Can this term be banned it's a dopey american acronym, that's makes my blood boil every time I see it used.
Epl? Wtf?
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blake836 said:
A bit like "WFT" then.
Dickhead
I second that
So how did you determine that its an 'American' acronym...
Is it not just an easy to use abbreviation...
Or must we type 'Premier League' each time to satisfy your pet hate?
MUFC
YMCA
ABU
EPL
FA
Dont see nothing wrong with that.
Is it not just an easy to use abbreviation...
Or must we type 'Premier League' each time to satisfy your pet hate?
MUFC
YMCA
ABU
EPL
FA
Dont see nothing wrong with that.
paulengland said:
He's as thick as pig shit, just ignore him. He'll go swinging in a bit.
paulengland said:
He guessed american as thats most likely - as the 'English Premier League' doesn't even exist in England. Its called the 'Premiership' in the country in which it exists so technically its 'P' - you could maybe get away with The English Premiership 'TEP'
So its not the same as MUFC which at least works.
Beevio said:
Cheers saved me explaining it.
It annoys me to mate.
To be fair though it annoys me more how the powers that be keep changing the names of everything - to premiership, championship or whatever. What was wrong with Divisions 1-4. I'm probably guilty of calling league 2 division 2 and league 3 division 4 or whatever, I'm confusing myself already.
To be fair though it annoys me more how the powers that be keep changing the names of everything - to premiership, championship or whatever. What was wrong with Divisions 1-4. I'm probably guilty of calling league 2 division 2 and league 3 division 4 or whatever, I'm confusing myself already.
you can just hear some clueless ESPN comentator using that term.........ugh
Its a league, and Premiership sounds gay.
Premier league sounds much better - even to us english
and if you ask someone on the street who is currently top of the English Premier League - They will say Manchester United. So its common, and certainly not american.
First Division sounds even better.
To suggest it be a banned saying is petty.
Pointless Thread to be honest.
your welcome
Premier league sounds much better - even to us english
and if you ask someone on the street who is currently top of the English Premier League - They will say Manchester United. So its common, and certainly not american.First Division sounds even better.
To suggest it be a banned saying is petty.
Pointless Thread to be honest.
your welcome
i was watching the arsenal v manunited match on FSC and a BRITISH commentator said "welcome to the barclay's english premier league!". it's not just us americans who call it the EPL, you just hate yanks so much that you'll find any stupid retarded insignificant thing to complain to us about. anyways, i love the EPL, isn't the EPL great?, i watch the EPL all the time. go EPL, EPL, EPL!!! yeap, all these complainers and crybabies are making use EPL, and i will use it as much as i can just to piss you off.
paulengland said:Its a league, and Premiership sounds gay.
Premier league sounds much better - even to us english
First Division sounds even better.
To suggest it be a banned saying is petty.
Pointless Thread to be honest.
your welcome
It's so much easier to attack something for being "American", though.
Everyone hates the Americans, right?
Just like "soccer". Besides the fact that the term is English.
choiboyx012 said:
Your a total tit. People like you are the reason the rest of the world despises America.
People like you are the reason retarded bigotry about nationalities hasn't died out yet.blake836 said:
I hope this helps.
jasonrh said:
Long may it continue... Yankee doodle dandy.
It's hardly just down to me America is the most despised and detested nation on earth, I dare say there must be reasons for it.
Yes, involving prejudice and bigotry.blake836 said:
Blacks used to be the most mistreated group in the Western World.
No doubt you would have said 100 years ago that you "dare say there must be reasons for it".
jasonrh said:
You should work for George Bush or Tony Blair mate, Trying to convince people hating the American Government is the same as hating blacks.
Yes despising an imperialist government and people that support it is of course prejudice and bigoted.
Now please go home, pop by the shops on your way, don't forget to consume now.. Good boy.
Why is this so important? Why don't you just concentrate on bloody football rather that how it's called outside England?
