World Championships Gala! Make sure to get tickets and join us here in Boston! #GetYourTickets #MaximNaumov #FigureSkating #WorldsGala #bostonma #WorldFigure #WFSC25 #isufigureskating #NBC10Bo

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www.instagram.com

 

[Perkie1968]

and you can get to it from the new-stle page

Are you able to send me the link to follow because I'm still not finding it.

Thank you