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    In Defense Of "Grunts"

    Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"

    "Grunting" Controversy Continues On Wimbledon's Opening Day
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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    I guess Frank's been reading us.


    [jezebel.com]


    Careful there, Mr. Deford. Don't want to come up with an original thought or anything.

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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    How about "farmyard noises," isn't that a more sensitive phrase?


    //sarcasm

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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    This is 100% true, and I've said it before, she sounds like a mutant seagull from hell. The noise is pretty much a note with arc and vibrato.
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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    "The Grunts" sounds like it should be the name of an unfortunate gastrointestinal condition suffered by sailors in the 1800's.
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    06/24/09

    @morninggloria: I was thinking 1990s Nirvana-wannabe grunge band.
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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    I want to nitpick with Mr. Denford, Ms. Larcher de Brito is Portuguese, so it is actually Senhorita.
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    06/24/09

    In reply to In Defense Of "Grunts"
    Ah, we just called them "sex noises" in high school soccer. (Stay classy, 16 year old Alouette)
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    I think she'd have an argument if she could take the pitch of the grunt down from a shriek. I think the ladies have a tougher argument given that our voices pitch higher generally.


    As one could probably tell from my comments in aggregate, I don't have a problem with the grunt in principle.

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    I listened to an interview about this on the BBC that included audio of one of her matches where she's grunting loudly and matches where she didn't.


    I have to say, I do find it a bit excessive. But I think she knows that and I don't think they should HAVE to tell her to knock it off.

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    I can relate. I grunt while commenting on Jezebel. I'm not here to be quiet. I'm here to win COTD. That's it.
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    You'd think they would want to do something - anything - to make tennis more exciting.


    I think the appreciation for the sport could be drowned by the fact that silence must be maintained.

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    06/23/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Grunting doesnt make tennis more exciting.
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    06/23/09

    @Isolationtzar: I would argue that it can be an element of a very exciting tennis package.


    Case in point:


    (No, I am not over his not being able to attempt to defend his title this year. Thank you for asking.)

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    don't the young womenz know that grunting just isn't seemly?
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    The complaints about grunting make no sense to me - when I did martial arts, we were encouraged to be as loud as we needed to be, because it helped to channel force and energy.


    I didn't really buy into that for a while, but I got a hell of a lot louder when I actually learned how to put force behind my kicks and punches. It seems like it would be exactly the same for tennis - all your force is channeled into one particular move or strike.

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    Everyone at the office gives me a hard time about my grunting as I fill in complicated Excel spreadsheets, but you know what? I'm here to win. My grunting is for the better good.
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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    ladies of the world: make whatever noises you need to make, whether it be during sex, tennis, childbirth, etc. *grunts
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    06/23/09

    @axel_f: ...commenting on Jezebel...


    /hehehe

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    06/23/09

    In reply to Larcher De Brito Says She Won't Stop "Grunting"
    This reminds me of that Curb Yr Enthusiasm episode when Larry compares the noises his wife makes while playing tennis to pigs fucking.
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