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Old Mon Apr 17, 2017, 05:16am
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Here in Connecticut, that's what we're taught to do in our high school games (only one syllable colors). I'm surprised that the NBA isn't more liberal in their color designations.
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Orange is one syllable, at least the way I say it.

It will be a cold day in hell before I say "purple", however.


When I used to officiate H.S. futbol, we used the actual color because futbol officials were smarter that basketball officials and could pronounce multi-sylable words, .

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