Ricky.

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You know what I like about this? Finally a hack gets it right and says "...alongside countryman Rafael van der Vaart..."

rather than, as every other pundit, including on the beeb, always says, "fellow countryman".

Either someone is a countryman (ie from the same country as you), or a "fellow Dutchman" or "fellow Englishman" or whatever.

"Fellow countryman", despite apparently being the compulsory term, makes no sense. In this instance it would imply that Ricky is a countryman, all on his own, and Rafa is also one, and so is a fellow one. Makes no sense.

So well done whoever at Archant wrote that.

Rant over. Back to my OCD.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on September 10th 2015 at 15:20:25

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Ricky. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 15:20:25
- You need a girlfriend (n/m) (NCFC) - hairyolaf, Sep 10, 21:44:18
- Nonsense (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Sep 10, 19:35:30
- Amidst the various linguistic choices (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 16:33:58
  - I was hoping you'd turn up with the correct answer! (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 10, 16:34:56
- that isn't OCD and labelling it as such just trivialises the condition (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 10, 15:47:28
  - he didn't though he said he was going back to his ocd (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 15:50:33
    - You're like Maigret. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 10, 15:58:30
      - aww chairs (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 16:52:42
  - OK. Sorry. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 15:49:59
- Chambers English Dictionary (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 15:27:13
  - point of order mr rumpole if i may? (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 15:45:14
    - Au contraire my unlearned friend (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 16:01:57
      - huzzah! (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 16:57:04
  - I know. We had this exchange before. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 15:45:04
    - No we haven't (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 16:03:24
      - Old Git, I appreciate that this is probably horrendously politically incorrect (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Sep 10, 16:19:41
        
        this cries out for a barklayend banner in a krazee style eurofont (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 16:58:20
        
        Chase me (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 16:35:46
        
        Lol. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 10, 16:34:18
      - Oh, was someone else off of on here then. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 16:14:22
        
        No it dunt. Fellow countryman means, both from the same country. (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Sep 10, 16:18:48
        
        If I say "I met up with countryman Old Git while abroad" (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 16:21:17
        
        Wouldn't you have to say "my" countryman? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 16:37:41
        
        It defines that OG is of the same nationality, rather than him being from the sticks (NCFC) - harry boulders, Sep 10, 16:29:08
        
        But it doesn't (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 16:30:38
        
        Clarification. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 10, 16:26:59
        
        So fellow countryman means someone else from the countryside? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 16:27:39
        
        If you want it to. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Sep 10, 16:31:27
        
        that's why I don't speak English - too much faffing about (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Sep 10, 16:36:38
        
        shouldn't it be countryperson? to be politically correct (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 17:02:04
  - PenZING (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 10, 15:38:00

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