Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

Perhaps if you accept but don't say graciously...then are you graciously accepting?

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

ushaha....words....pshh...pish posh....:D

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

Le bump.

I like this thread. Hopefully it'll get around this season enough to the point where we can go to a regional and hear "Graciously Accept" a few times maximum during alliance selections.

If anyone has any creative ones they wish to share, have at it!

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

We accept with complete loathing but we must accept because this is probably our only chance of making elims?


Just kidding.

We accept your offer with great honour.

How's that ;)

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

"Sure."

"'K"

"*affirmative grunt*"



I try to say interesting things during alliance selection. I may have a limerick prepared this year, or an epic poem if the team in question is particularly worthy.

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

Every year I go the field, I have been told I cannot "graciously accept" and saying "we would like to request the assistance of" is incorrect, and "I would like to request the assistance of" is how I should ask teams to join my our alliance.

The grammar errors have never made a difference to me, since these improper terms have become the standard in FIRST. Teams "graciously accept" other teams, and alliance selection students say "we" would like to select, as opposed to "I" would like to select (I say "we" because although I am selecting a team, I am representing the whole team and the selections of the whole team, not myself). In fact, it's always weird to me when someone switches from the usual (unspoken but agreed upon) vernacular for FIRST robotics alliance selections.

I think as long as people are acting professional on the field during selections, it doesn't matter what adjective you use to accept.

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

Irregardless of people's feelings on the matter, for all intensive purposes it doesn't really matter what you say, as long as you're accepting without taking anything for granite, right?

"It sounds right" and "It's what everybody else says" doesn't mean it is correct or even makes sense.

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

I like the tradition of saying "Graciously accepts", and we are going to stick with it.

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

While I'm fine with creativity, I don't see any problem at all with "Graciously accepts".

The occasional "Graciously declines", on the other hand... ::ouch::

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

How about "The great team of XXXX abstains, courteously."

That's a reference from something, but I don't remember what . The original is "The great state of Virginia abstains, courteously."

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This reminds me of the time I accepted an offer during FTC alliance selection, I was rushing to figure out what to say (well, First I checked my team number, I still wasn't used to NOT being 1350, then I figured out what to say) I finally said something (I don't remember what) but I stumbled a bit with our team number and the mic was BAD (as in the garbled output actually made it harder to hear what was being said), the point is, the MC said something along the lines of "wait are you accepting or..." so I said, without the mic, "yes, We accept" and nodded for clarity. It was interesting.



I know this was a joke, but I have to do this:

*intents and purposes
*granted

On a side note I have no issue with irregardless as long as the context is appropriate. It is NONSTANDARD, but not wrong per se

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

I do have an issue with the term "irregardless." If you break it down, you have "ir," "regard," and "less." Ir is a prefix which indicates negation, regard is the base, and less is a suffix which also indicates negation or lack of. So, putting that all together, we get "not without regard" or more simply, "with regard." It makes no sense to say "irregardless" to mean "without regard."


Heil Webster!

[/rant]

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

How about, "Team xxxx humbly accepts your offer"? Or "humbly accepts your request"?

"Humbly accepts your request, and will endeavor to serve your alliance with honor, dignity and gracious professionalism"?

Oy, now you've got me started....

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

FWIW:
'You Cannot Graciously Resurrect This Thread'

Re: You Cannot Graciously Accept
 

I'd like to hear "enthusiastically accepts. . " particularly from my team. :rolleyes: :D