Thank you! I was not aware of the Yorkshire phrase - I have learned something today. I see that the Yorkshire Historical Dictionary has an entry for the small connecting passage under ginnel. Re my comment, "to the gunwales" is also an idiom which is attested in the sense of "packed to capacity". Now I wonder which one Chris was using!
I'm watching the pairs short at the moment, and he is definitely using 'gunnels' there.
Yes, gunwale is pronounced gunnel, hence my curiosity.
It's not pronounced like that here, though. Gun-wayle.
I don't want to derail the thread further, so this will be my last post on what is Chris saying, but gunnel is an attested British English pronunciation of gunwale in the Cambridge, Collins and Oxford English Dictionaries, and is how the English half of my family has always said it. Given that the U.K. still has relatively rich regional variation in pronunciation, I presume we're just sitting on different sides of this particular isogloss.
Its 100 percent true. Plus her main domestic competition who ranked above her was removed through injury. Im not saying Kaori doesn't deserve her titles. Im saying Mao would have won many more with Kim Yuna and Miki Ando banned. I don't think Amber's 3As can overcome Kaori's PCS and GOE marks, which honestly are getting a little ridiculous. But with World's in the US and the ISU being the ISU, anything is possible.
Amber would also have to put together two clean skates
This is one of the strangest strings of hypotheticals I've seen in my eight decades of watching skating. Specifically, comparing the current ban of Russian skaters to an imaginary scenario involving Mao (whom I loved), Yuna (who bored me to tears), and Miki (who skated to the theme song from an HBO soap opera at the Olympics) is wild.
Yes. Big question mark under heavy pressure.
Im not comparing them. Im pointing out the fact that if Mao had her primary competition removed, as Kaori has had, she would certainly have won more world titles. As a seasoned skating fan, Im sure you agree.
Kindly asking, is Kurakova the only woman in Poland competing in seniors?Meow!The tech panel is gonna decimate the TES pretty sure, this was worse than in Angers.
This program is PACKED with choreography! She kept the speed, delivered the choreography, jumps, everything!! Of course the audience helped to create the excitement as well, even more astounding she kept cool!
The terms “fact” and “certainly” can’t even hold weight in what is a hypothetical scenario. While I do love Mao, she wasn’t known for her consistency. She got more edge calls on her Lutz jump than Kaori does and also many more under-rotation calls in her career than Kaori does. Asada would often really struggle in the short program and then have to claw her way back in the free skate. These struggles allowed other competitors aside from Kim Yu-Na like Miki Ando, Carolina Kostner, and Joannie Rochette to pass her on occasion.
No, she isn't the only one competing in seniors, but the others are much lower ranked. Laura Szczesna had their second Euros spot last year but finished almost last. She has an ISU PB of 144 and SB of 122, compared to 204 and 162 for Kurakova. Szczesna's highest score this season is 146 at a Slovakian competition this week. She has the technical minimum for Euros but not Worlds. Karolina Bialas has an ISU PB of 136. She took the bronze medal at Diamond Spin in October, with a score of 145, and scored 130 at Tirnavia Cup last week. She is entered for Warsaw Cup, as is Szczesna. Julija Polniuk has an ISU PB of 131 and scored 112 at Diamond spin in October. Agnieszka Rejment has an ISU PB of 102. She competed at Diamond Spin in October, scoring 108.
She will be great choreo coach in future.
isgrace to this piece of music.Never do this againI half agree with you. Its hypothetical about many. But a fourth is a certainty as she was second to Ando, who I named along with Kim as her primary competition. And she was considered number one in Japan against her main competition. Whereas Kaori was number 2 to Rika. I really wasn't trying to make a comparison between the 2 skaters however. I just wanted to clarify that Kaori's career has not eclipsed Mao's, even if she wins this year. She has an Olympics next year to potentially add to her resume however.
Thanks for your detailed answer. Lucky Kurakova then
| Current Points | Max Points Possible | Remaining Event | Score 1 | Score 2 | Combined Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaori Sakamoto | 30 | 30 | N/A | 201.21 | 231.88 | 433.09 |
| Amber Glenn | 15 | 30 | China | 210.44 | | 210.44 |
| Wakaba Higuchi | 28 | 28 | N/A | 196.93 | 206.08 | 403.01 |
| Mone Chiba | 13 | 28 | China | 212.54 | | 212.54 |
| Rinka Watanabe | 13 | 28 | China | 195.22 | | 195.22 |
| Rino Matsuike | 13 | 28 | Finlandia | 192.16 | | 192.16 |
| Rion Sumiyoshi | 11 | 26 | China | 201.35 | | 201.35 |
| Hana Yoshida | 11 | 26 | Finlandia | 191.37 | | 191.37 |
| Chaeyon Kim | 9 | 24 | China | 199.99 | | 199.99 |
| Kimmy Repond | 9 | 24 | China | 191.07 | | 191.07 |
| Sarah Everhardt | 7 | 22 | Finlandia | 196.94 | | 196.94 |
| Madeline Schizas | 7 | 22 | China | 190.04 | | 190.04 |
I did point it out, though I should have spelled it the old-fashioned way (gunwhales)
