Thanks, Fay.
It was apparently in an effort to show that Eurovision-ism is above individual native languages, we all speak with one voice, yada yada yada.
The first Israeli song to ever win the contest was in the 'b' language, which means you put the letter 'b' after every consonant in the words you say. So "All ogle, no cash" is said in the 'b' language as 'Aballb obogblbe, nobo cabashb'. The idea behind it was just the one I quoted from Raffles' post, and, well, at that time it apparently worked.
Anything that gives the world Abba is all right by me.
There's an article about the Eurovision Song Contest in today's New York Times.
I loved this quote from the Guardian article:
"It's like somebody went into Boots, found the first person they saw behind the counter, asked them if they could sing and they said 'no', but they picked them anyway."
And it's SO accurate. They were abysmal. Truly, truly abysmal.
Yes. Don't let anyone fool you. Anyone who watched it knows that the British entry truly sucked and the fact that we earned ''nul points' had nothing to do with anything else.
Oh, this is too damn silly:
You're Prince Edward Island. You're a happy person,
love life, and seldom complain. You're able to
see the best in any situation.You do live a g-
rated life and tend towards things mainstream.
People like you, unless they're depressed.
What Canadian Province Are You?
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Ha! I'm PEI too. Anne of Green Gables, here I come...
I'm British Columbia!
You're British Columbia. You're hip and happenin'
but also a nice person who isn't a snob. Career
is important to you but it isn't your whole
life. People assume that your life is perfect
and that you have it all, like you were born
with a silver spoon in your mouth. But it's not
true; you do have your own set of troubles just
like everybody else.
What Canadian Province Are You?
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