WE ARE DERBY COUNTY, AND WE ARE STAYING UP, ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ!

[Alph]

6 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

I agree with your OCD in this matter! "they docked us 21" would be better.

What does scansion mean?

 

Scansion is a big house, idiot

[TigerTedd]

8 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

I agree with your OCD in this matter! "they docked us 21" would be better.

What does scansion mean?

 

Scansion is about syllables in each line. ‘They docked us 21’ is true iambic pentameter. It’s a poetry thing. 

[GboroRam]

2 hours ago, Alpha said:

Scansion is a big house, idiot

It's that bit holding the net up, surely? 

[DarkFruitsRam7]

17 hours ago, AutoWindscreens said:

Guys! Please! .... Scansion!

I love, love, love the song and the spirit, but the first line is doing my head in: it has too many syllables. You can't hear it very well, because everyone jumbles out "twenty one points" in a rush.

MUCH better if "points" was dropped and the line was "They docked us twenty one" - the same syllables and rhythm as "Allez allez allez" and you can finish the line on a good long "ooone".

Please amend accordingly and report for singing practice at the Riverside Stadium at 15:00 on 12 March.

 

9 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

I agree with your OCD in this matter! "they docked us 21" would be better.

What does scansion mean?

 

The current lyrics sound right to me. Probably because they have the same amount of syllables as the original Liverpool version: “We’ve conquered all of Europe…”

[Anag Ram]

1 minute ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

 

The current lyrics sound right to me. Probably because they have the same amount of syllables as the original Liverpool version: “We’ve conquered all of Europe…”

In terms of syllables it’s 7-6-7-6 isn’t it? Sounds okay to me.

[RoyMac5]

8 hours ago, Ellafella said:

Btw did anybody else know that BBC Commentator Martin Fisher who commentated the 10 Men Game was a Ram ? and was in the South Stand last night?

I saw him tweet (and posted it on here) from the Brum game.

[RedSox]

And, while we're at it, Simon Hare from the BBC (East Mids Today among other stuff) was a few seats away from me in the East Stand at the Brum match!

 

[angieram]

 

[TigerTedd]

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

 

Not sure about the apostrophe. 

[Addingham Ram]

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

 

If only we knew somebody who owned the largest sports merchandise distributor in the country to advertise and sell lots of these ?

[angieram]

1 hour ago, TigerTedd said:

Not sure about the apostrophe. 

That's correct grammar, though? 

[TuffLuff]

2 minutes ago, angieram said:

That's correct grammar, though? 

It’s more Derbyshire if ya apprevate ‘s many ‘ords ‘s possbl

[TigerTedd]

1 minute ago, angieram said:

That's correct grammar, though? 

Nope, this has been discussed elsewhere. Till is fine. ‘Til is unnecessary and rarely used outside of poetry. A bit like unnecessary commas really. 

[Mucker1884]

1 hour ago, TigerTedd said:

Not sure about the apostrophe. 

 

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

That's correct grammar, though? 

I've used 'til since I first picked up a crayon... but Googled it the other day, (as one does!) and it appears I have spent decades kidding myself...

 

Until indicates when something will happen, begin, or end.
Till means the same thing as until.
Till is not an abbreviation of until—it’s actually older than until—and it should not be written with an apostrophe.
’Til turns up now and then, but major usage dictionaries and style guides consider it an error, so it’s best to avoid it.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/until-till-til/

 

To avoid getting my head kicked in by the NE Corner Massiff, I now consciously sing the lyrics "We're Derby County.  We'll fight TO the end".

?

 

[RoyMac5]

14 minutes ago, TigerTedd said:

Nope, this has been discussed elsewhere. Till is fine. ‘Til is unnecessary and rarely used outside of poetry. A bit like unnecessary commas really. 

Well yes, but it IS poetry.