Dan Patrick

:For the radio political commentator and author of the same name see Dan Patrick (radio host)

"En fuego"

Patrick told about the following at the ESPN25 Silver Anniversary Spectacular.

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In 1994, when calling the highlights for a game in which Marv Albert described Sam Cassell as being "on fire", Dan Patrick said he was "el fuego", which he thought was Spanish for "on fire". A few months later, he received a letter from a Spanish teacher in Pennsylvania suggesting that he say that athletes are "en fuego" (on fire) rather than "el fuego" (the fire). Since then, Patrick has used "en fuego" on certain occasions when a player is said to be "on fire". Note that "en fuego" is an Anglicism in Spanish, since it is a literal translation from English, and other translations would be more fitting, e.g. prendido. Note that the phrase "en fuego" is also used by James Cramer.

Related Topics:
1994 - Marv Albert - Sam Cassell - Spanish - Anglicism - James Cramer

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