Gone Down A Storm?

[BK Southern Guy]

Just got a founding member email asking me to participate in another survey. This is the first question. "Gone down a storm"? The amount of British English they're still using is extremely annoying. Feel like blasting Reyna personally about this. It's embarassing.

 

[mgarbowski]

Didn't even catch that.

 

[SFphoto]

Ha I did a triple take at that. I thought for sure it was a mistake. Is "gone down a storm" a British saying?

 

[MikeDatTiger]

Is that where that expression came from? I'm from Louisiana, so I just shrugged when I read that not realizing that was British and figured it was just a typo.

 

[mgarbowski]

This is very British:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/l...2012/12/130101_tews_104_go_down_a_storm.shtml

 

[mgarbowski]

Here's another explanation with a random Beckham reference: https://www.englishforums.com/English/GoDownAStorm/gzpkg/post.htm

 

[Drainyoo]

More proof that the marketing team is based in England, or is an English person(s).

 

[BxLio91]

For fucks sake.

 

[BK Southern Guy]

For fucks sake.

See, that would at least be translatable to England and America

 

[Goodfella]

For fucks sake.

i see what ya did there

 

[Mario]

i told them theyre stupid and cant read good

 

[MikeDatTiger]

The PR team needs to be here. You need an American writer. It's really a minimum thing. I get "saving costs" but seriously, this is worth the paltry salary you'd need just for one guy.

 

[LostAnvil]

"Gone Down a Storm: sounds like Lil John's new single

 

[JayH]

I'm gutted about this, but not gobsmacked.

 

[kylelovescrayons]

if only we could make banners and hang them in the stadium and they could say ... "NYCFC Gone down a storm! Sure we were gobsmacked by that whole dodgy lampard cock up, I mean that was quite a damp squib, am I right mates, but the team is looking absolutely blinders without him anyway. Ace! All the other teams are rubbish, everything here is hunky-dory!"

Well I'm knackered just typing all that.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

As a counter opinion, I love the English flavor. They are generally better spoken in England, and I think keeping some of the team offices over there would be the dog's bollocks. Get English announcers too, can't stand the American style announcing. They never stop talking and let the action speak for itself, and always try to sound too cool and unconnected to the game. Compare the opening of blue city radio where Grabavoy's goal is announced (or anything done by Joe Buck) to Chappy announcing Tony Taylor's goal. The English guys are relaxed through the game, then seem genuinely delighted by the goal.

Flame away

 

[kylelovescrayons]

Tom agreed on the announcing - and I do say mate a lot. I also watch far too much bbc and don't have any friends, err mates.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Tom agreed on the announcing - and I do say mate a lot. I also watch far too much bbc and don't have any friends, err mates.

Fancy a lager some day, old chap?

 

[kylelovescrayons]

cheerio mate, more of and pale export india ale fellow myself, but you are bloody right, let me grab some quid and I'll give you a bell on your mobile and we can meet at the pub. Maybe chat up some fit birds?

 

[Mario]

jammy twat