Black Jerseys

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by snaqwells

i call it red.

+1

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

So, anyone ever change orange to anything else?

I call it "red."

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Not to take away from the black/white jersey, but I had a team wearing orange jerseys for the first time I can ever remember the other day. Surprising, as I've been doing this for almost a decade, but I couldn't think of another.

Anyway, any of you call orange anything but orange? Every other color I see gets a one-syllable color. Purple is "blue", burgundy is "red", yellow is "gold", chartreuse is, well, whatever it's close to (isn't that greenish?).

So, anyone ever change orange to anything else?

I say "orange" as close to one syllable as possible.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I say "orange" as close to one syllable as possible.

When I called in South Carolina, even "red" was two syllables for most of my partners, so I guess it shouldn't be that much trouble to say "orng"...

I suggested red to my partners as suggested above, but they didn't like it. No biggee, but good to see others thinking my way.

[26 Year Gap]

Don't tell me...the partner lives in Namby-Pamby Land, right?

[Andy]

A buddy of mine is from England, now lives here and married a woman from the United States. She is very politically correct.

First time he takes her to England to meet his friends and family, he introduces her to his best friend who happens to be black.

After chatting for a few minutes, she giggles and the friend asks what's funny?

She says, "Oh, nothing, I have just never heard an African-American with an English accent before."

He looks at her kind of funny and says.....



"I'm neither African or American.....I was born here in the UK!"

[piaa_ump]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

When I called in South Carolina, even "red" was two syllables for most of my partners,

THAT WOULD BE "RAY-EDD"...... for those of you who need a translator....

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by piaa_ump

THAT WOULD BE "RAY-EDD"...... for those of you who need a translator....

My HS had a Tennessean US history teacher who would come into class, tell the students that the topic of the day was "farm policy" and proceed to discuss Kissinger and Nixon's trip to China.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Not to take away from the black/white jersey, but I had a team wearing orange jerseys for the first time I can ever remember the other day. Surprising, as I've been doing this for almost a decade, but I couldn't think of another.

Anyway, any of you call orange anything but orange? Every other color I see gets a one-syllable color. Purple is "blue", burgundy is "red", yellow is "gold", chartreuse is, well, whatever it's close to (isn't that greenish?).

So, anyone ever change orange to anything else?

I'm fairly sure I just mash it into a single syllable.

I have had a player wearing yellow correct me when I called it gold.

"Yes, but that's two syllables."