States or State?

[PSUDad97]

[GimJustafan]

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[Southend]

We go to the state championship . Only 1 Cham in Indiana , per weight. All are state champs. 
I guess if you have several champs at any weight class, then you go to states. 

[MPhillips]

How many states are gonna be there...

[PSUDad97]

15 hours ago, Southend said:

We go to the state championship . Only 1 Cham in Indiana , per weight. All are state champs. 
I guess if you have several champs at any weight class, then you go to states. 

That's not relevant.  It's the nomenclature that is tied to the shortened nickname of the various tournaments.  States is short for the State Wrestling Championships just like Nationals or NCAAs is short for the National Wrestling Championships, and Districts, Regionals, etc. They all work the same. How many classifications or any of that nonsense has no bearing.  It seems odd that it's almost universally accepted to use Nationals, Worlds, NCAAs, Olympics, etc., but for some reason it doesn't make sense for people in certain states around the country to call their respective State Wrestling Tournament "States".  

[okokzach]

2 hours ago, PSUDad97 said:

It seems odd that it's almost universally accepted to use Nationals, Worlds, NCAAs, Olympics, etc., but for some reason it doesn't make sense for people in certain states around the country to call their respective State Wrestling Tournament "States".  

That's how language works. English isn't consistent and logical all the time. Olympics actually doesn't fit with the others. Native English speakers wouldn't say "I won Olympics". They would say "I won THE Olympics." State vs. states is clearly a regional difference and that's fine.

[PSUDad97]

2 hours ago, okokzach said:

That's how language works. English isn't consistent and logical all the time. Olympics actually doesn't fit with the others. Native English speakers wouldn't say "I won Olympics". They would say "I won THE Olympics." State vs. states is clearly a regional difference and that's fine.

As long as you realize and admit that the folks that say “State” are being oddly inconsistent and by all accounts, they are wrong.  

[PortaJohn]

It's State's.  Apostrophe S= possessive.  

[MizzouFan01]

When someone says “ I am/was a state champ, National Champ or Olympic Champ”, there is no S on the end. State is the correct term. 

[MPhillips]

7 hours ago, PSUDad97 said:

As long as you realize and admit that the folks that say “State” are being oddly inconsistent and by all accounts, they are wrong.  

State champ/qualified for State tourney. National champ/Qualified for National Tournament. Olympic champ/Qualified for the Olympic games. World champ/Qualified for the World championships.

 

[PSUDad97]

10 hours ago, MPhillips said:

State champ/qualified for State tourney. National champ/Qualified for National Tournament. Olympic champ/Qualified for the Olympic games. World champ/Qualified for the World championships.

 

No one is disputing any of that.