kimjjj

I feel like nitpicking today, so here goes : When I'm awarded a dubious penalty kick, and I am asked to comment on it after the game, one of the options is "sounds like sour grapes to me". Anyone familiar with the fable "the fox and the grapes" knows that feeling cheated has nothing to do with "sour grapes"...The SI folks should have paid attention in school

Now go ahead and tell me where MY English sucks :cool:

sirdez24

"You didn't deserve to win and only won because of a dodgy refereeing decision" = sour grapes to me.

kimjjj

Apparently you're not familiar with said fable. To put is short, sour grapes is the false denial of desire for something sought but not acquired. For the "sour grapes" option to be correct in the game, the complaining player would have to be saying something to the effect of "I'm glad you got the penalty, cause even if you hadn't gotten it, my team would probably just have lost anyway". It's just nitpicking, of course, but it's the third time in a couple of days I've heard or seen the term used wrongly, so I just had to say something... :p

lancreblue

Interesting post kimjjj!
I must admit I didn't trust you and checked the dictionary. When you're right, you're right.

On the down side you have forever shaken my faith in the educational achievements of professional footballers!

postal postie

then again when was the last time a manager said something that was grammatically and educationaly correct