Most people outside England call it EPL. It's called EPL, because it's ENGLISH league, and mind you, there are other leagues in the world.
If you really don't like the way it's presented outside England, just don't sell TV license to other countries. Then you can enjoy your "Premiership" as exclusively as possible.
Most people outside England call it EPL. It's called EPL, because it's ENGLISH league, and mind you, there are other leagues in the world.
If you really don't like the way it's presented outside England, just don't sell TV license to other countries. Then you can enjoy your "Premiership" as exclusively as possible.
This is nit-picking of the most juvenile kind. The PL or Premiership is known as just that in England. For the rest of the world, it's known as the English Premier League or EPL for short as, this might be hard for some of you to believe, it's the English Premier League... as opposed to say the Scottish Premier League. Incredible stuff, innit?
Oh, and this was not created by the Americans to piss off the English in the hope of invading them in the near future.
Oh, and this was not created by the Americans to piss off the English in the hope of invading them in the near future.
On a serious note I personally aren't that arsed about what other people call it - I joke around about hating the term 'soccer' and its true I don't like it but I have far larger concerns.
The fact someone is trying to say opposing America or Governments/Elites in general is bigoted though does seriously piss me off.
The fact someone is trying to say opposing America or Governments/Elites in general is bigoted though does seriously piss me off.
Yes, because "opposing" 300 million people due to where they live is a sign of utmost tolerance.
Bush and another countries occupationed are the reason I hate USA.blake836 said:
Other than that, they're ok..
Malaysians called it as EPL, but my adaptation into this forum make me call it Premiership..
jasonrh said:
Who's opposng 300 million people?
People that hate any American based on solely that is ofcourse not good. However to suggest the reasoning is similar to the Western World's treatment of black poeple 100 years ago is naive at very least.
Im in England and call it Premier league not Premiership..
And Blake, your location is Ulster, so you could be steriotyped...
Just like you are seemingly doing to the Americans.
And Blake, your location is Ulster, so you could be steriotyped...
Just like you are seemingly doing to the Americans.
jasonrh said:
I never said I hated the yanks just that I can understand why so many hundreds of millions people around the world do.
blake836 said:
Yeah okay, like us Americans care what you drunken leprechauns have to say. God bless!
and also regarding this topic: cry me a feckin river. Who gets mad at abbreviations?
Oh, that makes it so much better.blake836 said:
This sounds like when tengy was talking about how he sympathised with cultures that felt it "is an honour to kill a gay".
Beevio said:
Wait a sec...imperialist government?
The world hasn't had one of those since the breakup of the British Empire. Surely I could not have missed the establishment of an offical American Colony?
FYI : Using terminology like "dopey american acronym" smacks of xenophobia. Hence the uproar. Another culture doing something differently than yours is not reason to ridicule and undermine that culture. As was already stated, other nations use EPL, too. Does this still make it a dopey american acronym?
Defending yourself by saying "When I say America, I mean the American Government and George W. Bush" is weak because if you substituted either of these terms into your statement it would look ridiculous.
I doubt George W. Bush is aware of English football, EPL or not.
jasonrh said:
He missed the highlights after choking on a pretzel.
Rich irony.Dr. Dwayne said:
I'm eating pretzels right now.
If I choke, I am suing dopey Canadian fortune-tellers.
jasonrh said:
You can start with the infamous Jo-Jo Savard.
Or that freaky noodlehair-looky-likey who is the only recorded case of dying from being stoned on marijuana (I may be lying).
jasonrh said:
An american eating what a surprise....
jasonrh said:Or that freaky noodlehair-looky-likey who is the only recorded case of dying from being stoned on marijuana (I may be lying).
Doug Henning?
He was a politician, of sorts, and a magican. I think he died from cancer.
Very clever.blake836 said:
How dare I be eating at lunchtime.
this topic means Scottish Football Association to me
The origin is Asian, I think. We use EPL here in India too.
Nialler said:
I'm guessing that the words 'Sweet' and 'FA' don't appear in sentences too often over there.