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Old Mon Jan 10, 2005, 12:29pm
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I am not being little officious. An even better example of terminology that just drives me up the wall is when I hear an official say that the foul was "on the floor." Just what the heck does that mean. Either the foul was against a player in the act of shooting or it wasn't. There is no such thing as an "on the floor" foul.
When I say something is on the floor, I mean that the penalty will be taken on the floor, in other words, it's a throw in. So that's "what the heck" that means.
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Then why don't you say "at the spot" instead of "on the floor"?
Yea, I could. I've never had a problem with "on the floor." I guess when I move to Ohio, I'll have to change my wicked ways, and go with the PC flow.
From my experience you'll want to add more states than just Ohio to that list.

(Personally I have nothing against you saying "on the floor", seems pretty obvious what you mean. But I do like to referee basketball, and shouting "on the floor" would be a way for me to get un-invited from the club. So it's a bit more than PC.)
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