Useless observation about a score bug
On national telecasts, Pittsburgh sports teams are abbreviated PIT.
But Pittsburgh's own CBS affiliate uses PGH instead.
(I watched this weekend's Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay pre-season game on the NFL Network, which picked up KDKA's feed for the game.)
(And for those not familiar with the term "score bug," it refers to the digital on-screen graphic that displays the score. I don't know why it's called a score bug.)
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I'm sure dl004d will agree. But I think they should use airport codes. In this case: GRB v. PIT. And tonight's game will be DEN v. SFO.
Hmmm. Would the Jets and Giants go by EWR, since they play so close to the Newark airport?
I'm not sure of the origin, but "bug" is lingo in TV and print journalism. Logos that accompany stories, and labels like "News Analysis" or "Review," are also called bugs.
Do some people call it a Fox Box or did I make that up? (I always assumed it was b/c Fox was the first to display those?)
ABC was the first network to use a score bug.
I thought maybe it was called that because it bugged you about the score.
PGH is awful. They should definitely use PIT.
The H is silent! Why, given only 3 letters to work with, would anyone give one of them to a letter that doesn't even get pronounced.
A few years ago the U. of Pittsburgh stopped calling the athletic teams PITT, but it never seemed to catch on and they've gone back to PITT. This must be a local thing. I remember driving through Cincinnati and being surprised at all of the CINTI road signs, when everyone else refers to it as Cinci.
The ORD's suck!
and they measure things with a chain?
pretty exact stuff
down one... roughly here
down two... somewhere around here
down three... hmmm... yea toss the ball between a few old guys in black and white striped shirts
then there
and okay
fourth down... get out the chain
measure to the inch
a tad absurd
Josh is upset? Color me surprised.
Anyway - weather bug is another example of a "bug" - didn't catch on online though, where they prefer to call themselves widgets.
But that's another funny thing. A term that basically meant "unbranded anything" came to be used to talk about a small application on your desktop. Hmmm.
Thank you to "Anonymous" from the Trustmark Group in Willow Grove, Pa., for weighing in.
Was that your first comment?
Willow Grove, PA? That's not even close. I'm in far north suburban Chicago area.
I followed your link from BadgerNation.com. I believe that was my first comment.
On Wisconsin!
Maybe your company's ISP is based in Willow Grove? Who knows. Anyway, nice to have you here, Ernie. Go Badgers!
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