Was everyone watching the same show I saw?! The guy who knelt before Prince DID NOT KISS HIS HAND! He placed P's hand to his forehead (like a knight would do a king). Even the pic on this thread shows it! I think people want to create more controversy than there is!

sdekm1 said:

What controversy? Some people saw a bow, some saw a kiss. Either way, it was a sign of respect.

Some people earlier were asking "What's up with that?" as if there was some sort of funny business going on and not the sign of respect like you said.. Plus I like as much accuracy as possible when people are reporting events or facts... I was getting the play by play on the oscars last night on the Org because I was at work.... When I came home to watch the show on Tivo, No kiss,just people's exaggerations.

sdekm1 said:

I get what you mean. I thought it was a kiss at first, but in hindsight I guess it was just a bow. A kiss would've been cute though, I think.

Pure class, all of it.
Love the Spanish guy kissing his hand.
Nice salute to the legend.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

This is how goofy I am: I just tried to read through it & fucked it up several times I think they look less intimidating than when you actually stumble upon them while speaking. These are a bitch!:

Jim Bogios

David Immerglück

"Al Otro Lado Del Río" - DON'T ASK! This tripped me up! I think it's my attempt @ an authentic sounding Spanish pronounciation

Bruno Coulais

Christophe Barratier

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i was able to read through them out loud myself without stumbling, but i wasn't in front of a crowd trying to keep up my image etc. of course, i admit i was operating without the benefit of your superior wisdom there, handz.

tell us, oh great one, oh moderator of the ORG, with thousands of hours spent here to edify and improve yourself: how would you pronounce the following names?

Bogios, Immerglück, Coulais and Barratier.

XxAxX said:

bo-zshee-os, immer-glook (got that umlaut above the 'u' there), coo-lay, barrah-tee-yey. not hard, if you know your basic foreign pronunciations.

What's so tough about Immerglück? But then again it's in my mother language, so...


BTW, where's the report from Prince's party? There was one and he did play, so I want a report. And I don't care if it's a fake one from a chick from Hungary, just gimme some to read.

XxAxX said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

SO!

The symbol that Johnny Depp, as well as Sean Penn, was wearing was in honor of Hunter S. Thompson. Gonzo Journalism. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Raoul Duke

CalhounSq said:

and actually, i think immergluck was one of the names that he didn't bungle.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

wow! you ARE talented

Maybe it was a reversible jacket!

XxAxX said:

it ain't so much a matter of talent as me merely being a stickler for correct pronunciation and/or spelling.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

oh i'm sure

OceanOfViolets said:

Yeah so she can ask him "So whatever happened to forever with Mayte?"

gemini13 said:

Naw, I think you might be imagining that. I just thought he looked bored.

charlottegelin said:

Yeah she looked like a giant next to him..too bad that curvy brunette wasn't instructed to usher him off the stage...maybe Mani is like "Oh no THAT girl is not gonna be next to you...I want that giant blond next to him"

XxAxX said:

edited to add: crap. i closed out too fast after lunch break cause my boss stopped by with *work* and it looks like a sass at you. yes you pronounced them the way i did. too bad prince didn't have you on hand to study with before he got up there

CalhounSq said:

Those names are hard to say ,poor Prince but when he said the last name and laughed it was so sweet ,love his laugh
his voice is so deep too ,i bet he came of stage and said"shit those names were bad ,motherfucker "

You should have seen the german commentator at the oscars, Anke Engelke. Apparentally, she's a big fan and seemed to have a little crush on him.


"Oh, that voice! Put a little music beneath it and it's already a song...."

"Oh, he stumbled over the names! How sweet! No one stumbles over names so sweetly..."

PurpleCharm said:

I seen it and one word to say about it.....


[/b]WOW!!!!!

piscesglenn said:

Hey! U took these words out of my mouth!

Was prince the only presenter that got his own little 'window' while announcing the nominees? like... in the corner of the screen?

jseven said:

areta15 said:

i noticed this too. I guess his face was just so pretty they had to keep it on the screen.

Don't any of you find it odd that the man was married to a Hispanic woman for three years and didn't pick up any spanish? I, too, was amused by the presentation and felt a little sorry for him that he had that of all categories to present. But, in the end, he still managed to laugh at himself. And I loved the tux 'til I saw the white pants. Either he should have worn a white tux or a black tux.

renapisces3372 said:

Not really, considering his hispanic wife lived in Germany for what 6 years and can't speak German. And this is according to the native German speaking concert goers attending a concert during one of the tours in the early to mid90's. She came on stage and mangled their language (Act II or Gold tour maybe)