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The orginial title of this article was: FRENCHIE MAKES ARROGANT REMARK ABOUT THE USA SWIM TEAM! I decided on a more appreciative title. Every so often, the USA needs some encouragement to get going...

Thank You French Guy For Motivating The USA Swim Team!

by Thomas [HUMOR]

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August 09, 2008


The orginial title of this article was: FRENCHIE MAKES ARROGANT REMARK ABOUT THE USA SWIM TEAM!

I decided on a more appreciative title.  Every so often, the USA needs some encouragement to get going.  This week, that encouragement came from Alain Bernard of the French Swim Team.

Talking about the upcoming 4x100 freestyle relay, Bernard made this comment when asked about Team USA:  "The Americans?  We're going to smash them.  That's what we came here for." 

Bernard, my French compadre who I've never heard of before, I praise you.

One of the main events at this year's Olympics will the swimming competitions; and one of the most watched swim teams will be Team USA, who also has one of the most watched swimmers of the Olympics, Michael Phelps.

The US Swim Team has had few problems coming up to the 2008 Olympics.  In fact,  there are rumors that this could be the best US Men's Swim Team ever.  What team can top USA swimmers Aaron Peirsol, Ryan Lotche, and Michael Phelps?

However, USA coach Mark Schubert has been worried that his team would focus on individual victories rather than act as a team: "If they want to win that title, they are going to have to earn it."  Mr. Schubert, I don't think you have to worry about team spirit anymore.

Bernard's comment has more effect than a different comment made by Gary Hall Jr. about the Australian Swim Team in Sydney 2000.  That comment went something like "...smash the Australians like guitars..."  Looks like swimmers are very competitive.  There's a lot of competition this year at the Olympics, and apparently, the two countries who want it most are USA and France...although, Australia isn't far behind. 

The 4x100 freestyle relay has been something of a taboo to the USA team.  They haven't done that well in that race and it looks like the French are the masters.  France recently broke the European record for the fastest time with a time of 3:12.54.

In Athens, neither the USA or France got gold in this competition.  The best finish was by the USA who won Bronze behind South Africa and Holland.  Even before the Olympics, Team USA has been talking about France.  Lotche said, "They (the French) got everyone's attention, not just us, but everyone in the world.  Nobody can take them lightly."

The French Swim Team is made up of the four who set the new European record:  Bernard, Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, and Fredrick Bousquet.  However, the USA Swim Team for the 4x100 freestyle is made up of three of the four swimmers who set the world record back in 2006:  Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak, and Garrett Weber-Gale, who holds the 100-meter USA record.  The last position on the team could be filled by Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, or Lotche.

Even with all the star swimmers on Team USA, a victory is gonna be hard to get.  However, with this new motivation, courtesy of my French compadre, who I've never heard of, Team USA is out to prove that they can't be smashed.  Rather, they will be the team that does the smashing.

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  1. Andrew McNair 10 months ago

    Patriotic as always mate. Hope the French don't beat you after this :P

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  2. bob mantz 10 months ago

    Yes, I can see the comments right now...

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  3. Lisa Horne 10 months ago

    Looks like smack has now entered the Olympics! I love it. I'll put a hundy on Phelps. And Torres. And to heck with the French. Since no one is buying their wine any more (more than 60% of it is now turned into ethanol) they are ticked at the world. I wonder why they are so disliked?

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    • Thomas 10 months ago

      Well, they did refuse to come help us in some things after we saved their sorry butts in two wars. I think thats what the Olympics need, smack talk.

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    • Jim Beam 10 months ago

      Frog's would be speaking German if it weren't for us. Phelps & Company put them in their place!

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  4. Dakota Rubin 10 months ago

    Got to love the smack talk pre-swimming!

    I am going to go watch the Olympics and eat my FREEDOM FRIES!!

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  5. S B 10 months ago

    Kick those Frenchie`s butts. GO USA!

    Great read. Brazil suffers from this sometimes in soccer - a kind of lazy feeling due to the idea of being number one.

    US basketball has also suffered in the past (Not this year I think)

    If some Frenchie had said that before the 1998 final who knows if we might have won.

