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Re: [sumo] Musashimaru in Washington Post





ShiroiKuma wrote:


But I think with Musashimaru it's the fact that he's used to thinking about sumou in Japanese etc., so he wouldn't be comfortable initially talking in English.


I remember hearing Musashimaru doing commentary on the English NHK broadcast and he said exactly that; he was pretty halting and awkward for quite a while, and he finally explained that he has come to think about sumo in Japanese and so it took a lot of mental effort to converse about it in English. Despite the tendency to slip back into Japanese (not so bad for me because I can mostly follow him), I liked his commentary--very dry and funny.


Jen McGee



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