anyone think Karen Hardy would be a great judge ? Talks a great game with Zoe ....
Nancy Dell'Olio: 'I want Alesha Dixon axed'
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Originally Posted by shakedown:
“anyone think Karen Hardy would be a great judge ? Talks a great game with Zoe ....”
“anyone think Karen Hardy would be a great judge ? Talks a great game with Zoe ....”
Yes I agree. People have been saying this for a fair while.
Originally Posted by shakedown:
“anyone think Karen Hardy would be a great judge ? Talks a great game with Zoe ....”
“anyone think Karen Hardy would be a great judge ? Talks a great game with Zoe ....”
No, she's even more positive about all the dances than Alesha already is. Everything is a great, fantastic routine.
Oh, look how clever X choregraphed this.
Only once so far have I heard her criticise a dance, when she mentioned that Harry and Aliona's tango had only 17 seconds of proper tango in it. Even then she thought it was a great routine.
She's far too nice for her (ex-)colleagues.
Originally Posted by Abbasolutely 40:
“At five a childs language is well and truely formed and learned ,after that they learn the finer aspects only .In fact by age 5 a child is fully capable of knowing 2 or more languages and being able to swap from one to the other .I personally can vouch for that fact .
Nancy does not just speak english badly she has a very lazy speech pattern , she neither finishes words or sentances and that is not due to her language difficulty .She puts no effort at all into making herself understood”
“At five a childs language is well and truely formed and learned ,after that they learn the finer aspects only .In fact by age 5 a child is fully capable of knowing 2 or more languages and being able to swap from one to the other .I personally can vouch for that fact .
Nancy does not just speak english badly she has a very lazy speech pattern , she neither finishes words or sentances and that is not due to her language difficulty .She puts no effort at all into making herself understood”
I believe that Nancy refers to herself as an international lawyer. I would have thought a good command of English would be high on the list of requirements.
Also if you expose a child to a second language at a young age they absord it becomes more natural to be able to speak 2 languages.
By that I mean that they don't need to convert the languages as an adult would.
For that reason, and knowing that Nancy grew up in New York for 5 years, I believe her ridiculous accent is all fake.
Perhaps she thinks it makes her more adorable??
Also -
If she didn't like what Alesha said then how would she have coped with Arlene's barbed comments.
I can't imagine that Arlene would have fallen for her bonkers persona, she would have hated her dancing.
If she didn't like what Alesha said then how would she have coped with Arlene's barbed comments.
I can't imagine that Arlene would have fallen for her bonkers persona, she would have hated her dancing.
Originally Posted by dizzyrascal:
“I believe that Nancy refers to herself as an international lawyer.”
“I believe that Nancy refers to herself as an international lawyer.”
She may have studied law in Italy but there's no evidence of her practicing it in any country.
Originally Posted by walnut699:
“Children of 5 now-a-days are very likely to retain their native languages especially if it is english, as english is a LOT more global and use a lot mroe than it was even then, in media, classrooms, internet and is a lot more accessible these days, as are many other languages which children can keep up. When Nancy went to Italy it was probably never spoken so she would have forgotten a whole lot of it. Having many foreign friends who english is a second or third language for, I commend Nancy on her english. Her sentence structure and though pattern is very similar to most I know.”
“Children of 5 now-a-days are very likely to retain their native languages especially if it is english, as english is a LOT more global and use a lot mroe than it was even then, in media, classrooms, internet and is a lot more accessible these days, as are many other languages which children can keep up. When Nancy went to Italy it was probably never spoken so she would have forgotten a whole lot of it. Having many foreign friends who english is a second or third language for, I commend Nancy on her english. Her sentence structure and though pattern is very similar to most I know.”
Quite. I can't bear the woman but I think people are extrapolating their experiences with today's children to a woman born in the sixties (possibly fifties, if the rumours that she's knocked years off her age are to be believed)
She may well be inarticulate in Italian but we don't know that. I speak reasonable conversational French but I'm ridiculously inarticulate when I do so even though I lived in France as a child.
Originally Posted by breppo:
“No, she's even more positive about all the dances than Alesha already is. Everything is a great, fantastic routine.
Oh, look how clever X choregraphed this.
Only once so far have I heard her criticise a dance, when she mentioned that Harry and Aliona's tango had only 17 seconds of proper tango in it. Even then she thought it was a great routine.
She's far too nice for her (ex-)colleagues.”
“No, she's even more positive about all the dances than Alesha already is. Everything is a great, fantastic routine.
Oh, look how clever X choregraphed this.
Only once so far have I heard her criticise a dance, when she mentioned that Harry and Aliona's tango had only 17 seconds of proper tango in it. Even then she thought it was a great routine.
She's far too nice for her (ex-)colleagues.”
