Ricky.

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You know what I like about this? Finally a hack gets it right and says "...alongside countryman Rafael van der Vaart..."

rather than, as every other pundit, including on the beeb, always says, "fellow countryman".

Either someone is a countryman (ie from the same country as you), or a "fellow Dutchman" or "fellow Englishman" or whatever.

"Fellow countryman", despite apparently being the compulsory term, makes no sense. In this instance it would imply that Ricky is a countryman, all on his own, and Rafa is also one, and so is a fellow one. Makes no sense.

So well done whoever at Archant wrote that.

Rant over. Back to my OCD.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Sep 10, 15:20:25