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Nil d


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Maybe I'm a fuddy-duddy, but is anyone else tired of hearing Francis Bouillon's name mis-pronounced?  The TSN boobs call him "Boo-lee-on", and I heard it as "Boo-lon" somewhere once.  The English CBC pronounces it "Boo-yawn".  That's closer, but still  not quite right. 


Here is the proper pronunciation:


Boo-yon ("yon" the short way; rhymes with "Yvon" or "Dumont", not "Don").  The accent is on the "yon", by the way.


Got it?


So that's the good way to pronounce his name, now here's a bad picture of the Cube:



 


 



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While watching the game last night it hit me, something I 've been wondering about for quite a while, why you guys call him "the cube" (At least I think so). In Norwegian it's "buljong terning".

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norskipaul wrote:
While watching the game last night it hit me, something I 've been wondering about for quite a while, why you guys call him "the cube" (At least I think so). In Norwegian it's "buljong terning".


Bouliion Cube - Dehydrated Stock cube - OXO or knorr in europe

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brooklynhabfan wrote:

norskipaul wrote: While watching the game last night it hit me, something I 've been wondering about for quite a while, why you guys call him "the cube" (At least I think so). In Norwegian it's "buljong terning". Bouliion Cube - Dehydrated Stock cube - OXO or knorr in europe

Also fitting that he's as broad as he is tall.  Never has a man had an easier nickname that fits him perfectly!




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brooklynhabfan wrote:


norskipaul wrote: While watching the game last night it hit me, something I 've been wondering about for quite a while, why you guys call him "the cube" (At least I think so). In Norwegian it's "buljong terning". Bouliion Cube - Dehydrated Stock cube - OXO or knorr in europe


Here's a better picture of the guy (not exactly as shown):




-- Edited by Nil d at 21:12, 2006-01-08

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Nil d wrote:

brooklynhabfan wrote: norskipaul wrote: While watching the game last night it hit me, something I 've been wondering about for quite a while, why you guys call him "the cube" (At least I think so). In Norwegian it's "buljong terning". Bouliion Cube - Dehydrated Stock cube - OXO or knorr in europe Here's a better picture of the guy (not exactly as shown): -- Edited by Nil d at 21:12, 2006-01-08
Certainly a "Reasonable Hand Drawn Facsimile"

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Nil d wrote:
brooklynhabfan wrote:
Here's a better picture of the guy (not exactly as shown):
-- Edited by Nil d at 21:12, 2006-01-08


nice one, I knew you'd steer us in the right direction, without too much yakking and bull

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brooklynhabfan wrote:

Nil d wrote: brooklynhabfan wrote: Here's a better picture of the guy (not exactly as shown): -- Edited by Nil d at 21:12, 2006-01-08 nice one, I knew you'd steer us in the right direction, without too much yakking and bull

Steer, Yak, Bull - I get it.  You're quite the punster/wordsmith, Brookie!




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