Giro 2020 Start list quality poll

[BlueRoads]

I should have known Foss and Bjerg (is there no distinction between mountain and hill in Germanic languages?), but I wouldn't have recognised Pfingsten as Pentecost (etymology?

A hart (as Tao G-Hart) (or a stag) is a male deer , then Castroviejo, Torres and Carboni.

But what happens if a dam sinks?

A flooding?

I did not get Foss - waterfall.

Lots of beautiful names in that list, I have to admit.
How would you translate pozzovivo exactly?
Wackermann: the brave man
Harper is nice, too, if you think about it.

 

[SafeBet]

How would you translate pozzovivo exactly?

Living well.
Meaning a well that is alive, not having a good life.

His original family name was Puzzovivo though. And that would roughly translate to deep stink.

 

[RedheadDane]

is there no distinction between mountain and hill in Germanic languages?

There is, in Danish it's; bjerg = mountain, bakke = hill. The irony is the fact that we have a TT specialist whose name means "mountain", would be like if Swift was a climber.

I can also see a hare, a man from a basement and a female first name in diminutive form. If you speak Polish, you can also spot a city.

You must tell me who all of those are! (I mean, I get Kelderman)


And I have totally destroyed the purpose of this thread. Not sorry!

 

[BlueRoads]

hare = Haas

by the way, Rosskopf: horse's head

 

[SafeBet]

Fabbro = Smith
Ballerini = Dancers
Mosca = Fly (the animal)
Bevilacqua = Drink the water!

 

[BlueRoads]

Fabbro = Smith
Ballerini = Dancers
Mosca = Fly (the animal)
Bevilacqua = Drink the water!

God, is there even one cyclist in this race? (Well, Bevilacqua might be one.)

 

[RedheadDane]

Bevilacqua = Drink the water!

Just imagine the DS screaming in the radio: "BEVILACQUA!!!!!!!!!!" (Especially if it's Scinto) and the poor riders not knowing if he's talking to the rider, or telling them to remember to drink.
(I know there's probably a difference in how you say it.)

 

[Anderis]

You must tell me who all of those are! (I mean, I get Kelderman)

Haga is the Polish name for The Hague.

Maja is a female first name in Poland which takes a diminutive form Majka (that's how you would often call someone with the name Maja in informal conversations).

And the hare has been explained by someone else.