OT: US-Finland Online Feed POSSIBLE SPOILERS

[Trotsky]

Has anyone discovered an online audio feed?  (Even just the normal 'cast of some Joe Shmoe station somehwere along the Westwood One network.)

[jtwcornell91]

Dunno about a feed, but you can follow the game via the chat at http://internationalhockeygang.org/chat/phpMyChat.php3

SUI-SWE underway -- HOPP SCHWIIZ!!!

[Trotsky]

If it's "Schwiiz" (GER) why is it "Sui" (FR)?  And what is it in Romansh?  ::screwy::

[Pete Godenschwager]

http://www.1460thefan.com is on the Westwood One list of stations that are supposed to carry the game, I'm listening to it right now.  The game isn't listed on the website's schedule, though.  We'll see if they switch over.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Trotsky]If it's "Schwiiz" (GER) why is it "Sui" (FR)?  And what is it in Romansh?  ::screwy::[/quote]

It's because the Olympics are Francophile by nature.  Names for Switzerland:

German: Schweiz
Swiss German: Schwiiz
French: Suisse
Italian: Svizzera
Romansh: Svizzra
English: Switzerland
Latin (official name of country): Confoederatio Helvetica

Actually, the designated ISO 3166 abbreviation is CHE, not SUI, but it's much more common to see CH or SUI.

[cth95]

"Schwiiz" or "Schwyz" is just from the Swiss-German dialect for "Switzerland".  There is no written version of this language that I know of.  When people write in Swiss-German I think they are basically writing phonetically.  In German it is actually "Schweiz".  "Suisse" is the French version.  I assume "Suisse" is used in the Olympics because the two official international languages are French and English, like on our passports.  In Romanch it is similar to the Italian "Svizzera" and is written "Svizra".  How did you know about Romanch?  That is a very obscure language, which seems to blend Italian and German.

I spent 6 months on an exchange program to Switzerland in '97, living with 6 different farm families for 3 weeks a piece.  It is an absolutely beautiful country, and the people were great to me.  I was able to learn German fairly quickly (both "high" German and a little of the Swiss version) which made long nights at bars and parties much more enjoyable and I had an amazing time.  I still am good friends with a guy who is an avid hockey fan.  He follows both the Swiss leagues and the NHL and I think has seen Knoepfli play.  I just sent him an e-mail with "Hopp Schwiiz!!" as the subject line after the win over Canada.

[Josh '99]

Are you going to put scores in this thread?  If you are, you might want to tag the thread title as such in case anybody is recording this game to watch later.

[Trotsky]

[quote jmh30]Are you going to put scores in this thread?  If you are, you might want to tag the thread title as such in case anybody is recording this game to watch later.[/quote]

Good point.  ALL: Please do not post scores on the thread as a favor to those recording the games.

I have put a spoiler alert in the thread title in case somebody is inconsiderate.

[Trotsky]

[quote Pete Godenschwager]http://www.1460thefan.com is on the Westwood One list of stations that are supposed to carry the game, I'm listening to it right now.  The game isn't listed on the website's schedule, though.  We'll see if they switch over.[/quote]
They haven't switched over, and I now recall whey I hated Colin Cowherd so much when he did his mind-dumbingly boring schtick as a local yokel in Portland.

[RichH]

[quote cth95] How did you know about Romanch?  That is a very obscure language, which seems to blend Italian and German.[/quote]

Well, you know Greg...intelligentsia of the obscure.  :-)

I just sent him an e-mail with "Hopp Schwiiz!!" as the subject line after the win over Canada.

I would've guessed this was JTW with another identity, but he didn't write this post in Swiss-German.

[Pete Godenschwager]

[quote Trotsky][quote Pete Godenschwager]http://www.1460thefan.com is on the Westwood One list of stations that are supposed to carry the game, I'm listening to it right now.  The game isn't listed on the website's schedule, though.  We'll see if they switch over.[/quote]
They haven't switched over, and I now recall whey I hated Colin Cowherd so much when he did his mind-dumbingly boring schtick as a local yokel in Portland.[/quote]

I still haven't warmed up to him, I liked Kornheiser a lot better in that spot.

[Trotsky]

TK rocks.

[Rita]

[quote Pete Godenschwager][quote Trotsky][quote Pete Godenschwager]http://www.1460thefan.com is on the Westwood One list of stations that are supposed to carry the game, I'm listening to it right now.  The game isn't listed on the website's schedule, though.  We'll see if they switch over.[/quote]
They haven't switched over, and I now recall whey I hated Colin Cowherd so much when he did his mind-dumbingly boring schtick as a local yokel in Portland.[/quote]

I still haven't warmed up to him, I liked Kornheiser a lot better in that spot.[/quote]

Ditto. Mr. Tony was awesome. I enjoyed waking up to him when living in OR. It was a very sad day when the local sports network decided to cater to the 18-22 frat boys (and not to geeky science post-docs) and replaced Mr. Tony with Jim Rome.

So www.1460thefan.com isn't carrying the game. Any other leads?? I have a feeling that Westwood One won't let their affliates carry the on line feed of the game. At least with the Chicago area station that have internet feeds, they do the "audio black out" with MLB, and Notre Dame games.

Bummer. :-(

[Pete Godenschwager]

I tried a couple other stations that were on the list provided by Westwood One, and none of them have the game.

[Rita]

I tried some last week for one of the pre-liminary games and had no luck. I mainly focused on those stations in Hockey-friendly areas. I do not have time try that today.