colnagodream
Reged: 06/04/2008
Posts: 325
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When did the British or Great British Team become - Team GB ?? 
Personaly I hate this Americanisim ! nowt against Americans tho'  just do not like this phrase as well as 24/7 7/7, 9/11,ASAP ect  . are we getting too lazy or too much in a hurry to use all the words ? Sorry for the rant!!  nearly red vino time  calm calm  breathe slowly - iiinnn , ooouuuttt !!!!  
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Smokin_Joe
Reged: 09/06/2006
Posts: 1677
Loc: Fishguard
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And in the Tour as well.
Team CSC, Team This, Team That, Phil & Paul were seriously getting on my nerves with that rubbish.
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winegoblin
Reged: 31/03/2007
Posts: 1058
Loc: down yur me anzum
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nowt against Americans tho'
really? I could think of lots more.
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PaulB
Reged: 13/06/2006
Posts: 79
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And when did "Rookie" become part of the English language? It's creeping in via various commentators.
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GilbertPantani98
Reged: 02/04/2008
Posts: 278
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I think its come to the point where if someone wins a gold medal the commentator will shout yee-ha. 
Speaking of this kind of thing I remember listening to a one day cricket match between England and India a few years ago. The commentator (Jonathon agnew) shouted 'Ripper' when an Indian took a wicket only to get a rollocking from his co-commentator who said, 'Your not in Australia now'. I wet myself laughing
Back to the issue, I would prefer it if we said the British team rather than team GB. Its not quite an irritance for me yet but it is a point well made.
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ToneFloat
Reged: 13/08/2007
Posts: 67
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And when did "Rookie" become part of the English language? It's creeping in via various commentators.
Its usage is originally English - first used in print by Rudyard Kipling in 1892, meant to describe raw recruits to the British army.
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visioninlycra
Reged: 20/03/2008
Posts: 71
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i wouln't care if we were called Team Timbuctoo as long as we keep racking up the medals and stuffing it right up all the rest. Marvellous!
emma pooley....what a great tt today and so nearly a gold winning performance until that american (that we've nothing against) nicked it.
C'mon Great Britian, Team GB, The Brits, Cav n Co, whatever. 
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CrazyIvan
Reged: 18/07/2008
Posts: 50
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J-Lo, I-Rod, A-Rod, P-Diddy
It is only a matter of time.
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plymchick
Reged: 17/09/2007
Posts: 135
Loc: World Of My Own
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This Team this, that and the other really annoys me too. Fair enough when its related to Team A and Team B, but when you've got a name I think it should be that first and then the word team. It's too Hollywood for my liking
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johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 455
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Just how old are you guys ?
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1490
Loc: Man of Kent
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All ages. English is a fine language, why avoid using it?
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tonybv9
Reged: 08/10/2007
Posts: 528
Loc: Craggy Island
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The phrase that has me shouting at the telly is:
"That's a big ask."
When did ask become a noun? What's wrong with "That's a lot to ask"?
Oddly enough, it was Hugh Porter that I remember using it first.
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johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 455
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Why resist the chance to update and improve the language ?
Given the resistance shown to updated language and usage we would be without a great many of the current words and phrases used in English, a language which is not only spoken in England !
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 1070
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"Why resist the chance to update and improve the language ?"
Update? Improve? Modernisation for no reason other than to make it easier for idiots to talk nonsense more quickly.
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Bluebeard
Reged: 27/03/2008
Posts: 329
Loc: Brixton innit
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i wouln't care if we were called Team Timbuctoo as long as we keep racking up the medals and stuffing it right up all the rest. Marvellous!
Would that not mean that they were entered into the Olympics as a team not representing Britain, and therefore doing it for the pride of Mali (not a traditional cycling power)?
Personally, I dislike it, though should it not be called Team UK considering that they also officially represent the North (whole other story, one I have no intention of getting into)?
I would hate to hear my "home" team called Team Ireland.
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johnstrac
Reged: 05/11/2006
Posts: 455
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I'm not actually saying I agree with the use of Team GB as a title, I am saying that language has to adapt and evolve over time.
Prithee sir, thou makest a mockery of my ablest verbal leanings.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1490
Loc: Man of Kent
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The BBC has become committed to the Team GB tag on the news on BBC1. However on Radio 4, the British team is described like that, usually.
Perhaps there is some dumbing down going on.
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winegoblin
Reged: 31/03/2007
Posts: 1058
Loc: down yur me anzum
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Prithee sir, thou makest a mockery of my ablest verbal leanings.
that's well buff innit m8
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visioninlycra
Reged: 20/03/2008
Posts: 71
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Idea: why don't we just call ourselves the Cycling Team? Everyone else would know we were from GB
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1490
Loc: Man of Kent
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That only works with stamps and football, unfortunately we didn't invent cycle racing.
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