    Nowadays you have to earn titles (no matter how good you are) and this kind of comment really helps to get that adrenaline going.

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    • Thomas 10 months ago

      The USA is gonna rule in the sports they're competing in...except for maybe men's soccer, but hey, we'll see. GO USA!!!

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  6. Andrew Kaake 10 months ago

    Dang French! They always mouth us, and then expect us to come rescue their sorry butts...lol. I hope USA beats them so badly that they have to doggy paddle around the pool in shame.

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  7. Dan Scribner 10 months ago

    I gotta say, I'm a real Olys nut & have been following the USA's swim and women's gymnastics teams for years. Go U.S.A. As the saying goes, kick butt & take names ( autographs of the losers they just beat!) And how about our generous hosts killing our people? If you can't beat 'em, kill 'em, eh? Nice people! Do we need a few Marines there to rectify the situation?

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  8. Benjamin Bois 10 months ago

    Alain Bernard is the 100m freestyle world record holder , dummy , so you can take his words seriously

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  9. Alan Bass 10 months ago

    don't make me make a white flag joke about the french hehe

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  10. Jonathan Brown 10 months ago

    Je vous remercie Monsieur Bernard pour la motiviation. Go U.S.A. !

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  11. Andrew Porter 10 months ago

    hey france talk crap now! we just beat u in the freestyle go back where u came from PHELPS IS THE MAN!

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  12. Jameson Fleming 10 months ago

    America > France. Glad the French did the talking.

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  13. Daughn Francis 10 months ago

    Does Red or White go well with Torte de Humble (Humble Pie)?

    Just saw "the fastest relay split in history" as the USA WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sport Gal

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  14. Jeanna B 10 months ago

    French can eat their words...cause now their mouths will be closed for good...Not only did USA beat them...but clocked a NEW world record.....USA USA USA USA

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  15. Sam S 10 months ago

    Yeah!

    The American relay team just SMASHED the French, and set a new world record!

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  1. Lu Da 10 months ago

    Hey Frenchies, Who's talking now? Gotta love the look on those jerks faces after they got beat. Loved it!! Amazing!!

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  2. Joe Savoia-Dalora 10 months ago

    au contraire mon ami de france. america once again dominates!

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  3. Joe Savoia-Dalora 10 months ago

    au contraire france!!! maybe you should stick to what you're good at (which is nothing)...talk some more shit and we'll shove it right back in your face...maybe you should think before you speak.

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  4. Dave Johnson 10 months ago

    Goes back to the history for the country of France when you look to see if they have won any wars. This is just another classic example of loosing again. Google it, they haven't won any!

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    • Thomas 10 months ago

      Uh...actually they have before, but the USA had to help them.

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    • Samuel Smith 10 months ago

      haha i love America as much of the next guy but the French have won wars just not since the 19th century. Have you ever heard of napoleon? This may be the best American moment of the 08 Olympics. GO USA!!!!!!

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  5. aubrey thomas 10 months ago

    How SWEET was THAT??? Awesome! Like a winning field goal in the last two seconds of the game, had me sitting on the edge of my seat screaming my head off! And the look on the French dudes faces! Priceless! Hey French assholes, "SMASH" that!

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  6. William Reitz 10 months ago

    Should France even be a country after that loss. I dont think soo. Go USA

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  7. Henry Boyd 10 months ago

    USA!!!!! I couldn't believe that, I almost threw up watching that it was so exciting!!! The word DEFEAT has never been captured more perfectly on camera then in the seconds following France's loss. I LOVE IT.

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  8. PJ Edelman 10 months ago

    that was AWESOME

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  9. susie bachler 10 months ago

    This ranks in comparison with the looks on the Russian hockey team in lost to the US in the 80's ...priceless...way to go guys!

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  10. Adam Amick 10 months ago

    KICK ASS USA!

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  11. Robert Claudel 10 months ago

    Sorry that I'm not a racist (it's definitely qualified as racism to disparage an entire group of people and refer to them with ethnic slurs, sorry) but I cannot find ANYWHERE any quote from the original French from Bernard about the Americans. In fact, I can't find the comments in any other language. The original comment, "The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for." is very, very awkwardly stated for a man who speaks French, and is not in line with the nature of translation of his other speech. The closest in French with my experience with the language I could come up with would be, "Les américains? Nous les frapperons./Nous nous les briserons...."

