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GOM » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:39 pm
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Berra had countless expressions and turns of phrase that were memorable because most of them didn’t make any sense. (At the same time, every one had some truth to it.)"
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Berra-isms (colloquial expressions that lack logic) are now countless, and many of them are just attributed to Berra, even if he never actually said them. As he so perfectly put it: “I never said most of the things I said.”
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much."
The UK equivalent for quotes was David Coleman - a BBC commentator
"That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record."
"He is accelerating all the time. The last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before that in 62."
"There is Brendan Foster, by himself with 20,000 people."
"Forest have now lost six matches without winning."
"The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel."
"And the line-up for the final of the women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede, and a Frenchman."
"It's gold or nothing...and it's nothing. He comes away with the silver medal."
"The Republic of China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time."
"It's a great advantage to be able to hurdle with both legs."
"If that had gone in, it would have been a goal."
Regards
Ralph