Lol not necessarily true it is a gcism, so maybe she doesn't say an "s" at the end hence this would read correctly. Can this go any further?
If you look up some of the older commentary from Gillian Clark, those are more technically orientated. I haven't been through all the last 20 years to work out exactly when the change started occurring...
"It's not just pace of shot, but pace of movement" "As far as the [insert nationality] are concerned"
You're a GC fan! Come on out and admit it, craigandy!! And for your efforts, we have a prize waiting for you, a little memento of this momentous moment...
"she just glides the shuttle towards the open space" "you don't have to hit real hard. you just have to hit it in a downwards direction"
"Oh! That was going out" "Oh! That just landed in!" "He's founnnd the line!" "Missed it!" "Good judgment!" "UNNNBelievable!"
Introducing LCW: "And here we have the current world number one, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia...Twenty-nine years of age, born in Penang...And just look at that win-loss record for the year, (number) to (number)...(number) tournaments, (number) finals, winning (number) of them...Now that is just incredible...A great ambassador for the sport, not just in Asia but all over the world...Disposed of (player) in yesterday's (stage) twenty-one (number), (deliberately and slowly) twenty-one (number)..." Introducing LD: "And his opponent of today, the reigning world and olympic champion, Lin (slight pause for effect) Dan...Twenty-eight(I don't know why she always emphasizes the eight), born in Fujian (fulschiaaan) province...(number) career titles, including four world championship titles...Played a marathon match yesterday against (player), coming through (score)..." Introducing Taufik: "And here's the former world and olympic champion, Taufik (again, slight pause for effect) Hidayat...Twice the beaten finalist here at the All England Championships, back in nineteen-ninety-nine and two thousand, lost out to Peter Gade and Xia (Shia) Xuan(Shuuan) Ze (Zeeeeee!) respectively..." Introducing PG: "And there's the reigning European Champion,in fact the (number) time European Champion, Peter Hoeg Gade...current world ranking of (number), from (number) tournaments this year and (number) finals, and when you consider that he is thirty-four years of age, that is impressive...and he has been at the top of the world game for so long..." Introducing any "unknown" player(s): "And here comes the (nationality) youngster(s) (which shall henceforth be the name of the player(s) for the remainder of the tournament). And my goodness what a run they've had this week here at (stadium)"
GC seems to be much more muted in recent coverage. i wonder if she has read this thread and became more self-concious?
