only acceptable connotation is in relation to precipitation, as in "it looks like it's fixin' to rain"

Bucky wrote:only acceptable connotation is in relation to precipitation, as in "it looks like it's fixin' to rain"

nah, switch tipped you to old Country Joe's tune:

"there's about 300,000 of you fuckers out there - I want you to start singin'!"

In the soccer thread, there is too much British language. The Game is soccer, not footie. Writing a team are something is wrong. For example, "Stoke are bad" isn't correct.

Pace is a dumb British term. A guy is fast. He's doesn't have pace.

Kit. WTF. It's a damn uniform.

Clean sheets. That's what you want on your bed. A shutout, that's what you want in soccer.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

http://www.grammarcheck.net/british-vs- ... n-english/

smitty wrote:In the soccer thread, there is too much British language. The Game is soccer, not footie. Writing a team are something is wrong.

I believe they are "clubs", smitty.

I'll tell ya another thing I hate about the soccer: *shakes fist angrily* I can never tell who the home team is when I see a game listed! I thought it was HOME vs AWAY (unlike the usual AWAY vs HOME in the big four leagues), but that doesn't seem to be consistent everywhere. For example, I see "Union vs Orlando FC" and figure it's a home game for Philly, then I see two other clubs and the second one is the host. Get on the same page, people!

anal fissures, sigh

smitty wrote:In the soccer thread, there is too much British language. The Game is soccer, not footie. Writing a team are something is wrong. For example, "Stoke are bad" isn't correct.

Pace is a dumb British term. A guy is fast. He's doesn't have pace.

Kit. WTF. It's a damn uniform.

Clean sheets. That's what you want on your bed. A shutout, that's what you want in soccer.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

http://www.grammarcheck.net/british-vs- ... n-english/

And what's this with stupid tables? Tables are what I put my paper on to read the standings.

smitty wrote:In the soccer thread, there is too much British language.

Agree

smitty wrote:The Game is soccer, not footie.

Agree

smitty wrote:Writing a team are something is wrong. For example, "Stoke are bad" isn't correct.

Disagree

smitty wrote:Pace is a dumb British term. A guy is fast. He's doesn't have pace.

Disagree

smitty wrote:Kit. WTF. It's a damn uniform.

Agree

smitty wrote:Clean sheets. That's what you want on your bed. A shutout, that's what you want in soccer.

Disagree

Jerz, do you believe Stoke is plural?

Americans don't use the word pace to mean speedy.

I've never heard an American in real life call a shutout a clean sheet. I could be wrong.

smitty wrote:Jerz, do you believe Stoke is plural?

Americans don't use the word pace to mean speedy.

I've never heard an American in real life call a shutout a clean sheet. I could be wrong.

It took me a few years to get used to, but at this point I usually say "Liverpool are playing well so far today" or "Liverpool are as good at defending corners as Donald Trump is at speaking coherently" rather than "Liverpool is...". I dunno if the difference is American vs. British grammar treatment of collective nouns, but I think I came to accept it because place names are used as shorthand for the full name of the team in a way they are not in the US. You say Stoke to talk about the team, whereas in American sports you'd likely refer to them as the Stoke City Potters or just the Potters. If I was talking about yesterday's sporting events I'd say Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Crystal Palace and the Phillies beat the Braves 5-2. I wouldn't say the Reds lost 2-1 to the Eagles, and I wouldn't say Philadelphia beat Atlanta 5-2. You say "the Phillies are doing better than expected" rather than "the Phillies is doing..." when you talk about the team. It works for me to do the same with the soccer team names. I dunno if that's the reason why they go with are over is, but I'm comfortable with it.

Saying a guy has a lot of pace or was beaten for pace is an understandable concept to me even though I'd never say it about a wide receiver or center fielder. I'm fine with it.

And I think clean sheet is used to describe shutouts in American soccer as well.

I dislike attempts to call soccer "football" or derivatives of the word because we have a football here and it's fat dudes trying to kill each other for my entertainment.

I learned British from watching Monty Python. I also spent quite a bit of time talking to Brits in England and other places. I rarely use my mad British speaking skills. It is fun though.

What's with all these owls in commercials , Don't want to see them any more.

smitty wrote:What's with all these owls in commercials , Don't want to see them any more.

There is an owl that lives in my neighborhood. I hear him all the time when walking my dog first thing in the morning and saw him for the first time the other day. He was strikingly large.

smitty wrote:What's with all these owls in commercials , Don't want to see them any more.

Oi!

Problematic. Using that word makes no sense. Too many syllables. Vague meaning. There are many very fine substitutes. I don't like that word.

Harrumph.

im too old to stay up for extra innings

How old do you have to be to be considered an old man? And none of this your as old as you feel stuff.

curveball wrote:How old do you have to be to be considered an old man? And none of this your as old as you feel stuff.

When you start to make pained noises standing up from your chair...so as old as you feel, I suppose.

curveball wrote:How old do you have to be to be considered an old man? And none of this your as old as you feel stuff.

When you start to consider how useful it would be to own a fanny pack.

TenuredVulture wrote:

curveball wrote:How old do you have to be to be considered an old man? And none of this your as old as you feel stuff.

When you start to consider how useful it would be to own a fanny pack.

i started crossbody strapping one over the shoulder/chest when I was 17 while in Europe. Still do it whenever I travel over there. I'm pretty close to just doing it in America too, accessories can really weigh down a light pair of pants. It's a man purse, i accept it. I rock it