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It is not called the EPL

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by xLuKeYx, Mar 4, 2011.

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  1. xLuKeYx

    xLuKeYx Member

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    May I suggest you change it?

    It is a seperately trading company to the Football League, and is called "The Premier League".

    The word "english" has nothing to do with it, so could you please be sure that you edit it so that it may become factually correct.
     
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    xLuKeYx, Mar 4, 2011
  2. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    To us it's the EPL.
     
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  3. xLuKeYx

    xLuKeYx Member

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    It's still just called "The Premier League" though.

    Your league is called "The Scottish Premier League" to differentiate themselves from it, as they are both seperate entities.

    The same applies to "The Welsh Premier League", but just because we have added our countries name before the words "premier league" doesn't mean it applies over the border.

    All it does is add more fuel to the fire that "Cardiff and swansea shouldn't be allowed in the english Premier League" when in their own rulebook it states that "The league may consist of no more than 20 teams from england or Wales".

    Their own rulebook dispels the myth that it is the EPL, perhaps we should join them?
     
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    xLuKeYx, Mar 4, 2011
  4. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    A bit like RL's Super League, which is actually open to teams from across Europe, yet is seen as purely English.
     
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    Erik, Mar 9, 2011
  5. Skilled by Shola and Samm

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    Barclays Premier League

    Not EPL

    BPL!!!
     
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    Skilled by Shola and Samm, Mar 11, 2011
  6. arazis

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    There is only 1 Premier League, the English Premier League!

    Calling it EPL is like calling your TV at home MTV (for My TV), there's just no need for the extra bit!
     
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    arazis, Mar 30, 2011
  7. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    So you really think everyone in the world outside England calls it the Premier League?

    ffs The Yanks call The Times "The London Times".
     
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    epl is foreigner bullshit
     
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    dev that becuase they have the new york times which is there own duh, makes sense mate
     
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  10. DevAdvocate

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    In Scotland we call it the "EPL" or the "Premiership", as "Premiership" is a bastard to type out we just sasy EPL for short, so we know which league we are talking about.
     
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    but why would americans call our times, "the times" when they have their own ?
     
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  12. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    And why would I call the Premier League anything but the "English Premier League" when we Scots have our own "Premier League"?

    The Times is not called "the London Times", it is called "The Times", yet the Yanks call it so, are they somehow insulting the Times by adding the word "London"?

    Take your time (sic).
     
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  13. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    Your league is called the Scottish Premier League, hence it's the SPL.

    Ours is the Premier League, so shorten it to PL if you like.

    Germany has the Bundesliga. Austria has the Austrian Bundesliga.

    They have the BL and the ABL, not the GBL and the ABL.
     
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  14. DevAdvocate

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    epl
     
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  15. COMAS

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    Is it that hard for you to understand?? really? the call it the london times because it is from london!!! They have a paper of there own they refer to as the times, quite simple mate
     
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    Division One.
     
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    Jerel Ifil, Apr 2, 2011
  17. COMAS

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    is the english division 1 or division 1?
     
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  18. DevAdvocate

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    A bit like you then?

    I'll try and explain again, is it called the English Premier League? No.

    To me and plenty of other non English people it is the "English" Premier League, we say "English" to differentate from our own SPL, we have added a word. Sue us.

    EPL
     
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  19. COMAS

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    your is actually called the scottish premier league ours is not called the english premier league, its is a trademark
     
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    COMAS, Apr 3, 2011
  20. COMAS

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    if anything it should be BPL barclays premier league
     
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