The Vent Thread is here!

[bordelais7]

Vent: Jim Rome

[MomOf8]

Originally Posted by Aerick

That just happens to be the best place to pick it! What are we supposed to do? Blow our noses!?!? If you can clear your nose by blowing it into tissue, you've got wussy buggers!! Nothing like a good pick or farmers blow.

You are a FREAK!!!!! :signfreak ROFL

[Deuce]

Originally Posted by Rover

4. Britishisms. Save me from the faux Brit stuff like pitch, manager, and boots--except in jest or to mock. I'll allow for kit since it's ubiquitous now, but it's really a uniform.

That should get it going.

Have at it!

I agree with most of your post Rover especially the proper grammar. I am by no means a good example for proper and correct usage, however I do aspire to this.

I am a late arrival to this thread... I am biased because I spent a great deal of time in England watching the sport. I had a limited exposure to Soccer before I moved to England. I followed MLS loosely and I never actually played any organised soccer. Other than the lads going to the pub for lunch organising a shirts and skins match after work.

I will admit that as compared to some on this forum I am relatively new to the sport. So most of my exposure to the sport came while I was was in England.
But that exposure was a total immersion and many things were ingrained, things I will not easily give up.

I only call it soccer now because I get tired of people attempting to correct me, and the ensueing discussions that generally make me forget my original point anyway.
So in the interest of brevity I accept the American title for it but when I say soccer I really mean football or footy. I really enjoyed Ray Hudson calling it football in the Chicago match. It actually made me feel I was watching a proper English match.

I digress.

My point I suppose is that I applaud the effort by some to use the correct terminology when referring to the sport that I have come to love.

Just because it is European does not make it wrong, and just because it is American does not make it right. Tough concept for some I know.

In all honesty, most times I don't even notice when people use incorrect or American terminology to refer to the sport, unless they say goalie, that one really winds me up.
What I do notice is when people say that people are wrong or Eurosnobs for using the correct terminology. That I suppose it what winds me up more than anything.

I love the sport and it really boils down to what had the most influence on you becoming a supporter and fan of the sport.

So I say use whatever terminology you are comfortable with using... Unless you say goalie... It is keeper or goalkeeper...

[Aerick]

Originally Posted by MomOf8

You are a FREAK!!!!! :signfreak ROFL

Yes, I know. 😉

[Rover]

Originally Posted by Deuce

I agree with most of your post Rover especially the proper grammar. I am by no means a good example for proper and correct usage, however I do aspire to this.

I am a late arrival to this thread... I am biased because I spent a great deal of time in England watching the sport. I had a limited exposure to Soccer before I moved to England. I followed MLS loosely and I never actually played any organised soccer. Other than the lads going to the pub for lunch organising a shirts and skins match after work.

I will admit that as compared to some on this forum I am relatively new to the sport. So most of my exposure to the sport came while I was was in England.
But that exposure was a total immersion and many things were ingrained, things I will not easily give up.

I only call it soccer now because I get tired of people attempting to correct me, and the ensueing discussions that generally make me forget my original point anyway.
So in the interest of brevity I accept the American title for it but when I say soccer I really mean football or footy. I really enjoyed Ray Hudson calling it football in the Chicago match. It actually made me feel I was watching a proper English match.

I digress.

My point I suppose is that I applaud the effort by some to use the correct terminology when referring to the sport that I have come to love.

Just because it is European does not make it wrong, and just because it is American does not make it right. Tough concept for some I know.

In all honesty, most times I don't even notice when people use incorrect or American terminology to refer to the sport, unless they say goalie, that one really winds me up.
What I do notice is when people say that people are wrong or Eurosnobs for using the correct terminology. That I suppose it what winds me up more than anything.

I love the sport and it really boils down to what had the most influence on you becoming a supporter and fan of the sport.

So I say use whatever terminology you are comfortable with using... Unless you say goalie... It is keeper or goalkeeper...

All good points.

Please understand that I am not particularly serious about this. You can call it calcio, so long as you support the sport!

To clarify my point about the faux Brit stuff, the key word is faux. Some announcers adopt the Brit terms to sound like they know more than they do. Some fans use the terms and belittle Americans who have the audicity to call a field, well, a field. It's the deliberate posing that bothers me.

I myself learned the game in London as a kid several decades ago, and have carried both sets of terms around with me ever since. Using the terms you initially learned is not faux--it's natural. If someone who learned the sport in Latin America wants to call it futbol, that makes perfect sense. But if it's adopted to sound self-counsciously hip, it annoys me.

Remember, this is just venting. Beefier than a whine (or whinge, if you want), but not strong enough for a rant.

[Merrill]

Originally Posted by Rover

If someone who learned the sport in Latin America wants to call it futbol, that makes perfect sense.

Right, rather than bother learning the terms of those goofy english folks who invented the game, we probably ought to learn the terms of those who perfected it. Let's all start calling in Futebol. It's not a field, it's a Campo, not a Goalkeeper or any of that crap, it's a Goleiro. And when a goal is scored, we better all be yelling "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"

So it's settled then.

(Yes, I have a Yellow jersey in my closet 😉, too bad it doesn't fit anymore)