I rather think that Karen's job on ITT is to be nice about the dances and point out the good elements in the choreography. As a judge, she would probably be more critical.
Originally Posted by walnut699:
“I commend Nancy on her english. Her sentence structure and though pattern is very similar to most I know.”
“I commend Nancy on her english. Her sentence structure and though pattern is very similar to most I know.”
more a 'though' pattern than a 'thought' pattern, yes....
Originally Posted by Abbasolutely 40:
“ Nancy does not just speak english badly she has a very lazy speech pattern , she neither finishes words or sentances and that is not due to her language difficulty .She puts no effort at all into making herself understood”
“ Nancy does not just speak english badly she has a very lazy speech pattern , she neither finishes words or sentances and that is not due to her language difficulty .She puts no effort at all into making herself understood”
She sounds briefly like she might be heading towards some kind of meaning then her train deteriorates and you soon realise she's saying nothing at all...
Nancy's only semi-delusional and she's remarkably modern for her age. She's the epitome of the vacuous famous-for-being-famous set of today. She'll try to milk her Strictly experience for a while to get her some more exposure, hoping she can land a TV show or a book deal. I don't think she's going to get past the interest in her being only because she's peculiar
Originally Posted by pasodabble:
“She may have studied law in Italy but there's no evidence of her practicing it in any country.
Quite. I can't bear the woman but I think people are extrapolating their experiences with today's children to a woman born in the sixties (possibly fifties, if the rumours that she's knocked years off her age are to be believed)
She may well be inarticulate in Italian but we don't know that. I speak reasonable conversational French but I'm ridiculously inarticulate when I do so even though I lived in France as a child.”
“She may have studied law in Italy but there's no evidence of her practicing it in any country.
Quite. I can't bear the woman but I think people are extrapolating their experiences with today's children to a woman born in the sixties (possibly fifties, if the rumours that she's knocked years off her age are to be believed)
She may well be inarticulate in Italian but we don't know that. I speak reasonable conversational French but I'm ridiculously inarticulate when I do so even though I lived in France as a child.”
I believe her mother was/is Italian American, so there's also a strong possibility that Italian would have been spoken in the home - certainly was by many Italian families that I knew and knew of in my youth, regardless of how far back they'd emigrated from Italy. So having left the US aged 5 - especially given that it was mid 60's at the latest - I can quite see how she could have 'lost' her English, or at least misplaced it. Don't think she'd have had much use for it in southern Italy at that time.
However, I do reckon that Nancy's apparent inability to produce a sentence with a beginning, a middle and an end is a pretty useful device to help her avoid giving a straight answer to any awkward questions.
At least we now know why she was partnered with Anton - just to keep her in long enough for her to gain the maximum publicity for herself.
As for her English there are no excuses for it being so bad. I worked with a lady who was Austrian by birth, educated in France and has been in the UK from adulthood. Fluent in all three languages. A Greek hairdresser was brought up in Australia from age 2 and spoke fluent Greek & Australian English. The Greek did sound odd with a Aussie accent though
As for her English there are no excuses for it being so bad. I worked with a lady who was Austrian by birth, educated in France and has been in the UK from adulthood. Fluent in all three languages. A Greek hairdresser was brought up in Australia from age 2 and spoke fluent Greek & Australian English. The Greek did sound odd with a Aussie accent though
Originally Posted by pasodabble:
“She may have studied law in Italy but there's no evidence of her practicing it in any country. ”
“She may have studied law in Italy but there's no evidence of her practicing it in any country. ”
Quite true. If fact as the term Lawyer isn't protected then anyone can use this title.
My understanding is that she did an internship after or possibly during uni, and then almost immediately married the incredibly wealthy senior partner and (as you say) most probably did not ever practice law (most probably did not qualify in a recognised way). It seems she just became a socialite.
A waste of space IMO
I think Nancy saw SCD as a big launch board to other things. But it seems to have generated a lot of people just interviewing her for a laugh.
I find it very hard to believe that someone with her chaotic approach to everything could be a lawyer.
I find it very hard to believe that someone with her chaotic approach to everything could be a lawyer.
Originally Posted by fancynancy:
“However, I do reckon that Nancy's apparent inability to produce a sentence with a beginning, a middle and an end is a pretty useful device to help her avoid giving a straight answer to any awkward questions.”
“However, I do reckon that Nancy's apparent inability to produce a sentence with a beginning, a middle and an end is a pretty useful device to help her avoid giving a straight answer to any awkward questions.
”
I agree. She's probably now an expert at deflecting the question she's been constantly asked since she moved to London as the girlfriend of a wealthy man: "what do you do?"
Originally Posted by dizzyrascal:
“A waste of space IMO”
“A waste of space IMO”
Accurately summed up!
