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dipsydoodle

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3. I'm not really into football

Reply to SwissTony (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2013, 06:30 PM

Jun 2013

but isn't it just the same as only referring to our clubs by name in the same manner i.e. Liverpool striker, Chelsea defender etc.

Maybe its simplicity for international tv coverage.

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Bugbear: English football commentators using nouns in place of adjectives [View all] SwissTony Jun 2013 OP

Do commentators from other countries do this or is an England thing? non sociopath skin Jun 2013 #1

Seems to be only the English. SwissTony Jun 2013 #2

non sociopathic skin and SwitzerlandTony use nouns as adjectives differently! muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #4

Intentionally so, on my part. non sociopath skin Jun 2013 #7

In Australia, we hear references to "batters" in cricket broadcasts. Matilda Jun 2013 #5

I'm not really into football dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #3

Yeah, but being a "Liverpool striker" SwissTony Jun 2013 #8

Rules concerning exactly which players were elligible to play for national teams dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #6

Back in the day... oldironside Jun 2013 #9