"out of" = 'in'

[Joel S. Berson]

Isn't this also the long-time traditional introduction in (the more
standard) boxing matches?  For its meaning, see
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Fighting_Out_Of_Mean_in_UFC?#slide=1

Joel

At 1/23/2014 08:22 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>In the introduction of pugilists who are about to compete in
>"Ultimate Fighting" bouts (we all watch those, don't we?) a fuller
>locution is customarily employed, which has struck me as especially
>odd.  For example, "Fighting out of Athens, Georgia: Forrest Griffin."
>
>--Charlie
>________________________________________
>
>
>At 1/22/2014 05:45 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >No. Huge difference.
> >
> >The confident pace and inflection of the spoken utterance conveyed the
> >unmistakable idea that "out of Norman" referred to the location of the
> >University and not the origin of the story.
> >
> >Otherwise it would have been customary and journalistically idiomatic to
> >have said, "[And now, breaking news] out of Norman, Oklahoma: [a report of]
> >shots fired at the University of Oklahoma [there in Norman. That breaking
> >news out of Norman, Oklahoma...]."
> >
> >Few newspeople seem to say "from" anywhere, if they can say "out of."
> >  That's been true for many years.
> >
> >
> >JL
> >
> >
>
> > >
> > > > CNN reports "shots fired at the University of Oklahoma out of Norman,
> > > > Oklahoma
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hmmm...If you read, "CNN reports, out of Norman, Oklahoma, shots fired at
> > > the University of Oklahoma," would you have said anything? Is there a
> > > difference?
> > >
> > > DanG
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