2025 U.S. Nationals Senior Men's Free Skate

[4everchan]

I just had a dark chocolate peanut butter cup, and a white chocolate peanut butter cup.

I was going to make a joke but yeah... sometimes, it's best to shut up

 

[moonvine]

The phrase "he/she is a real skater's skater" can go

 

[labgoat]

Armed with Coffee. Will I need something stronger?

I'm switching to tea cause I need to calm down for the final group...

 

[Weathergal]

Are you gonna make me look up Kansas too?
Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people.
The name Kansas derives from the Algonquian term, Akansa, for the Quapaw people. These were a Dhegiha Siouan-speaking people who settled in Arkansas around the 13th century. The stem -kansa is named after the Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, a federally recognized Native American tribe.

Since I love trivia and geography, I'm really enjoying learning all this. LOL I always wondered why the difference in pronunciation but figured it was just English just not making sense - or crazy US naming traditions. One that made me chuckle was when I first moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I used to live is when I pronounced one of the towns up north of Pittsburgh called North Versailles - as North "Ver-Sigh," like the palace. The person scoffed at me and said a bit smugly "It's pronounced 'Ver-Sails'."

 

[Ruthypegs]

What browser are you using @Ruthypegs I can only get it to buffer...

I'm using Chrome

 

[moonvine]

Armed with Coffee. Will I need something stronger?

yes

 

[labgoat]

Warm-up Group 2
7 Beck Strommer
8 Michael Xie
9 Tomoki Hiwatashi
10 Samuel Mindra
11 Daniel Martynov
12 Maxim Naumov

 

[moonvine]

Since I love trivia and geography, I'm really enjoying learning all this. LOL I always wondered why the difference in pronunciation but figured it was just English just not making sense - or crazy US naming traditions. One that made me chuckle was when I first moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I used to live is when I pronounced one of the towns up north of Pittsburgh called North Versailles - as North "Ver-Sigh," like the palace. The person scoffed at me and said a bit smugly "It's pronounced 'Ver-Sails'."

They do that in St Louis too.
And Texas Manchaca is pronounced "MAN-shack"

 

[Arigato]

I'm switching to tea cause I need to calm down for the final group...

Coffee can hit my stomach poorly at times, the only tea I ever enjoyed once was Orange Pekoe.

 

[4everchan]

Maxim needs to slay as he is in my top 5. Thanks.

 

[elektra blue]

Since I love trivia and geography, I'm really enjoying learning all this. LOL I always wondered why the difference in pronunciation but figured it was just English just not making sense - or crazy US naming traditions. One that made me chuckle was when I first moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I used to live is when I pronounced one of the towns up north of Pittsburgh called North Versailles - as North "Ver-Sigh," like the palace. The person scoffed at me and said a bit smugly "It's pronounced 'Ver-Sails'."

like you i was just thinking it was English having more exceptions than rules, like the word wry that for some reason is pronounced like oowray i can't understand why, where are those vowels?

 

[yelyoh]

The phrase "he/she is a real skater's skater" can go

As opposed to an imaginary one.

 

[museksk8r]

My wish for this group is that Sam will win, but that might be flying too close to the sun.

 

[4everchan]

since you guys are having fun with pronunciation

Saint-Saëns is an interesting case.

Much more interesting than his concerto for violin

 

[RatedPG]

OK. Fingers crossed for:

Samuel

Would love a top ten finish at Nationals

I miss Lucas

 

[CoyoteChris]

I've always heard it pronounced as "witch it tuh". Wasn't ever sure that was correct.

Which ah taw. Chris the Midwestern person and historian

 

[4everchan]

good skate but not really working the music...

 

[YuBluByMe]

Well done young man! I really enjoy Strommer’s skating.

 

[Jeanie19]

Beck. Nice outfit and program. Good skate.

 

[labgoat]

Coffee can hit my stomach poorly at times, the only tea I ever enjoyed once was Orange Pekoe.

My favorite with the juice of lemon is Red Rose tea