"Ball! Ball! Ball!" revisited

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

No, of course I would not tell them in that situation. And the difference is about 14,960 people. In a small gym with about 40 people in it, 5 guys screaming "Ball! Ball! Ball!" makes the game less than enjoyable. So I stopped it.

And you mention that I should not be a prude and let them have fun. I did let them have fun. In my post, I told about what they did after they stopped the stupid yelling. They had a blast. They cheered for the girls and did wheelbarrow races. It was so much better after I told them to knock it off.

So I was able to discontinue obnoxious behavior and I allowed the positive supportive behavior. Is there really anything wrong with that?

Chuck [/B]

Well, you have a right to your opinion. I think you open yourself up for other problems trying to stop something like that yourself. And if you want that to stop, what else are you trying to stop them from saying? As long the players did not have a problem with it, or their actions were not personal, I personally do not have a problem. But to each his own I guess.

Peace

[daves]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter

Never heard either of these. The first one sounds like a mixed-up game of Duck-Duck-Goose.

BTW, my school is very creative with their cheers. The two main ones:

(1) During player intros, announcer will say (for visitors): #12, John Smith, to which the students will automatically reply "sucks!"

(2) Whenever the refs get a call right, but the crowd (in their infinite rules knowledge) thinks it's wrong, out comes the 'bovine scatology' chant.

Don't get me started on my high school.

When I was in HS way back in those hip 70's There were 2 things the fans did that I particularly liked. When we played our cross town rival, during the player introductions for the visitor, all the students would have a newspaper and they would pretend to be reading the paper when the rivals were introduced. The other thing is that all the students would turn their backs when the other team was being introduced.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by daves
When I was in HS way back in those hip 70's There were 2 things the fans did that I particularly liked. When we played our cross town rival, during the player introductions for the visitor, all the students would have a newspaper and they would pretend to be reading the paper when the rivals were introduced.

Our cross-town rival would do that to us (even when we were at home). It usually prompted our fans to joke that they were just pretending - they didn't know how to read .

[crew]

Originally posted by DrakeM
Well,
Us Utahn's cain't do notin else what normal high skool kids do () so we got to make up them thar funny cheers.

YOU TAW, never heard of that place, is it in northern 'bama. yaw got basketball way up yonder. gohlly.

[DrakeM]

That seems to be the consensus around the country.
"Utah? what kind of basketball is there to ref there?"
"must not be any good"

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by crew
YOU TAW, never heard of that place, is it in northern 'bama. yaw got basketball way up yonder. gohlly.

tony, your southern is rusty. the correct way to say "northern" in southern is "nawthun". A person who comes from the north is therefore a "nawthunnuh", or more simply a "damn Yankee!" Also, there's no such word as "yaw". It's "y'all". Just trying to be helpful.

Chuck

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

tony, your southern is rusty. the correct way to say "northern" in southern is "nawthun". A person who comes from the north is therefore a "nawthunnuh", or more simply a "damn Yankee!" Also, there's no such word as "yaw". It's "y'all". Just trying to be helpful.

Chuck

Nawthunnuh sounds like something a Red Sox fan might say,
but of course such a person would never be so kind as to
merely say "damn Yankees".

[ChuckElias]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dan_ref

Nawthunnuh sounds like something a Red Sox fan might say,

Hmmmmm, you may be right. Maybe the southern way to say it would be "Nah"thunnuh. That doesn't really sound right, though. I think I'll stick with my original pronunciation.

Try to hear Vivian Leigh say it in your head. I think I came pretty close.

Chuck

[DrakeM]

Chuck,
I knew Vivian Leigh. Vivian Leigh was a good friend of mine.
And Chuck, your are no Vivian Leigh!

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by DrakeM
Chuck,
I knew Vivian Leigh. Vivian Leigh was a good friend of mine.
And Chuck, your are no Vivian Leigh!

Howabout Butterfly McQueen?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Dan_ref

Howabout Butterfly McQueen?

Howabout howler monkeys yelling, "I don't know nothing 'bout readin' no rules!"


BTW - although I have not been in the South very much, I was in Nashville last summer for a trade show and discovered that the plural of y'all is all-y'all.

I'm not sure of the spelling, however.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett
BTW - although I have not been in the South very much, I was in Nashville last summer for a trade show and discovered that the plural of y'all is all-y'all.

I'm not sure of the spelling, however.

My chem TA is from Tennessee, and she actually writes y'all in e-mails when she sends us messages.

In the latest one, she spelled the word "yall" - no apostrophe.

[rockyroad]

My former principal at the school where I teach was a short, rotund lady of Chinese ancestry, who was born and raised in Texas...she graduated from Texas A & M - to hear "y'all" and "gig 'em" coming out of that round little face was too much - she even had the drawl! It was great!! Went over really well up here in Washington State...

[fisherj]

The worst thing is when one of the officials in our association had a crowd of students from the winning home team chant his name. The visiting team will no longer allow this official to work any games from any sport.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by DrakeM
Chuck,
I knew Vivian Leigh. Vivian Leigh was a good friend of mine.
And Chuck, your are no Vivian Leigh!

I am very glad to hear that, to be honest. As is my wife!

Chuck