    An explanation?
    He would have said as a more comparable translation, "The Americans? We're going to shock/surprise them."
    The second part, "That's..for" is INCREDIBLY ANGLICIZED. Meaning what? It is an expression that no matter how it would be translated, would be incredibly awkward in French, and no native Frenchman would speak like that! It is nearly an idiomatic expression in English, and a complex one generally reserved only for AMERICAN AND BRITISH SPORTS! And, you may have noticed that THE FIRST PART IS MUCH MILDER IN EXPRESSION THAN "SMASH", FOR WHICH THERE IS NOT A SINGLE POSSIBLE NOR THINKABLE EQUIVALENT IN FRENCH!

    Not to disparage the awesome performance that the American gentlemen gave earlier. However, it seems extremely likely due to the simple and obvious language deficiencies, THE COMMENT WAS MADE UP IN ORDER TO SPREAD UNJUST ANTI-FRENCH SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND INFLAME YOUR STUPID AND DANGEROUS SUPER-NATIONALISM. If you knew ANYTHING about the French culture or language, you'd also know that this is NOT the general venue of insult a Frenchman would use as well! If he wanted to hurt the Americans' pride, he would have INSULTED THEIR INTELLIGENCE! To the French, there is NO QUALITY OF MORE IMPORTANCE TO ONE'S CHARACTER THAN HIS INTELLIGENCE! In that light, if the comment was made, you must realize that it was not made in nearly the kind of severity you make it out to be.

    If you can prove me wrong and show that he is an extremely intelligent individual with a native proficiency in English, or provide me with a quote from the original French, then I'll hold you to making up slander and libel and using it to make incredible racist remarks.

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  12. Daniel Muth 10 months ago

    Easy there nut job. So you haven't seen the actual quote but are somehow hypothesizing about what must have been said based on some trumped up assumptions about the behavior of all French people? And a Frenchman would only insult someone's intelligence? And that's somehow better than saying you're going to smash somebody? Where is that written? And there is no way to express an equivalent to the word "smash" in the French language? Fracasse should fit the bill.

    As for your shrill cries of racism, I don't get the feeling that any of us really take the French seriously enough to inflame our dangerous super-nationalism. Funny, how you made that blanket assumption, by the way, oblivious to the hypocrisy of this venomous generality. If we are to ignite said "dangerous super-nationalism"we'd be sure to direct it at someone more important.

    Apparently, you've never read a sports blog before. You see, we are rooting for the U.S. And the French were the competition. A New York Yankees blog deriding the Boston Red Sox would be MUCH more vulgar, but certainly wouldn't be mistaken for racism.

    So take your ritalin Robert, and make sure you get that carry-on bag double scanned before you step onto any planes. Your hysteria is ill-founded.

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  13. Ryan Mottley 10 months ago

    Great job, Team USA! "Fastest relay split in history!"

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  14. bob mantz 10 months ago

    Tommy Boy, how can you take anyone seriously when they have JabberJaw tatted on their gut?>

    http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/getty/gyi0055438995.rp350x350.jpg

    http://blogs.seapine.com/grant/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/jabberjaw.png

    Bob Mantz
    USA

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  15. Benjamin Bois 10 months ago

    Never saw such nationalist people! Have you ever travelled anywhere outside your country? I lived in the US for a while and I'm sorry to say that I'm so proud to be an European! Too bad if the French lost for 0.08s , I'm not as a chauvinist as you folks are , so it won't change my day. Learn to be open minded instead of always willing to crush foreigners - oh but I forgot that stupid people use their strengh , clever ones use words.

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    • Thomas 10 months ago

      I've been to 8 different countries, I've seen it all. I'm not nationalist. I just get fired up when people talk arrogantly about the good o'l US of A

      ps. u know u wrote the same thing twice?

