"you're just a small town" is officially my most despised chant

I always get really uparseypedantic about it - "You're just a small town in Ipswich" - er how so, for Ipswich itself is a town, and towns do not subdivide into towns. It might be a smallish insult to refer to Norwich as a suburb of Ipswich, but referring to it as a small town implies that Ipswich is a county spreading over the whole of Suffolk and Norfolk thereby encapsualting not just Norwich (which also by the way is a City ad not a town) but many other cities, towns, villages, hamlets and other inhabited areas.

And it's not just this but anytime a small town is made as a small town of a larger urban centre. "you're just a small town in Fulham" for Chelsea etc etc etc.

Posted By: camcan on September 25th 2008 at 13:20:43

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Funniest thing you've seen/heard at a football match? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 25, 12:54:56
- Overheard at Clyde v Airdrie (Other Football) - Jambocanary, Sep 25, 14:13:25
- A Vicar -esque fan who insisted on calling certain players by their full name. (Other Football) - songwriter81, Sep 25, 13:49:13
- the chubby physio for Dagenham & Redbridge was pretty smart (n/m) (Other Football) - camcan, Sep 25, 13:24:23
- jim madgiltons wobbly mouth (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Sep 25, 13:21:03
- *thick norfolk accent*..."That Doorckerrrtys Daingerous" (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Sep 25, 13:18:50
- After we'd signed Simon Charlton- "That Simon Bolton's a bit small Innee?" (n/m) (Other Football) - Small, Sep 25, 13:16:15
- CR NFNs virtually every time we play Birminum - "You dirty Northern bastards" (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Sep 25, 13:12:15
  - stewart (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:15:42
  - You can stick your cornish pasties up your a*** (Other Football) - camcan, Sep 25, 13:15:08
    - As FP pointed out after Barnsley at FCR: "You're just a small town in Yorkshire" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Sep 25, 13:17:35
      - "you're just a small town" is officially my most despised chant (Other Football) - camcan, Sep 25, 13:20:43
      - Me or another FP? (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 13:19:58
        
        You (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Sep 25, 13:24:20
        
        Christ! Don't say there's another one. (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Sep 25, 13:22:12
        
        There's Frederick Puceface (Other Football) - camcan, Sep 25, 13:22:56
        
        Ah, I can't remember saying that or the game, did we win? (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 13:24:08
        
        Fred Red Head (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Sep 25, 13:23:50
- Also - Wayne Andrews. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 25, 13:07:27
- Brandy on TV (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 25, 13:06:58
  - did he lose control of his bodily functions? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:07:36
    - Just his boobies (n/m) (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 25, 13:09:13
      - did they tumble out like a hippo vomitting entire cauliflowers? (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:10:29
        
        Nope (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 25, 13:13:09
        
        oh dear (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:15:08
        
        NO but (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 25, 13:20:27
        
        Aside from Brandy's striptease which was even more shocking in the flesh... (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 13:27:34
- Tranmere to Norwich: "Ooh Arghh, Ambrosia" (Other Football) - Yellalee, Sep 25, 13:06:33
- Garrrnnn Yewun, use your pace.. (n/m) (Other Football) - tudders, Sep 25, 13:04:20
- The girl linesman at KL the other day got some real stick (Other Football) - shoddy, Sep 25, 13:04:11
- kiran richardson crying. (n/m) (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 25, 13:03:03
- Man City vs Norwich 1998 Maine Road (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Sep 25, 13:02:17
- Broad norfolk: Garn Hartson, SKIN HIM!!!!!!! (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:01:41
- Overheard in the front row of Barclay e block (Other Football) - Small, Sep 25, 13:00:11
  - chuckle (n/m) (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:02:15
  - Marvellous (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 13:01:30
- Singing "You fat bastard" at Wayne Rooney when he played for Everton (Other Football) - Yellalee, Sep 25, 12:58:16
  - Racist (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Sep 25, 13:01:02
- First game at CR against Stoke after the play-offs. Teddy Bear to the Stoke fans "Have you (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Sep 25, 12:57:43
- IED spazzing up his half-time hit the crossbar effort, i thought he was special needs (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, Sep 25, 12:56:51
  - I think it was Ben out of who owns the Wrath that came on here and said (Other Football) - Small, Sep 25, 13:05:13
    - lol, yes he did. Hahahahahaha (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Sep 25, 13:07:17
  - they pick some right spazzers to do that (n/m) (Other Football) - Tomblander, Sep 25, 13:00:29
  - Can someone give a lengthy description of the aforementioned incident, please? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 25, 12:58:14
    - it was the half-time competition where punters are pulled from the crowd and attempt to (Other Football) - blindasabat, Sep 25, 13:02:49
      - He kicked the ball like he had no knees and a hip that only moved through 9 degrees (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Sep 25, 13:04:18
    - Me too, in the bar doing overpriced rubbish beer. (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Sep 25, 12:58:55
      - If i try to explain it I might end up giggling and snorting Cola out (Other Football) - Yellalee, Sep 25, 13:01:05
        
        All the more reason to do it. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 25, 13:01:57
      - It's getting worse too. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Sep 25, 13:00:04

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