Am I the only one who is sick to the back teeth of hearing just about everyone in the media world refer to Manchester United and Manchester City as Man United and Man City? It gets right up my nose.
It can't be because they just can't be bothered saying long words or because they think it's a clever idea to use the abbreviations of team names that appear in the score boxes at the top of our TV screens when we watch games, because if it was we should also expect to hear them saying things like Bir City, Liv,Tot Spur, Hud Town, Arse etc, but we don't.
And it can't be because they think it's such a clever, neat, trendy thing to do. I mean even they can't be thick enough to see it that way now that it's been going on for years and just about every two-bit hack and his dog is doing it.
So it must be that they do it as an affectionate abbreviation - a pet name displaying their personal admiration and loyalty. But look here you half-wits; we are not ALL fans of Manchester or of either of its Premiership clubs. In fact millions of us are either bored to death by them or hate the very sight of them. So will you please stop it. Let us hear the word Manchester in full every time so we don't constantly have to groan and say what prats you are.
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