OT: Grammar Nazi

[spirit of league]

Ok chaps, now the footy's out of the way we can finally get to grips with the rather serious business of investigating whether or not our beloved team song's lyrics contain a grammatical error.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't "Name of the Sharks fit you" be corrected to "Name of the Sharks fitS you"? The fitting adjective patently refers to the noun denoting nomenclature, which in this instance is singular, not plural, is it not? Altenatively, another possible correction could be "NameS of the Sharks fit you", but this even more awkward and, besides which, such syntax also makes no sense when taken in the context of the entire sentence.

I must confess this conundrum has irked me for many years.

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

[Frenzy.]

Always thought it was "fits you" anyway.

 

[Frenzy.]

http://www.nrlleague.com.au/nrl-teams/cronulla-sharks/cronulla-sharks-theme-song/

http://www.metrolyrics.com/up-up-cronulla-cronulla-sharks-theme-song-lyrics-various-artists.html

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...a/news-story/408bf063e0eae9c0ef0f9556b52e3ac0

However this bloke sings "fit" and I think it is the original

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks

 

[Chimp]

More importantly - why do none of the players know this line of our song? Watch the videos after each game of them doing the song and when they get to this line they all kind of go 'dur dur de dur de youuuuuu....'

 

[Eion]

It's because most of them run with 'we're all depending on you'.

 

[carcharias]

It's because most of them run with 'we're all depending on you'.

Yeah what's doing there?
I always sung it that way up up until a couple of years ago.

The lyrics are pretty shitty TBH

 

[shaggs]

More importantly - why do none of the players know this line of our song? Watch the videos after each game of them doing the song and when they get to this line they all kind of go 'dur dur de dur de youuuuuu....'

Because footy players are idiots

 

[taipan]

I don't care either way,but I suggest some petulant envious stain's fans .would calll it "name of the Sharlks sh*ts you".Roy the Boy Masters for one and Tallis.

 

[Eion]

Yeah what's doing there?
I always sung it that way up up until a couple of years ago.

The lyrics are pretty shitty TBH

Yeah it's all a bit weird. But I sung 'name of the sharks fits you' 40,000 times on and around the GF and will never sing it any different now.

 

[Defer to the coifed]

The versions denote usage. "We're all depending" = pre-game Name of the Sharks fits" = winning.

 

[snout]

You had me at 'nomenclature'

 

[shaggs]

I always thought it was just the first and second verses.

 

[Frank Discussion]

There are two versions of the song. The one sung by the players, the one sung by the supporters.

The only difference is the line "the name of the Sharks fits you".

The song was written by a brother from De La Salle and interestingly the original version sang "go out and play with good cheer" as opposed to "without fear". It originally had two verses too.

 

[coolumsharkie]

Ok chaps, now the footy's out of the way we can finally get to grips with the rather serious business of investigating whether or not our beloved team song's lyrics contain a grammatical error.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't "Name of the Sharks fit you" be corrected to "Name of the Sharks fitS you"? The fitting adjective patently refers to the noun denoting nomenclature, which in this instance is singular, not plural, is it not? Altenatively, another possible correction could be "NameS of the Sharks fit you", but this even more awkward and, besides which, such syntax also makes no sense when taken in the context of the entire sentence.

I must confess this conundrum has irked me for many years.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Haha I always thought it was "fits"... Shows how observant I am.

 

[spirit of league]

Good to hear back from a few others. Seems to be more interest around this matter than I was initially expecting. I've emailed the club but still waiting on a response.

I'd never heard about the song's De La origins. "Good cheer"?? Typical lol

Similarly, never heard that there was an intended usage of different versions for different occasions. Makes some sense lyrically, but not a very clever idea in context of branding.

As a youngster I always sang "We're all depending on you". I still prefer that to "Name of the Sharks fit/s you". Implies dependability and even heroism in favour of successfully trying on a pair of trousers. Slacks, even.

I believe I'll petition the club to make an official change. Two chances of that ever happening, especially now, but no doubt at all that the matter requires some resolution. I'd settle for quietly tacking an 's' onto 'fit' at the very least. A quiet word in the ear of somebody in the marketing dept. probably more effective than a frontal assault at head office.

 

[shaggs]

Don't worry about changing the song, just put your hand in your head in the shape of a fin

 

[coolumsharkie]

I always thought it was just the first and second verses.

Thats what I thought too.

 

[Arnold]

Gotta say for me on GF night it was more like

"Up up Cronulla the boys in the black white and blue
Up up Cronulla f**k yeah we did it I can't believe it f**kn yeahhhhhhhh