'The West Coast'

[PerthBoy86]

Minor gripe if you will, but it still grates my ears a bit when commentators refer to us as 'The West Coast' instead of 'West Coast.' Like 'the West Coast are up by four goals.' Hear it so often now, but it still sounds wrong to me. I always refer to us as just 'West Coast' without the 'the', unless one might formally be referring to 'the West Coast Eagles'. Same with the Gold Coast. It's like saying 'the Collingwood.' No one says that unless they're referring to 'THE Collingwood Magpies.' I can see how it could confuse some, as they might think of the West Coast as referring to all of WA. On that note it's usually tourists who talk about 'travelling to the West Coast', whereas Aussies usually say WA, unless one is talking of specifically driving down the coast. I guess there's no technical right or wrong, but it just isn't something I hear supporters or people in WA usually say.

 

[kerrazy]

Started with Dwayne Russell and now Anthony Hudson is doing it. ****ing great.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Started with Dwayne Russell and now Anthony Hudson is doing it. ******* great.

Glad I'm not the only one who gets annoyed by it. Yeah I've noticed Fox Footy and BT seem to be the biggest culprits.

 

[Gods_Son23]

Agree. It's annoying.

 

[Altum Volantes]

I think it’s the difference between a location (the north, the south, the coast, the valley etc) and a specific place name (Fremantle, Collingwood etc).

‘Gold Coast’ is a funny one...but generally you’d say ‘I’m heading to the gold coast’ if you were driving that way.

So yeah..

 

[Luuuc]

This is on my excel spreadsheet of life annoyances. When data is sorted by care factor it's on row 1426

 

[Dazzler9]

I get more annoyed when professional broadcasters use the word verse instead of versus.

 

[Jandamarra]

This is on my excel spreadsheet of life annoyances. When data is sorted by care factor it's on row 1426

I need one of those

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

Pick your battles friend.

 

[West Coast 06]

It was pissing me off yesterday I must admit.

 

[FatPizza]

I don't really care.

 

[Priddis Is Done]

I don't really care.

Your arrogance is noted

 

[wce4premiership]

It sounds annoying because it's poor English, horrible use of the English language in fact.

It sounds wrong because many people have the nuances and rules of the English language ingrained in them through childhood whether they understand why or not.

They also do it to GWS

 

[The_Eagles]

I actually like it. Gerard Healy always uses it too. The West Coast makes it seem like a wild far away land...which we are

 

[campaigner___]

To be fair, we are the west coast. Aint no other team worth noting over here.

 

[Dazzler9]

Just think of it as the ultimate mark of respect, a la Don Bradman being known as "The Don".

 

[Truckosaurus]

I gripe about it every weekend.

 

[Wosh]

I dunno, ‘The’ kind of has a nice arrogant ring to it.

 

[Agent93]

Aye, ye don't be hearing The Melbourne do ye?

 

[The Falcon Strike]

The west coast eagles - correct
The Eagles - correct
West Coast - correct
The West Coast - outing oneself as a buffoon


And the Carlton take the lead

 

[Biggie]

I like it.

Come at me

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

It is grammatically incorrect but considering contemporary English - who gives a flying fork?

In EPL I follow Arsenal and their fans love it that they are referred to as “The Arsenal” and see it as a sign of respect.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[BlueandGoldforever]

It is grammatically incorrect. End of story.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

The West Coast The

 

[Mattpolick18]

been saying this for years