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    • bob mantz 10 months ago

      a) It's the Olympics - you root for your country.

      b) The French Flounder started the issue with his non-sportsmanlike way of pumping up his team. The use of the word 'smash' and answering 'that's why we came here' in response to a question about the Americans is someone looking to crush foreigners.

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    • Daniel Muth 10 months ago

      Traveled the world Ben, much more extensively than yourself, I would wager. Enough to know when an out-of-line jerk-off gets what's coming to him. The French men's 4x100 team certainly qualifies. And it's somehow wrong to root for your home country? That doesn't really deserve a response.

      And thank you for admitting we are all clever! Don't see anything but a bunch of words on this page.

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  1. Benjamin Bois 10 months ago

    Never saw such nationalist people! Have you ever travelled anywhere outside your country? I lived in the US for a while and I'm sorry to say that I'm so proud to be an European! Too bad if the French lost for 0.08s , I'm not as a chauvinist as you folks are , so it won't change my day. Learn to be open minded instead of always willing to crush foreigners - oh but I forgot that stupid people use their strengh , clever ones use words.

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    • bob mantz 10 months ago

      Benjamin - do you stutter? 'clever ones use words' - repeating them 3x verbatim shows your level of cleverness.

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    • Paul Sponseller 10 months ago

      Based on your standard of Nationalism=Racism... being so 'proud to be an European!' might be a bit racist - no? I have also traveled extensively for long periods of time in Europe - and used to be concerned about being perceived as an 'ugly American'. No more - I've found in my experience that it is much easier to find ugly Europeans who, like you, are neither gracious nor appreciative of American contributions to Europe.

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  2. Cait Muldoon 10 months ago

    Wait, people are sexist on this thread?

    Well, I'm assuming that's what you meant, as you repeatedly invoke "chauvinism."

    That said, the ungracious French comments persisted after the loss - one of the relay team members snarked that experience (Lezak) had beaten better talent (Bernard).

    And yes, that was in English. The meaning wasn't lost in translation.

    Regardless of where you're from, in the Olympics, your performance should do the talking - not your arrogant ego. That's a lesson for Alain Bernard. He's certainly a phenomenal swimmer - but he should have kept his comments to himself rather than acting like a French caricature.

    It was an exciting race with an emotional finish - and I'm proud to see that heart beat out poor attitude.

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  3. Mike Noffke 10 months ago

    But what did you expect from the French? They haven't exactly had any manners for the past 1000 years.

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  4. Jody Lee 10 months ago

    "SUPER-NATIONALISM," Yea well tell that to my grandfather who lost his arm fighting for your stupid county! There wouldn't be a france without us stupid Americans buddy! You should be gratefull that you even have an olympic team!

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  5. A 10 months ago

    At the end of the day, the US won. If it was inspired by a comment attributed to a French competitor, so be it. Let it be a lesson to everyone in sports....sometimes you have to hate losing, more than you love winning. The comment worked!

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  6. Gigik 10 months ago

    Here you go:
    frapper: Verb, transitive (a) to hit, strike a person, surface, stab, strike with a knife; to strike, deal a blow; to strike a chord; (fig: of taxes, an event etc) to hit, (of illness) strike somebody (down);

    Smash would seem to be a pretty mild non-super-nationalist translation - more in line with traditional trash talking!

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  7. Gigik 10 months ago

    Here you go: frapper: Verb, transitive (a) to hit, strike a person, surface, stab, strike with a knife; to strike, deal a blow; to strike a chord; (fig: of taxes, an event etc) to hit, (of illness) strike somebody (down)

    "Smash" would seem to be a pretty mild non-super-nationalist translation - more in line with traditional trash talking!

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  8. Ryan Mays 10 months ago

    Wow! I was fully expecting to be commenting on the fact that the French swimmer was a complete idiot who (unfortunately) sounded vaguely American by shooting his mouth off, but after reading the rest of the comments, I'm not entirely sure he said "smash" or "surprise/beat". Could just be me, but there seems to be a crucial difference between the two terms. Everyone wants to stick it to the US, and many teams will lend voice to this fact, ususally accompanied by a small smile because really, who in the world is going to beat a team that has a demigod of a swimmer? Who else could win 2 gold medals inside of a an hour, and still have enough breath to give andea cramer her interview? I'm just tickled pink that I get to be witness to Phelps shattering world records with ease and totally rewritting Olympic history. The man is a beast, and not someone to be reckoned with. He seems like a really laid back kind of guy, but his patriotism is brilliantly obvious, and for one of our life long enemies( the French) to start talking smack, that only added a little bit more motivation. God help those who think they can back it up against Phelps. Or Lezak.

