If he was to talk about their central attacking midfielders, then I'm afraid CAM as an acronym is a thing.
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If I heard someone referring to "CAMs" I would assume they were talking about "Children's and Adolescent Mental Health Services".Comment
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That's pronounced CAMHS, isn't it though?
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...whereas 'CDM' always meant 'Cadbury's Dairy Milk' when I were a lad.Comment
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In what circles though, other than I guess teenagers discussing their FUT line-ups? While I don't doubt it must be used somewhere, prior to that Hull commentary a few weeks ago I'd personally never previously heard anyone say it either in person or on any football-related broadcast. Can't even recall having seen it written down in any articles either, other than ones about video games.Originally posted by 3 Colours Red View PostComment
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I've heard it used on YouTube and podcasts in discussions about tactics a few times but those people were still a fair bit younger than me (which as one of OTF's 30-somethings says a fair bit).Comment
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In my youth, this is what CAM meant.
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I suppose CAM is pronounced "kam" even though "sam" would make more sense.Comment
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It was always pronounced KAM in CAD/CAM.Comment
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Are there any English words at all beginning in ‘ca...’ that are pronounced with a soft ‘c’?Comment
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I can only think of words derived from Caesar... and that's pretty much the complete opposite of Anglo-Saxon in origin.Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostComment
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And even that was apparently Kai-sar so shouldn't be a soft COriginally posted by 3 Colours Red View PostComment
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Turned over for extra time in the EFL trophy to hear Don Goodman use both the unnecessary emphasis of "it really is " and " the ball picked up so much pace off the turf" in the first sentence.Comment
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Cyrillic? Not of English origin no doubt!Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
Likewise proper names Cecil, Cyril, Cecily etc.Comment
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None of those begin Ca, Sits.
The soft c is almost always follow by an e, i or y.Comment
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Oh dear. Catastrophe. (With a hard ‘c’.)Comment
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SitastropheComment
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You all catisfied now?Comment
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Considering that peccadilloes have been all over some threads on here recently, some of you might be able to imagine my excitement when I found that the episode of Sportsnight with Coleman featuring the final of the Find A Commentator competition has been uploaded in full onto YouTube. I'm staggered that it even still exists.
https://youtu.be/_mTiLfCZgmA
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That's fantastic. I remember watching it at the time but hadn't realised that Gerry Harrison was involved. David Coleman adding the scores up in his head obviously oblivious to the rule that journalists are supposed to make a 'joke' about not being good at maths. I was a bit disappointed that one of the judges didn't have a fag on the go.Originally posted by My Name Is Ian View Post
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Yes it was great. Most of them ended up as commentators didn't they? Tony Adamson too (as well as Harrison and St John)Originally posted by Capybara View PostComment
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I was wondering if it was the same Tony Adamson but couldn't find any way of confirming it.Comment
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Tony Adamson is the same one who went on to work for BBC Radio. Golf mostly, I think.
I think all of them went into broadcasting apart from Ed Stewart and Larry Canning, who were both already in broadcasting.Comment
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Apologies for the thread hijack but that YouTube channel contains this gem - the Sportsnight with Coleman Kop Choirs competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_Vbre-sdc
The video is a bit of a mess and jumps about a bit but the eminent panel of Roger Kirkpatrick, Bob Wilson and Alan Hardaker eventually make their choice.
The finalists are:
Liverpool
Newport County
Rotherham
Southampton
Tottenham
Wolves
Can you predict the winner?Comment
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