Quick Look: FIFA Soccer 13 (Wii U)

@Trilogy said:

@ErEl said:

@Trilogy said:

Look at all these silly Brits get their panties in a bunch. So entertaining.

You're over reacting.

No, I'm pointing out how some of you are totally overreacting. The English language is logically flawed in many areas. Anytime people get upset about someone criticizing English for it's loopholes and double meaning words, I just sort of chuckle. Especially when people are pompous about it. "We made it, it's our language! You can't tell us how to speak!" You're right. It is your language and a lot of the world speaks it. It doesn't make it any less logically flawed. To be quite honest, we (native speakers) shouldn't get uptight on the issue. Oh, and aren't you guys known for loving to "take the piss out of each other" from time to time? You can handle it. Especially consider the shit I have to read about Americans on a daily basis... you'll live, my friend. You'll live.

Exactly, your paragraph long point (and yes I did read the whole thing proves that) proves my point. You're no different to those few Brits you highlighted and made a generalisation out of. They're no different to Jeff Gerstmann, an American, who kept ranting on throughout the video, by saying things like "this is what aggrevates me about British English". But it's no big deal.

Can one of our European friends explain why goalies wear different uniforms from the rest of the team? This is something I've always wondered.

@ErEl said:

@Trilogy said:

@ErEl said:

@Trilogy said:

Look at all these silly Brits get their panties in a bunch. So entertaining.

You're over reacting.

No, I'm pointing out how some of you are totally overreacting. The English language is logically flawed in many areas. Anytime people get upset about someone criticizing English for it's loopholes and double meaning words, I just sort of chuckle. Especially when people are pompous about it. "We made it, it's our language! You can't tell us how to speak!" You're right. It is your language and a lot of the world speaks it. It doesn't make it any less logically flawed. To be quite honest, we (native speakers) shouldn't get uptight on the issue. Oh, and aren't you guys known for loving to "take the piss out of each other" from time to time? You can handle it. Especially consider the shit I have to read about Americans on a daily basis... you'll live, my friend. You'll live.

Exactly, your paragraph long point (and yes I did read the whole thing proves that) proves my point. You're no different to those few Brits you highlighted and made a generalisation out of. They're no different to Jeff Gerstmann, an American, who kept ranting on throughout the video, by saying things like "this is what aggrevates me about British English". But it's no big deal.

Except I'm not the one complaining about people using the English language "improperly" i.e. differently than I do. I'm not like Jeff and I'm not like the people who got upset. With the exception of straight up broken english, I could care less about going out of my way to correct people. That's my fucking point. You know, the one you claimed to see but somehow totally missed. I didn't make a generalization out of anyone. I was referring to the people posting who got all riled up over it. It's a jab. Maybe I twisted the knife a little but again, but it's all in good fun. At least it should be. Nobody is insulting each others intelligence here. You want me to be fair about it? I think it's just as silly that Jeff gets riled up about british people speaking english in the way they do. The whole world is culturally diverse in some pretty substantial and amazing ways. More so than simple spelling variations or what the standard for plural or singular possessive grammar is.

@Trilogy said:

@ErEl said:

@Trilogy said:

@ErEl said:

@Trilogy said:

Look at all these silly Brits get their panties in a bunch. So entertaining.

You're over reacting.

No, I'm pointing out how some of you are totally overreacting. The English language is logically flawed in many areas. Anytime people get upset about someone criticizing English for it's loopholes and double meaning words, I just sort of chuckle. Especially when people are pompous about it. "We made it, it's our language! You can't tell us how to speak!" You're right. It is your language and a lot of the world speaks it. It doesn't make it any less logically flawed. To be quite honest, we (native speakers) shouldn't get uptight on the issue. Oh, and aren't you guys known for loving to "take the piss out of each other" from time to time? You can handle it. Especially consider the shit I have to read about Americans on a daily basis... you'll live, my friend. You'll live.

Exactly, your paragraph long point (and yes I did read the whole thing proves that) proves my point. You're no different to those few Brits you highlighted and made a generalisation out of. They're no different to Jeff Gerstmann, an American, who kept ranting on throughout the video, by saying things like "this is what aggrevates me about British English". But it's no big deal.

Except I'm not the one complaining about people using the English language "improperly" i.e. differently than I do. I'm not like Jeff and I'm not like the people who got upset. With the exception of straight up broken english, I could care less about going out of my way to correct people. That's my fucking point. You know, the one you claimed to see but somehow totally missed. I didn't make a generalization out of anyone. I was referring to the people posting who got all riled up over it. It's a jab. Maybe I twisted the knife a little but again, but it's all in good fun. At least it should be. Nobody is insulting each others intelligence here. You want me to be fair about it? I think it's just as silly that Jeff gets riled up about british people speaking english in the way they do. The whole world is culturally diverse in some pretty substantial and amazing ways. More so than simple spelling variations or what the standard for plural or singular possessive grammar is.

I agree with you there though. I couldn't care less, either.

@TheEvilCory said:

The thing about Arsenal is they always try and walk it in.

Brilliant reference.

@KevinK: So you can tell the differences between the Goalie and the outfield players. As the goalie is the only person to use his hands to save the ball within the penalty box.

Haha, everyone gets so caremad in the comments every time they do one of these. Priceless.

'Has' is a single term as in 'He has something'.

It can't be used collectively as in 'They has something'.

Instead when spoken collectively you use 'have' as in 'They have something'.

Soccer is a team game and as such when a team have possession of the ball its referred to them Having the ball since you can't Has-ing the ball.

If the commentator says 'Arsenal have the ball' it makes sense, Since Arsenal are a team of 11 players.

If he were to say that 'Giroud have the ball' that would be wrong since there is only one of him and not a team of him. So it should be then 'Giroud has the ball'.

It's simple English that Americans have obviously forgotten over the last few hundred years :P

It doesn't matter, well except the fact that Jeff is wrong lol

Sounds like Jeff would be into indoor soccer.