Okay, so this is a personal rant, but the official name for the infraction is "offside", not "offsides" Way too many people - coaches, referees and TV commentators included - get it wrong! For example they'll say, "the play was stopped because the player was offsides", or "Jim, watch out, you're offsides". No, it was called offside, the player was offside. How can people make this mistake? As importantly, how do they describe multiple offside infractions? "Boy, there were lots of offsideses called in that game" Just a pet peeve, but a big one - is it just me??
Ignorance and laziness. BTW, JMMUSA8 has a petition before the FIFA board to officially change it to "offsides", because that's all he knows how to say.
American football calls their infraction offsides. UEFA and other media also count the number of offsides. Lots of passed on ignorance.
Re: Re: Why do so many people call it "offsides" damn straight I do! But seriously, I don't find it too annoying because I watch the game, not listen for screw ups in the commentating.
Actually I think in American football it is also offside, without the (s), but also mispronounced by commentators, etc. Personally, it does not bother me as much as someone yelling "That is offside" on a throw-in.
I say offsides just to piss off anal-retentive people.... when people are talking about "what a fine pitch" I also love calling it a "great soccer field."
why does anybody care? Really, isn't the whole purpose of words and language to communicate ideas? And I don't think anybody gets confused by the use of "offsides" as opposed to "offside". And finally, nobody who voted for GW Bush has any standing to criticize those who say "offsides" Thank you and have a splendiforous day.
It's probably those same damn people that say "Need anything, I'm goin' over to the Wal-Marts". That bugs me even more...
you know what? 'i could care less' lol. many ppl say that, hell i said it for years until my dad corrected me.
agreed. If you are a ref, it is always safer to call the player offside and take "a little" criticism, rather than let the play continue and risk a game deciding goal....
Is this the best you can do for a thread? Does it really matter if it is called "offside" or "offsides"? Talk about being picky. If you want to be that picky then why do Americans say "alright" instead of "all right" and "neighbor" instead of "neighbour"? If this is the biggest issue in refereeing then we are really doing it right. Crowdie
Never said it was a "big issue"... Just venting my frustration - why wouldn't you want to say it correctly? I dont think that's picky or anal retentive. Crowdie, I think how things are spelt is a different issue that calling something by the incorrect name. BTW, did you see that Van Neselray scored a goals for Mun U the other day against that Brazlian teams? Too bad he was offsides that other time. Yeh right
Maybe it has something to do with terms like "in bounds" or "out of bounds"? There is somewhat of an analog in that there's a inbound pass, but when you are out of bounds, you are outside the single boundary of the playing field, which usually contains multiple bound(arie)s. Another comparison is this: how can someone have you in his sights? People only have one sight, right? Rifles typically only have one sight, as well. Who knows? Why fight it? I agree that it's not really a spelling error, but there are some words (including my last name) and phrases to which people love to add an extra "s". And, if bad grammar or poor spelling are sensitive topics for you, you are probably well-advised to stay far away from BigSoccer. The posters there, there some of the worst, with there spelling. Definately.
We are not the French who have a language committee determining what the unwashed masses can say when communicating in the French language. Why do we use multiple words for the same meaning like the one listed below? And there are more still to this one example. Do you only use the first one? Yes Yeah Yup Yep Uh-huh
Only American football players say, "There sure were a lot of offsideses called in that game." Soccer players, being more intelligent, use the latin term, "There certainly were a large number of offsidae detected in that match."
I just wish... I just wish that my biggest problem in life was some people putting an improper "s" on a word. This whole thread should be filed in the "Who gives a flying whatever?" section of BS and the OP should go out and get a life.