What a window!

[kirsikka]

Best window we have had in a coon's age.Looking forward to seeing all these guys out there giving it their all for the Cherries.

Err... typo?

 

[afcb_rednblack]

Best window we have had in a coon's age.Looking forward to seeing all these guys out there giving it their all for the Cherries.

I think you should re-phrase that.

 

[Kenya Cherrie]

Coon's age means a very long time. It is an Americanism that has fallen out of favor and is considered offensive by many people. Coon is slang for raccoon, coined in the mid-1700s. The term coon's age was first used in the early 1800s and in fact, owes its origin to the folk belief that raccoons are long-lived.

 

[stanthevan]

I think you should re-phrase that.

It’s a common idiom in America referring to raccoons. It’s a load of old bollox though as raccoons only live for two or three years.

 

[afcb_rednblack]

Coon's age means a very long time. It is an Americanism that has fallen out of favor and is considered offensive by many people. Coon is slang for raccoon, coined in the mid-1700s. The term coon's age was first used in the early 1800s and in fact, owes its origin to the folk belief that raccoons are long-lived.

...and it's also slang for something else as you well know.

 

[afcb_rednblack]

It’s a common idiom in America referring to raccoons. It’s a load of old bollox though as raccoons only live for two or three years.

....but we're not in America, Stan.

 

[Kicks_On_66]

I think you should re-phrase that.

That idiom refers to a raccoon. Calm down.

 

[Kicks_On_66]

...and it's also slang for something else as you well know.

Are you gonna pitch a fit if someone uses the word "niggardly"?

 

[afcdibby]

I’m failing to see how any new signings cannot fail to excite you unknown or not. Perhaps it’s as you never get to a game in person and the excitement doesn’t reach your tv.

I suppose in some way we got excited about Callum Hart

 

[afcb_rednblack]

That idiom refers to a raccoon. Calm down.

Perfectly calm, thank you. We don't have racoons, while the term here means something else which is not seen as acceptable over here.

 

[Kenya Cherrie]

...and it's also slang for something else as you well know.

as written.
"has fallen out of favor and is considered offensive by many people"

 

[afcdibby]

....but we're not in America, Stan.

But, to be fair to Stan, he's not even living in reality.

 

[afcb_rednblack]

as written.
"has fallen out of favor and is considered offensive by many people"

Yes, fair point, I missed that.

 

[Kenya Cherrie]

Perfectly calm, thank you. We don't have racoons, while the term here means something else which is not seen as acceptable over here.

So complain to DJ if you are affended.

 

[afcb_rednblack]

So complain to DJ if you are affended.

I'm not affended (or offended) just giving a steer to those not accustomed to the vagaries of our language, nothing more.

 

[Toronto John]

I'm not affended (or offended) just giving a steer to those not accustomed to the vagaries of our language, nothing more.

Came from American Cherry, so I suspect "american rules" should be applied. I'm OK with it from my side of the border, although I will admit that it might occasionally raise an eyebrow.

Funny enough, racoon seems to be derived from an indigenous language:
From Powhatan <arahkun>/<aroughcun>, tentatively reconstituted as */aːreːhkan/.

That said, occasional indigenous-oriented terms do get used on here .... "off the reservation", "Eskimo" or "powwow". Various degrees of offense may be constituted. "Scalped" goes over the line.

 

[Gnar182]

Are you gonna pitch a fit if someone uses the word "niggardly"?

 

[AmericanAFCB]

I think you should re-phrase that.

Erm, its a slang term a lot of people still use here in North Carolina, nothing to do with race and apologize if people took it that way. Just means a long period of time.

 

[afcb_rednblack]

Erm, its a slang term a lot of people still use here in North Carolina, nothing to do with race and apologize if people took it that way. Just means a long period of time.

Yes, I realise that. It's just not a word that we use for reasons that are obvious. No apologies necessary as you weren't to know. As I said above, just giving a steer as otherwise posts on here can get deleted which is a shame because then the underpinning point that's made gets lost.

 

[AmericanAFCB]

Yes, I realise that. It's just not a word that we use for reasons that are obvious. No apologies necessary as you weren't to know. As I said above, just giving a steer as otherwise posts on here can get deleted which is a shame because then the underpinning point that's made gets lost.

Fair enough pal I'll remember that

And to get the topic back on track lol, don't see how any Cherries fan could be upset with the business we have done this window. Yes, no ones knows a ton about these guys we have brought in, but they all seem quite promising and we had to beat out some bigger clubs if you will for some of them, so I am confident they will come good.