"I do, so to say, when we go out, press are always interested, lots of picshuhs, always to look beautiful, lot to help people a bit of glamour in their lives, must always to be in the center there for them, I going to write a book on this..."
Originally Posted by lynxmale:
“more a 'though' pattern than a 'thought' pattern, yes....”
“more a 'though' pattern than a 'thought' pattern, yes....”
Excellent...
Delusional is at it again:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s104/...-the-best.html
Quote:
“"Oh, everybody love me," she told the Daily Mail. "The public love me, the people love me, the fans love me, the other contestants, they love me, too.
"It is terrible that I was voted off the show because I was one of the best dancers. But I get put off and this is a mistake. Big mistake. It was a shock to the nation that I went out because they love me."”
“"Oh, everybody love me," she told the Daily Mail. "The public love me, the people love me, the fans love me, the other contestants, they love me, too.
"It is terrible that I was voted off the show because I was one of the best dancers. But I get put off and this is a mistake. Big mistake. It was a shock to the nation that I went out because they love me."”
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s104/...-the-best.html
Originally Posted by lynxmale:
“ she's definitely my go-to delusional eccentric shallow foreigner.”
“ she's definitely my go-to delusional eccentric shallow foreigner.”
Now there is a sentence I never thought I would see! Brilliant
Originally Posted by pasodabble:
“She's probably now an expert at deflecting the question she's been constantly asked since she moved to London as the girlfriend of a wealthy man: "what do you do?"”
“She's probably now an expert at deflecting the question she's been constantly asked since she moved to London as the girlfriend of a wealthy man: "what do you do?"”
Absolutely loved it on 'The Graham Norton Show' when this question became the repeated refrain. GN wouldn't let it go and made a point of asking audience members what they did, they'd give an answer and he'd look pointedly at Nancy.
Originally Posted by lynxmale:
“No, I do love Nancy, she's definitely my go-to delusional eccentric shallow foreigner.”
“No, I do love Nancy, she's definitely my go-to delusional eccentric shallow foreigner.”
Originally Posted by blindside:
“Absolutely loved it on 'The Graham Norton Show' when this question became the repeated refrain. GN wouldn't let it go and made a point of asking audience members what they did, they'd give an answer and he'd look pointedly at Nancy.
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“Absolutely loved it on 'The Graham Norton Show' when this question became the repeated refrain. GN wouldn't let it go and made a point of asking audience members what they did, they'd give an answer and he'd look pointedly at Nancy.
”
It's not unlike the "What attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?" question to Debbie McGee isn't it? Why didn't Nance bog-off back to Italy when Sven gave her the big heave-ho? The excuses for her bad English would be believable if she hadn't spent the last decade in England.
It just had to happen didn't it.
http://www.b.celebrity.aol.co.uk/201...dixon-stalker/
She is considering calling the cops over some unwanted attention she is receiving though.
Nancy has been left worried after a stalker began making sexual comments towards her and turning up at her London home where she lives alone.
http://www.b.celebrity.aol.co.uk/201...dixon-stalker/
She is considering calling the cops over some unwanted attention she is receiving though.
Nancy has been left worried after a stalker began making sexual comments towards her and turning up at her London home where she lives alone.
"Hellooo eez this the policia? It is me Nancy, star of Strictly. I have as stukker"
A stukker madam, do you mean a stutter?
"No, a stukker. He say he luff me. I am superstar."
Well, that is very nice madam but hardly a police matter.
"But he stukker me. He say Nancy you are fabulous dancer. I want to give you ten, I luff you."
Madam, you do realise that wasting police time is a serious offence.
"You no help me? You related to Dixon with blue lamp. She be jellus of me. Bet she no have stukker."
A stukker madam, do you mean a stutter?
"No, a stukker. He say he luff me. I am superstar."
Well, that is very nice madam but hardly a police matter.
"But he stukker me. He say Nancy you are fabulous dancer. I want to give you ten, I luff you."
Madam, you do realise that wasting police time is a serious offence.
"You no help me? You related to Dixon with blue lamp. She be jellus of me. Bet she no have stukker."
Originally Posted by leespartner2:
“It's not unlike the "What attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?" question to Debbie McGee isn't it? Why didn't Nance bog-off back to Italy when Sven gave her the big heave-ho? The excuses for her bad English would be believable if she hadn't spent the last decade in England.”
“It's not unlike the "What attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?" question to Debbie McGee isn't it? Why didn't Nance bog-off back to Italy when Sven gave her the big heave-ho? The excuses for her bad English would be believable if she hadn't spent the last decade in England.”
So she could keep her mitts on Sven's million quid plus townhouse in Eaton Square - possession's nine tenths of the law and all that. See, no flies on our Nance.
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