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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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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.
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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./quote]
Then why don't you say "at the spot" instead of "on the floor"?
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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.
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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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How about "White, 33, block, red ball!" Does that work?
Btw, let's not kid ourselves about PC. Of course it's PC. Anytime I do something or say something just because that's how I'm told to, and I'm avoiding rocking the boat because I want to move up, that's PC. It's not PC in the red-state-blue-state way, but it's still PC.