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polak · 03-23-2015, 03:33 PM

I was just creeping HF and saw they had a pretty interesting thread on this matter.

When you are referring to your teams, do you use "We", as in, "We beat Edmonton 20-0" or do you use "They", as in, "They beat Edmonton 20-0"?

It's a pretty hot button issue over there so I'm wondering what you guys think?

Personally, I use "we" and "them" interchangeably. I'm a Calgarian, who pays money to support the CALGARY Flames so personally, I think geography alone dictates that saying "we" is fine. The Flames represent our city just like the Athletes who represent Canada in the Olympics. When people talk about how many medals their country won they say "we have x medals". I don't think it's any different. I'm not going to say "I" won the cup, but CALGARY sure could have and I'm from Calgary so "we" would work.

Then there's also the fact that sports teams encourage fandom and passion like almost nothing else out there and one thing that is for sure is that players, coaches, managers, even owners come and go. But the Fans are usually there forever. That alone might justify saying "we".

03-23-2015, 03:33 PM	#1
polak In the Sin Bin Join Date: Aug 2012 Exp:	"We" or "They" I was just creeping HF and saw they had a pretty interesting thread on this matter. When you are referring to your teams, do you use "We", as in, "We beat Edmonton 20-0" or do you use "They", as in, "They beat Edmonton 20-0"? It's a pretty hot button issue over there so I'm wondering what you guys think? Personally, I use "we" and "them" interchangeably. I'm a Calgarian, who pays money to support the CALGARY Flames so personally, I think geography alone dictates that saying "we" is fine. The Flames represent our city just like the Athletes who represent Canada in the Olympics. When people talk about how many medals their country won they say "we have x medals". I don't think it's any different. I'm not going to say "I" won the cup, but CALGARY sure could have and I'm from Calgary so "we" would work. Then there's also the fact that sports teams encourage fandom and passion like almost nothing else out there and one thing that is for sure is that players, coaches, managers, even owners come and go. But the Fans are usually there forever. That alone might justify saying "we". Last edited by polak; 03-23-2015 at 03:40 PM.