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When did EPL become BPL?

Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:29 am
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:29 am
i just...can't get behind this change
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:30 am to
When Barclays paid a shitload of money to call it the Barclays Premier League
Posted by Tennessee Jed
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:32 am to
quote:

i just...can't get behind this change


When people let go of their prejudice, and started to recognize the Welsh as equals.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:49 am to
It hasn't really "changed" per se, we're the only country that uses the acronym thing anyway. People will usually say EPL in conversation. Media with a contract are instructed to use BPL.
Posted by Doldil
The Ham
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:56 am to
once asked a brit if he watched the EPL and he in turn asked what the EPL is. I tell him and he laughs and says, we just call it the premier league here. I felt like a retard.

This post was edited on 6/18/13 at 12:00 pm
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:58 am to
I just call it the Premier League.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 11:59 am to
never feel like a retard around brits. just bring up the revolutionary war...and the war of 1812 if that doesn't work
Posted by hendersonshands
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:00 pm to
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS BITCH
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:07 pm to
quote:

. People will usually say EPL in conversation


most of them just say premiership
Posted by LSUSOBEAST1
Member since Aug 2008
28621 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:08 pm to
It has never been the "EPL." It is the BPL, PL or Prem.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477879 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

It has never been the "EPL

that has been the common abbreviation all of my soccer life until just recently
Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:36 pm to
quote:

When people let go of their prejudice, and started to recognize the Welsh as equals.


Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

I just call it the Premier League.



Yep
Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 12:38 pm to
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and the war of 1812 if that doesn't work


Why would you bring up a war that, at best, would be considered a stalemate from an American perspective?

ETA: It's like a 1-1 draw with our top side against their second side.
This post was edited on 6/18/13 at 12:40 pm
Posted by TheIrishFro
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 2:00 pm to
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Posted by xavierTIGER
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

most of them just say premiership

I like this one best
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51403 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 2:44 pm to
I know it as La Premiere, or simply, La Segunda.
Posted by Anfield Road
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 4:04 pm to
quote:

I just call it the Premier League.


Then, how do you differentiate it from the SPL?
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
24611 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

Then, how do you differentiate it from the SPL?

Easy. I never talk about the Scottish Premier League.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 4:34 pm to
Easy. The Scottish league is not of Premier quality.
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