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  9. Shashwat Baxi 10 months ago

    Jason Lezak reached legendary status in the Olympics after this miraculous victory in that relay! I hope that he finally gets the credit that he deserves and some of the spotlight is taken off of Michael Phelps!

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  10. Ben Jamin 10 months ago

    hep ,

    I'm french guy and find this on a post titled " Le gros con du jour" ( asshole of the day) .
    I'm not here to flame anyone (even if i'm tented when i read some comments here)

    And i wonder if someone can explain me why A. Bernard reprensent all the french people ??

    Could u be open minded and understand that one person don't represent all of this compatriot (work with religion, ethnic, politician ...) ??

    However nice race i saw it too and congratz to Usa's swimmers.

    Sry for me english !

    Ben.

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    • Thomas 10 months ago

      Ben, as the writer of this article, I apologize if some people's comments were a bit harsh. I don't think Bernard represents all of France. I realize that not all French people are like Bernard.

      However, his comment made alot of Americans angry, including me. And we had to find a way to say it.

      I had no intent to blame France's politics or anything. I hope I didn't offend you.

      Sincerely, Thomas Leemon

      ps. your English isn't that bad.

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  11. Ben Jamin 10 months ago

    No prob with article , just about some comments .

    To end this i would say Smash can be take like "Les défoncés" or "les atomisés" ( with a sport connotation)

    U know smash bross melee ..

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    • A Gar 10 months ago

      Come on Ben, don't be so angry. I'm French too, and I don't take offense at the comments. Just as Alain Bernard's comment "We're going to smash them" doesn't represent the opinion of all French people, comments on this page are not the opinion of the majority of Americans, I am sure.

      Anyway, there seems to be some sort of a mistranslation here.
      "We're going to smash them" is not a proper translation for "On va les exploser".

      "Exploser" has two meanings in French :
      - One means "to explode" / "to smash" : hurting someone physically.
      - The other (which is, obviously, the one Bernard's used) is more metaphorical - it means "greatly outperform" / "do a lot better than..."

      That's why you shouldn't take offense if a French sportsman (or player in an online game) tells you "je vais t'exploser" : it just means "I'm going to do a lot better than you", while if someone, in a dark Parisian street, tells you "Je vais t'exploser", it means "I'm going to beat you to a pulp." - not the same thing by far.

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  12. Bevan Bolland 10 months ago

    Another well written article.

    Making comments seems fine too.

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  13. ash h 10 months ago

    the US swimmer this columnist keeps referring to is Ryan LOCHTE, just to give credit where credit is due.

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  14. Ronald B 10 months ago

    whichever word was used in his sentence was just trying to pump up the French team, I would imagine. Did quite the opposite though huh? I know not all French think like that and were probably in awe of that record setting performance...and made them dislike us a little more..lol. Anyway, the USA and French teams had great respect after the race, which was great. Us Americans don't need to talk crap about anyone, our performance is our talk.....and we are YELLING. GO USA GO SPORTS GO RESPECT

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  15. Eddie Hoidal 10 months ago

    the french need to worry about things like brushig their teeth before mouthig off to the greatest people in the greatest country in the world. I bet I could beat their olympic team not even knowing how to swim. Wi wi just kicked franes ass.

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  1. sanjuro tsubaki 7 months ago

    The sentence was well translated, no problem. But you know, what this--the French people coming here to dispute the translation--shows is that they are embarrassed by this swimmer's words. Naturally they're angered by the comments they're reading, who wouldn't be, but I don't think they like his arrogance either whether he would win or lose. Not all Frenchmen share the same views and the same state of mind, not all Frenchmen like each other, this is common sense; but when you insult one country and its people, you insult everyone, regardless of their differences, attitudes and opinions.

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