Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: Not it isn't. We aren't talking about pronouncing it correctly as dictated by English. We are known as QoS not QotS. Our badge is "QoS" and even the website is "QoS". Nope. What your badge and website say is irrelevant. The name of the club is Queen of the South, so it’s either QotS, QOTS or if you want to remove words then QS. QOS makes absolutely no sense unless the name of the club is officially Queen of South. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Nope. What your badge and website say is irrelevant. The name of the club is Queen of the South, so it’s either QotS, QOTS or if you want to remove words then QS. QOS makes absolutely no sense unless the name of the club is officially Queen of South. Having a braw time imagining the graphic designers of Dumfries in 1919 unveiling their finalised logo only to realise they've missed a letter and have to pretend it's deliberate. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Having a braw time imagining the graphic designers of Dumfries in 1919 unveiling their finalised logo only to realise they've missed a letter and have to pretend it's deliberate. They've got away with it for a century, right enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: Losing it here imo (in my opinion) Incorrect use of the English language upsets me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 23 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Nope. What your badge and website say is irrelevant. The name of the club is Queen of the South, so it’s either QotS, QOTS or if you want to remove words then QS. QOS makes absolutely no sense unless the name of the club is officially Queen of South. It's QoS m8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Just now, 19QOS19 said: It's QoS m8 That’s all you had to say at the start! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Just now, Honest_Man#1 said: That’s all you had to say at the start! I did say that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I've a magnificent 70s Bukta top with our 'badge' arranged thus: Q O S F C Still no sign of that 'T' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: I did say that You didn’t say the official name of the club was Queen of South anywhere I can see? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: I did say that But your badge says Queen of the South? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: You didn’t say the official name of the club was Queen of South anywhere I can see? I take it back, you are wrong 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Not unique to us: https://www.acronymfinder.com/Changing-of-the-Guard-(COG).html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 They've got away with it for a century, right enough. Only because the pedants of P&B haven’t fixed their Gorgon stare upon it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I take it back, you are wrong [emoji4] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I'm not particularly familiar with the Doonhammer dialect but maybe their fans call them "Queen offae South" so QOS is perfectly acceptable. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 minute ago, tamthebam said: I'm not particularly familiar with the Doonhammer dialect but maybe their fans call them "Queen offae South" so QOS is perfectly acceptable. Why would we do that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Monkey Tennis said: Why would we do that? Because you speak in a dialect? Albeit as I said one I'm not familiar with. An equivalent might be if you were a Yorkshire club. You'd be TQOS. T' Queen of South. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) A bit late to the party maybe but we were taught at school not to use the T of The in acronyms. Seems to be the norm now to include the T of the whereas Queens' use of it in the seats in that pic above would have been the accepted norm in days gone by. Don't think it's a case of being right or wrong, just a development/blending of acronyms and initialisations, maybe reflecting the digital age and all increasing need to abbreviate. Not including it always seemed a bit pointless anyway. Edited October 23, 2020 by Shandön Par 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: Not unique to us: https://www.acronymfinder.com/Changing-of-the-Guard-(COG).html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Yes, the difference being that McCoist could cope with A Question of Sport. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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