At the press conferences at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Wisconsin basketball players were having fun trying to confound stenographer Deborah Bollman by employing cryptic jargon to try and trip her up.
Nigel Hayes, a 20-year-old sophomore forward for the Wisconsin Badgers, turns to a teammate and exclaims, “God, she’s lovely,” unaware that his microphone is on.
Nigel is startled to learn that everyone in the room heard him, including Deborah, a 43-year-old ASAP Sports stenographer from Riverside, California. The crowd erupts in laughter.
He then realised what was going on and questioned the throng, “Did you hear that?”
See the complete story. It gets even more funny when Nigel later tweets Deborah to apologise, including a big term for her.
Deborah’s Twitter following increased from around 15 to over 900 over time. She claimed it’s entertaining when the players use language to try to confuse her and it demonstrates how involved they are.
She found Nigel’s joke amusing, but she had no idea how popular it would become in the future.
Sophia, Deborah’s singer-songwriter daughter, tweeted: “I’ve been trying to break out for years and my mum is called lovely by a basketball player and Extra is calling…” akin to what?
Deborah shares her daughter’s amazing singing abilities on social media using her newly found attention.
As a result of Nigel’s error, Deborah has gained Twitter fame. Because of her skill in her job, she has attracted the attention of collegiate basketball stars. For interview transcripts, Deborah types at a rate of more than 300 words per minute.
Deborah is becoming very familiar with Twitter and can no longer maintain her low profile. The basketball players from Wisconsin like to try to confuse the stenographers by using words that might not be in their dictionary, which makes it more difficult for them to type.
Deborah never imagined this would be so significant… huge… great… momentous – in case you needed a few adjectives to describe it. She’s just busy trying to keep up with the excitement on social media.
Deborah shares her daughter’s amazing singing abilities on social media using her newly found attention.
As a result of Nigel’s error, Deborah has gained Twitter fame. Because of her skill in her job, she has attracted the attention of collegiate basketball stars. For interview transcripts, Deborah types at a rate of more than 300 words per minute.
Deborah is becoming very familiar with Twitter and can no longer maintain her low profile. The basketball players from Wisconsin like to try to confuse the stenographers by using words that might not be in their dictionary, which makes it more difficult for them to type.
Deborah never imagined this would be so significant… huge… great… momentous – in case you needed a few adjectives to describe it. She’s just busy trying to keep up with the excitement on social media.
