Are we players?

[dr.strangelove]

A thought came to me, and seeing as how I'm sick at home, and all other avenues of entertainment have been exhausted, I thought I'd post it.

Should we be called paintball PLAYERS instead of paintballers? In no other sport (except golf, I guess. But no sports that end in "ball") are the participants called the sport's name with "ers" thrown onto the end of it. How stupid does basketballers sound? Baseballers? Footballers? So should we insist on being referred to as players?

Very random thought, but hey, if you're reading this, it's not like you've got anything better to think about

 

[Jack Daniels]

i started a half intelligent reply, then deleted it, because i cant be arsed.


just shows.

 

[Dark Warrior]

In general language it is Footballer not Football Player
eg Footballers Wives
It's actually Soccer Player

What confuses matters is Rugby
You are then a Rugby Football Player

 

[Steve Hancock]

Off the top of my head-
Footballer,
Cricketer,
Swimmer,
runner,
shot-putter,

Nothing wrong with those, what are you on about?

 

[Skyhawk]

Rugbyer, Hockeyer, Tenniser what about these?

 

[Superflyuk]

Rugbyer - egg chaser
Hockeyer - hockey player
Tenniser - numpty

 

[JoseDominguez]

It's just basic English......... you can add er in most cases, but in those that you can't you become a player. Paintballer, footballer, swimmer, golfer, runner, sprinter, jogger (extra g too), boxer generally it's add er........ just like making plurals.....it's add s except in certain cases. Sheep, babies etc.....

As for Rugby, then it should be rugby footballer. Tennis and Hockey need the addition of player, but there are always special cases in English......... and think about the way you use the word......... you can paintball, you can swim, you can golf.....all er sports, but you can't tennis, hockey or Rugby can you? the er sports are generally verbs in their own right, the others need to have play added e.g I'm going paintballing as opposed to I'm going to play tennis. We often throw in an extra play too..... I'm going to play golf instead of I'm golfing. (But you can't go tennissing). I'm still not sure on football though..... I'm going footballing?
anyway, here's a good one, what about someone who uses a trampoline?
English is a silly language, use what sounds right

 

[dr.strangelove]

Originally posted by Steve Hancock
Off the top of my head-
Footballer,
Cricketer,
Swimmer,
runner,
shot-putter,

Nothing wrong with those, what are you on about?

I've never heard someone referred to as a "footballer", or "cricketer", but I live in the US, perhaps those are more your English (as in, people who live in England, since technically we do speak the same language ) phrases. Personally I could[EDIT] N'T [EDIT] care less, but for whatever reason, that crossed my mind earlier.

Jose,

All good points. I guess paintball is somewhat unique in that it could be said both ways (i.e., I'm a paintball player/I'm a paintballer. You can't do that with many of the sports mentioned, they only sound right one way or the other)

 

[joolux.//]

they're interchangeable, I say to people I play paintball / I'm a paintballer depending on what...well... its just random really.

 

[Jasper]

Originally posted by dr.strangelove
I've never heard someone referred to as a "footballer", or "cricketer", but I live in the US, perhaps those are more your English (as in, people who live in England, since technically we do speak the same language ) phrases. Personally I could care less, but for whatever reason, that crossed my mind earlier.

Your right you do use our language we just didn't teach you all of it