[Devils-list] "we" "us" - since when are you on the team?

[WORLOK]

Well that's the thing (RE: My other message explaining it), I cringe
when I say it for the opposite reason, b/c my anal retentive buddy
lambasts me so much and he hates it so much that he gave me a complex
over it.

--TC


David White wrote:
> 
> Yeah I cringe too, but my roomie does it all the time and I've sorta
> adopted it.  Even though I cringe when i say it...
> 
> On Sun, 6 May 2001, WORLOK wrote:
> 
> > I know I'm gonna get it for this, but I HAVE to say SOMETHING.
> >
> > In reading posts here I see every other message people saying "we
> > scored" and "they scored on us" etc... Since when are you guys on the
> > team?  Yeah, fans, but NOT Devils team members.   And please don't give
> > me stuff about team spirit and all that, because you aren't on the team.
> >
> > Its "the Devils scored" or "Toronto scored on them (or the Devs)".
> >
> > Sorry, but I can't be the only one who cringes when mere fans talk/write
> > like they are actually on the team and play the games.
> >
> >
> > No hard feelings though, and it's your right to talk like that if you
> > want and I won't complain anymore since I'm sure it won't do any good
> > anyway.  I guess I'm just really pissed about how this series is going
> > and the razzing we at work are gonna get from our field guys in the
> > Toronto area.
> >
> >
> > ---tom---
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