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Post by Emperor Delbert Gradius on Apr 5, 2024 16:16:24 GMT
Strang to blame?
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Denton
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Post by Denton on Apr 5, 2024 16:34:30 GMT
Monk out
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danielcufc
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Post by danielcufc on Apr 5, 2024 16:42:11 GMT
Whatever happened to Amber? None of the yellows when I was growing up. Come on you U’s 👍
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malotru
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Post by malotru on Apr 5, 2024 18:12:48 GMT
Do we need a rebranding exercise of U’s/Us to appeal to more foreign investors?
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camloyal
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Post by camloyal on Apr 5, 2024 18:52:42 GMT
Worst thing i read is when people describe us as Cambridge in a Cambridge united environment. Sounds almost 3rd person. We're obviously United when on here, writing in the local press etc. only Cambridge when explaining to some fucking brain dead luddite that I support the team closest team to my birth, home and heart
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btb
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Post by btb on Apr 5, 2024 19:58:20 GMT
I refer to us as the yellas but that's a can of worms I'm not willing to open Why? We play in amber surely
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pgtips (lurid)
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Post by pgtips (lurid) on Apr 5, 2024 21:22:08 GMT
I never thought my footer would stir up such discussion! Sort it out!
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foolhandy
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Post by foolhandy on Apr 5, 2024 21:23:09 GMT
At times I am known to mutter "Shitey U's" when referring to the club after a particularly poor result, or episode behind the scenes. It feels like a term of endearment. Always an apostrophe there in my head.
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Sandypants
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Post by Sandypants on Apr 6, 2024 9:05:15 GMT
Grammar is descriptivist rather than prescriptivist, so what we use most often is what is correct.
U's it is.
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Mark of Carnage
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Post by Mark of Carnage on Apr 6, 2024 9:26:29 GMT
I think the officially grammatically correct one is Us - because it's a plural. But it looks weird, like the word 'us'. So I guess the apostrophe is acting like a divider to make it clear that it's the 'yoos', and not the 'us'. Agreed. I think 'Us' is grammatically correct as the 'U' is a proper noun so 'Us' cannot get confused with 'us'. That said, I think in US English acronyms and short one letter words should properly have an apostraphe.That way of doing things has become acceptable in UK English and as language evolves and changes So sod grammatical correctness and use whichever you feel like at the time. The vast majority roll with 'U's' instead of 'Us' anyway and as that is the where we are now so I would also say the language has evolved to 'U's' regardless of official gramatical correctness.
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imp566
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Post by imp566 on Apr 6, 2024 10:38:23 GMT
Where is the good Doctor of Belle Lettres when we need some clarity?
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JoshHuntCUFC
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Post by JoshHuntCUFC on Apr 8, 2024 8:19:46 GMT
I refer to us as the yellas but that's a can of worms I'm not willing to open Why? We play in amber surely Hey, don't force me to open the worm can
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Post by Andrewlang on Apr 8, 2024 10:18:12 GMT
Open it!
Never called us 'Yellas' but equally don't have much of an issue with it. The difference between yellow and amber is pretty minimal to my eye(s) so unless it's a really light straw colour I don't think I really care tbh...and even then the lynfox kit is my favourite and it's about as yellow as they get.
In fact, from memory I'd tend to think we've played in what I would call yellow more often than we've played in what I would call Amber.
Andrew
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imp566
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Post by imp566 on Apr 8, 2024 10:27:25 GMT
If we are going to be pedantic, white was a big colour for us historically, especially in the 60s and into our early FL days.
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Sandypants
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Post by Sandypants on Apr 8, 2024 10:28:26 GMT
Why? We play in amber surely Hey, don't force me to open the worm can The kit in your profile pic clearly has both yellow and amber. How strong can your opinion be?
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