GDT: Group S • May 9 • Norway 6, Italy 2

[BalticWarrior]

Maybe not proper topic, but when you already mentioned Grigernsons, is there any chance that Blugers will be drafted ?

There is a pretty good chance he will be drafted,yes. he looks promising

 

[TollefsenFan]

Wait,relegated? QF isn`t impossible for you guys.

Im afraid we will loose vs Latvia. U got too much speed. The germans should be easier for us.

 

[BalticWarrior]

so its a "blown H" like in Hansen or a ch sound like in german Buch?

Blown H.

 

[BalticWarrior]

Im afraid we will loose vs Latvia. U got too much speed. The germans should be easier for us.

So latvia AND norway in QF is impossible,thats sad

 

[Justinov]

If it would be german version then it would be redlich or something like that. For example one of our players Darzins is 100 % Latvian because its translates to- Garden or gardner or more precisely "from the garden"

Great idea:
Redlich means honest in German; "Redelig" in Danish!

 

[BalticWarrior]

Great idea:
Redlich means honest in German; "Redelig" in Danish!

Yeah we are probably onto something here

 

[v-man]

LOL....so is the REED-lis or Reed-LIS (where is the pressure or you don't even agree on that, maybe dialectical differences) -> i guess its a long e sound, right?

The pressure is definitely on the first syllable, but the whole pronunciation confusion comes from the RED part. It's actually spelled Rēdlihs, and the accented "ē" in Latvian is the only letter which can have a varied pronunciation. So when spelled phonetically in English, it could be either Red-lis, or Rad-lis. And yeah, It's most likely adapted from German. Many Latvians took on Germanic last names to avoid persecution way back in the day. Mine is no different.

 

[Justinov]

Yeah we are probably onto something here

Since in Danish "Redelig" is used especially as honest in financial circumstances, or you are a non-gossippy type (trustworthy with secrets) it's maybe not to bad to have some Redlihs on your team

 

[Justinov]

The pressure is definitely on the first syllable, but the whole pronunciation confusion comes from the RED part. It's actually spelled Rēdlihs, and the accented "ē" in Latvian is the only letter which can have a varied pronunciation. So when spelled phonetically in English, it could be either Red-lis, or Rad-lis.

If it has german origin it might explain the latvian confusion on how to pronounce!

 

[BalticWarrior]

Since in Danish "Redelig" is used especially as honest in financial circumstances, or you are a non-gossippy type (trustworthy with secrets) it's maybe not to bad to have some Redlihs on your team

Oh yeah hes a great off-ice too,so yeah hes last name is fitting for him

 

[Justinov]

Oh yeah hes a great off-ice too,so yeah hes last name is fitting for him

I have always been fascinated with people who live up to their name.
A volcanologist named "Chimney" a spider expert named "Web". A gynocologist named Harry Beaver...the american will love that one
and my absolute favourite" Angelo della Morte (angel-of-death), sadly i couldn't find out of he was an undertaker.

 

[BalticWarrior]

I have always been fascinated with people who live up to their name.
A volcanologist named "Chimney" a spider expert named "Web". A gynocologist named Harry Beaver...the american will love that one
and my absolute favourite" Angelo della Morte (angel-of-death), sadly i couldn't find out of he was an undertaker.

The guy named Chimney is hilarious for some reason to me

 

[Justinov]

The guy named Chimney is hilarious for some reason to me

The surname Sand is very commen in Denmark......had a geologist friend (sedimentologist even) with that name. He was 2 minutes in the church from being named Anders Sand by his parents (until they sudddenly realized it), which when you say it fast becomes "Anders And" - the danish name for Donald Duck!

 

[BalticWarrior]

The surname Sand is very commen in Denmark......had a geologist friend (sedimentologist even) with that name. He was 2 minutes in the church from being named Anders Sand by his parents (until they sudddenly realized it), which when you say it fast becomes "Anders And" - the danish name for Donald Duck!

I think this conversation has come as far off-topic as it can get in an hockey forum amazing

 

[Justinov]

I think this conversation has as far off-topic as it can get in an hockey forum amazing

Yeah ...
so going back to topic. Latvia-Denmark-Germany-Norway who takes the QF and do the Czech fail?

 

[BalticWarrior]

Yeah ...
so going back to topic. Latvia-Denmark-Germany-Norway who takes the QF and do the Czech fail?

Ofcourse i hope for Latvia. But Czech fail wouldn`t be suprising taking how they play.not their best game so far. and its not like denmark is totaly out of race for qf

 

[Justinov]

Ofcourse i hope for Latvia. But Czech fail wouldn`t be suprising taking how they play.not their best game so far. and its not like denmark is totaly out of race for qf

I think Norway-Latvia will be the deciding game. I think the czech are strong enough to at least get 4'th.

 

[BalticWarrior]

I think Norway-Latvia will be the deciding game. I think the czech are strong enough to at least get 4'th.

Technically speaking is there even a way Czechs can fail?

 

[Justinov]

Technically speaking is there even a way Czechs can fail?

Not really.......they have to almost loose the rest (even loose point to Italy). But you can certainly beat them to move closer to a QF.

 

[BalticWarrior]

Not really.......they have to almost loose the rest (even loose point to Italy). But you can certainly beat them to move closer to a QF.

Oh yeah that would be nice

 

[Justinov]

Oh yeah that would be nice

Denmark was really close against the Czech. Loosing 2-0 (no scoring luck) but won the shots 26-24.

 

[croAVSfan*]

I think Latvia can seek for suprise against Czechs...should be an interesting game.

 

[Justinov]

I think Latvia can seek for suprise against Czechs...should be an interesting game.

Yeah and it could determine who goes to QF or not i think.

 

[Latgale_fan]

And yeah, It's most likely adapted from German. Many Latvians took on Germanic last names to avoid persecution way back in the day. Mine is no different.

It's a German surname. And it has nothing to de with prosecution, some Latvian people took German surnames when they got wealthy just because they'd sound more posh when Latvia was ruled by Baltic German nobles and they'd just better fit in the high society and some gained them when they were peasants at German owned manors and the Germans lords gave them Germanic sounding surnames (just like with other players like Girgen-sons or Ander-sons (Andersson) you can see Swedish influence of the same sort with Swedish rulers giving peasants surnames accoring to Swedish tradition.

 

[Latgale_fan]

It doesn't sound german at all to me.....it ens in a -s - it must be latvian

-s doesn't mean anything, if you look at surnames.

Girgenson-s
Anderson-s both obviously of Swedish descent meaning ''son of Girgens'' and probably
''son of Anders'' (distorted Andris??)

Rēdlihs is pretty much German Redlich, just like our racing driver Å legelmilhs is Schlegelmilch...

and all the Russian surnames (Tribuncov-s, Pujac-s, Sirokov-s)... basically all surnames in Latvia must end with ''s'' (or a, e), if you were a foreigner and wanted Latvian passport, in the passport they'd write in your name and surname according to Latvian way (George Bush would be Džordžs Bušs, and Barack Obama would be lucky as only his name would be distorted, as his surname ends with -a, so he'd be Baraks Obama)

But if we continue about the meaning of surnames, the only one that actually means something from current team is ''ĶēniņÅ¡- King (old form)"