Americans using English terms.

But "hoops" has a specific meaning, stripes that are horizontal. I guess you could just say "horizontal stripes" (especially since it doesn't come up in conversation very often), but this one isn't nearly as affected as some others, IMO. In fact, I'm not sure that it's specifically British.

I had never, ever heard "hoops" used to describe "horizontal stripes" until I first heard Celtic described as "The Hoops".

Oddly enough, the phrase used to describe horizontal strips was "horizontal stripes" with everyone I knew growing up. The only people I've heard using "hoops" have been soccer fans, who, as we all know, are trying desperately to be British.

u saying knickers twisted makes me want to introduce your head to the backside of my hand

You should probably see someone about that.

hahaha im good, just sayin

1-nil is easier to say than 1-zero. therefore, it is more american to do so.

Then why doesn't anyone do it for sports other than soccer?

Maybe it's viewed as the proper language for that specific sport, like calling the score 30-love in tennis.

Or saying 'manager' instead of 'head coach' in baseball.

I've heard ESPN guys who normally are not linked with soccer say "nil" when doing soccer highlights; that's probably what they are thinking: that it is "proper" terminology for the sport. I agree that it's not; it's just Br.E and not soccer-specific.

That idea was debunked earlier in the thread. "Nil" is a British usage not specific to soccer.

Actually, it's more typical to say 1-nothing.

It's funny I go to DCU games all the time and I rarely if ever hear these English colloquial terms being thrown around. I guess they're all at home watching EPL on tv.

Full disclaimer, I am a huge fan of the Bundesliga. I studied in Germany college and that's where I learned to appreciate the game. From my experience German soccer fans have a lot more respect for Americans who support our domestic league instead of complaining how it isn't "good enough".

Wow this thread sure has a lot of pace.

Because soccer is the only foreign sport that we play in large numbers?

On and somewhere theres a thread on a british board about creeping Americanisms in their languages, based off music, movies and television.

ye lets just do that...

Well, sure. Jewelz wasn't saying that "nil" was and is a soccer-specific terminology, but that it might be viewed that way by people who have only seen EPL or British coverage of other European leagues, and made the assumption that there is a specific terminology for things, like 30-love in tennis.

Right, I get that. They use it because they think something that isn't true, out of ignorance.

I think we're all on the same page then. The post just sounded like you were correcting something that wasn't said. It's all good.

Cool, sorry I wasn't clearer.

Is it OK to use British terminology just to antagonize people who get upset by it?

Sure. Unless you're a grownup, then no.

Grownups need to have fun too mate.

Grownups know how fun gratuitous douchebaggery isn't.

I love how willing you are to humourlessly die on this (tiny, tiny) hill.

I love how you have to post, no matter how little you have to say.