A Chip Off The Old Block
 

Worked a middle school boys game today at my daughter's school. She normally doesn't go to my games (about one per season), but since this was in her school, she stuck around for most of it before disappearing to the band room. Some of her friends asked her why my partner and I kept saying "blue" instead of "purple."

She told them it was because blue was easier to say, and that it was one syllable. I just asked her if she had heard me say that before.

"Is that really the reason?"

Just like her Dad. Talking out of her a$$ and getting it right at the same time.

A few years ago, there was an instruction from above that it has become increasingly acceptable to say two syllables when announcing colors. The older officials in the room cringed.

If I can, I say "purple" instead of "blue." It's not that hard to spit out two syllables, and besides, purple is NOT blue (says the guy whose tax dollars goes to a purple-wearing school). If I have a partner than insists on one syllable, I'll conform for the sake of the team, but otherwise, I'd rather be accurate.

Last year, I had a partner in my age bracket who insisted on "blue" instead of "purple." Strangely enough, it was the HOME (white) team that asked me why we were saying "blue." I'd had to resist the urge of replying, "ask my partner." :D

I said "burgandy" once this year. If two, why not three??

A young official just did too.

:eek: And again, although cringe might be an understatement...

We had a team in an independent league many years ago which wore this color. One official said burgundy, while another said maroon. I still said "red."

Take A Right ...
 

Well the first part is right. Not sure about the second part.

What Vintage ???
 

We're discussing basketball, not what you order at the bar.

I don't see referees being asked to confirm school colors to make sure that we are correctly identifying each team.

I'm not giving the ball to "caribean green" :)

Because of my color-blindness I will often confirm with my partner(s) what colors we are calling the teams. Never once in my 12 seasons of officiating has a single person ever called a team by a 2-syllable color.

The only change I've made in 26 years is that I do not call "orange" red anymore.

If I'm the R, pink is white if their opponent is red. If opponent something other than red, then pink is red.

Purple is blue. Schools choosing purple for a color must suffer. They brought it on themselves.

Orange is red. Esp those nuts that wear the Texas burnt orange. Fugly.

Yellow is always Gold.

:D

This. If their feelings get hurt when I say "blue" instead of "purple," they have problems beyond my pay grade.

What does being the R have to do with anything?

Pink is pink. It's one syllable. We had one of these this year, it was perfectly easy to say pink.

Pink is not on my color palette.

Red/Green/Blue/White/Black/Gold.

I don't do Brown either.

Did you nickname her "That Girl"?