LK ([info]lkoyfman) wrote,
@ 2008-12-17 19:09:00
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My English is far from perfect but generally I don't have any problems reading the recaps of NBA games. But this phrase has completely stumped me - I didn't have even the slightest idea what does it refer to. Anyone? (without Google, of course :) Hint - the phrase has absolutely no relation to basketball.


"He put more English on it than Minnesota Fats does sometimes," Rivers said.

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[info]a_lazy_legend
2008-12-18 12:41 am UTC (link)
Сдаюсь

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Huh?!
[info]bookis
2008-12-18 04:28 am UTC (link)
Ну это явно вопрос к знатокам...
Про Миннестоу, кочено, пришлось подглядеть. В результате стало понятно, что много шаров (мячей :)) загнали в сетку самым виртуозным образом. Но причем тут English?! Ни хрена не ясно (частица "не" в данном случае пишется раздельно)

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[info]spamsink
2008-12-18 06:47 am UTC (link)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/english

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[info]bookis
2008-12-18 03:10 pm UTC (link)
С подвыподвертом, то есть. Так я и думала...

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[info]lkoyfman
2008-12-19 06:39 am UTC (link)
Ага, именно это и имелось в виду. Миннесота Фатс - известный (оказывается) бильярдист.
Браво, Леня! :)

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[info]man_der_ley
2009-02-21 06:09 am UTC (link)
Without looking at the comments...
To put some English on a billiard ball means to give it an appropriate spin. So, I think, the meaning of the phrase is that the shooter put a lot of underspin on the basketball when shooting it.
Not sure, though, who Minnesota Fats is. Most likely, a nickname for some famous pool player. But, perhaps, somebody else, who spins something, a disk-jockey, perhaps? :)

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[info]man_der_ley
2009-02-21 06:13 am UTC (link)
Ну тогда мне тоже браво! :)
Ну смотрел пару раз биллиард на ESPN, big deal... Они в основном стройных женщин показывают, никаких толстяков из Миннесоты там нет и в помине, как бы они хорошо не играли. :)

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