No - he means Cedar Rapids, IA on March 11 & 12 and I'll be there to greet him.
Facebook war: State or States?
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No - he means Cedar Rapids, IA on March 11 & 12 and I'll be there to greet him.
This is correct.
'Round these parts, we call going to the State tournament "going to state." But we call going to the National tournament "going to nationals."
As you and Art point out, that's inconsistent. But it's us and, frankly, I think it's most people. "Olympics," "nationals," and "Big Tens" all sound right. "States" does not.
Some people say "he is in hospital." I say, "he is in the hospital." However, if he's currently in class, I say "he's in school." I don't say "he's in the school." Again, that's inconsistent.
But OBVIOUSLY correct.
After reading this thread I remember why I left the Midwest lol jk. I've had this argument too many times especially the soda/pop one
STATES
TORE-NAMENT
SODA
STATES
TORE-NAMENT
SODA
Im a "state" champ, but I travel to "states", "regionals", "districts" and in AA "sectionals".....dont know why its just the way it has always been.
Do you have to win sectionals, districts and regionals in Iowa to get to state?
Sure...but how many states are involved in the PA States Championships?
So when you "win sectionals" in Iowa, you've won more than one sectional?
How many Big Ten conferences are involved at Big Ten's? How many nations are involved at Nationals?
I'm from Iowa and have always said state. But now that you mention it, it does seem contradictory to say state in the singular, but things like nationals or big tens in the plural.
It's the oddest thing to have such a regional variance, and I only found out about it after all these years.
Thinking about it, I noticed it years ago when I still frequented The Mat forums. The first few times I saw 'states' I just thought it was a typo.
Can we at least all agree that people that say Coke in place of soda/pop are the lowest form of scum of the Earth?
Can we at least all agree that people that say Coke in place of soda/pop are the lowest form of scum of the Earth?
In Wisconsin its Regionals, Sectionals, then State. For division 1 (the biggest division) Its 16 regionals, 8 sectionals, and then one 16 man bracket for the state tournament.
Division 2 and 3 have slightly different process and State tournament bracket structure.
Division 2 and 3 have slightly different process and State tournament bracket structure.
Guess you don't know "going to the movies" dates way before there were multi-plexes.When you go to the Cinema you say movies (plural) because it is Cinema 12 or 20. Movies is plural because you have 12 or 20 or how many ever choices. Not just one movie, but multiple movies at one location.
At Nationals it is plural because you have 10 different weight classes with 33 wrestlers in each. Plural times plural. You have multiple matches in each different weight class. so you say Nationals. 10 different Championships.
At State it seems like it logically should be the same as Nationals.....plural times plural.....so should be States to continue the logic. However logic can be consistently inconsistent. Kind of like E after C. Which we all know is the absolute rule. Always consistent.
Except............
Not sure I have ever heard anyone refer to it as States before. Might be a regional thing.
Quite often as parents you would mostly be interested in your own child making it to state and hence the singular. You are concerned about them in their weight class and refer to it as them going to State. They only wrestle in one weight class, hence no need for plural. This is entirely consistent............
unless you have twins of course......
Am I the only one that says "going to the movie"? I don't think I've ever said "going to the movies".
"Going to the movies" is still pretty popular, but I hear "going to a movie tonight" much more these days.
In response to the megaplex discussion, I agree that "going to the movies" certainly has nothing to do with the number of theaters. It more likely has to do with seeing more than one movie during a night out. Double features used to be quite common. A "feature" and a "short" were even more common. So people literally went "to the movies."
If someone asks "What are you and the wife doing tonight?" usually I say " we are going to a movie, then hopefully pound town!" Never said "going to the movies".
Ha! Awesome map! The only thing I find more surprising than that someone actually compiled that info is that there are small sections of the country that don't call it soda, pop, or Coke. What the hell else would they call it? Pepsi? Cola?
I was at a Maryland grocery store and left my soda on the counter. The young woman behind me said "you forgot your pop". I turned around and she looked embarrassed and quickly "corrected" herself and called it soda. I asked her where she was from and she said Michigan. I told her that we Midwesterners need to stay strong and not give in to the societal pressures of calling it soda...18 months later we were married.
The pop brought us together.
Also, is it a grocery store or supermarket?
The pop brought us together.
Also, is it a grocery store or supermarket?
I think Dan Gable, Mark Ironside, Jim Zalesky,Tom/Terry Brands, Trent/Travis Paulson, Kyven Gadson, Derek St.John, Matt Mcdonough and Jay Borschel would disagree with you.
You can't be serious. If that's a true story, it's an awesome one!
And it's a grocery store. . . .
