English Time with Yves

 A n unexpected debate about translation and cultural interpretations of English  profanity  has ignited in Spain after Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was  sent off  for verbally abusing a referee . Monday's  mainstream  TV shows, radio phone-ins and the front pages of newspapers and major websites  wrestled  with the concept of Bellingham's  novel  defence that he did not shout "fuck you" at the official, but  merely  "fuck off". Bellingham, 21, was shown a red card in the 1-1  draw    at Osasuna in LaLiga as referee Jose Munuera Montero believed the England forward directed the  foul language  at him. However, Bellingham and his coach Carlo Ancelotti said the official was mistaken. "I'm an English player and when I speak on the  pitch  it's normal that I use expressions that come naturally to me in English," Bellingham told reporters on Saturday. "There was no insult, you can se...

   Watch:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30yQcF5Gtbg We’ve all heard of Blockbuster, the video rental chain that once dominated the market with its thousands of physical locations worldwide. However, do you know how it  fell from grace ? When did the Blockbuster failure story begin? Blockbuster was an American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services. The company was  founded  in 1985 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Throughout the 90s and the early 2000s, Blockbuster was the  renowned  video-rental company in the US.  Let’s  trace  its chronology. In 1988, Blockbuster became the most popular video store chain in the US, with 800 stores. In 1992, it expanded  overseas  and bought video-rental chain Ritz in the UK with 2,800 Blockbuster stores. During early 2000, Blockbuster had over 9,000 stores worldwide and over 45 million registered users. It had an ...