Monday, March 24, 2008
Ingles 101 w/ Professor Simms
Hope everyone had a great Purim, Happy Easter, et al.
I'm still wrestling with my DC United preview package for MLSnet today, but going through my DCU notes and quotes made me remember this brief exchange with Clyde Simms after Tuesday's demolition of Harbour View.
Plenty of stories have already been written about United's bevy of new South Americans and the linguistic challenges brought on by their arrival. They've all been taking English lessons for weeks now, but sometimes there's just no substitute for learning by experience in the sound and fury of match play. I asked Sims -- whose holding midfielder role sandwiches him between Gallardo in front and Gonzalos Peralta and Martinez in back -- how the communication process was playing out.
I'm still wrestling with my DC United preview package for MLSnet today, but going through my DCU notes and quotes made me remember this brief exchange with Clyde Simms after Tuesday's demolition of Harbour View.
Plenty of stories have already been written about United's bevy of new South Americans and the linguistic challenges brought on by their arrival. They've all been taking English lessons for weeks now, but sometimes there's just no substitute for learning by experience in the sound and fury of match play. I asked Sims -- whose holding midfielder role sandwiches him between Gallardo in front and Gonzalos Peralta and Martinez in back -- how the communication process was playing out.
"It’s getting better," said Sims. "I actually had to teach [Gonzalo] Martinez a word [tonight], just to say ‘push,’ because he was just yelling my name and I had to turn around to see what he wanted, see what he was talking about, and I ended up telling him just to say ‘push.’ He got it. So it’s getting better."
Comment posted by Charles Boehm @ 7:59 PM 
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