At the Olympics: time reference

[Barbara Need]

I don't think so. After all, many of the athletes being interviewed
are from other US time zones. And I never had any problem knowing
what time of day it was where I was--but always had to count to
figure out what time it was back in the States when abroad (South
America and Europe).


On 12 Aug 2008, at 14:30, David Bergdahl wrote:

> Isn't the time reference thing simply that to the speakers "NY
> Time" is *
> real* and everything else is foreign?
> -db
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Doug Harris
> <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>> That really gives new meaning to getting ahead of oneself, doesn't
>> it?
>> Thanks for pointing that out.
>> (Then again, if you're looking to bet on a sure thing, getting that
>> far in front of everyone else could pay off!)
>> dh
>>
>> Matthew Gordon said:
>> ---
>>
>> There is also apparently a significant time difference between
>> whereever
>> Doug Harris is and the mainland US. It's already September (or
>> December if
>> he's European) there.
>>
>>
>> On 9/12/08 11:05 AM, "Doug Harris" <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET> wrote:
>>
>>> I imagine that [post-facto dubbing] actually _is_ the case --
>>> but who's fooling who? Anyone who doesn't understand there's
>>> a (significant) time difference from China to the mainland US
>>> should devote less attention to the Olympics and more to what
>>> used to be _basic_ studies in this country.
>>> dh
>>>
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