Not anti olympic but since when did swimming pools become ‘Aquatic Centres’? If I go to an aquatic centre I would expect to see some reef sharks or a couple of dolphins.

I guess it must have one of these too.

Oylimpic water sliding, how cool.

Not a thread about diarrhea then.

If I go to an aquatic centre I would expect to see some reef sharks or a couple of dolphins.

And if I go to a swimming pool I expect to see a pool of water, with things swimming in it, not an olympic size aquatics centre.

After hearing the numerous “Code Brown” calls on a shared radio system I have gone off swimming pools.

Why didn’t they call it a Water Sports Centre? 😆

“Aquatics Centre” 🙄

Who in their right mind has ever said “I’m just off down the aquatics centre for a swim”.

Pretentious fools.

Just call it what it is – a swimming baths.

Just call it what it is – a swimming baths.

I’ve never been in a bath big enough to have a swim in.

Plus a diving pool can’t be a “swimming” anything – pool or bath.

Add to that the fact that the yanks will invariably misspell it thereby proving yet again their inferior command of the English language, and that it will give those who like to dabble in the art of incessant moaning about obscure non-issues something to get their teeth into, and it easily becomes one of the most important and far reaching decisions that’s been made concerning the London 2012 Olympic Games. It has my unequivocal support.

If this is about the Manchester Aquatics Centre on Oxford Rd, that’s been so named since it was built for the 2002 Commonwealth games. ‘Snot a lympic ting.

The Olypmic swimming’s a pretty low budget affair then?

I did the legals for the “Aquatics Centre”, and I don’t remember the name of the building ever aggravating anyone as much as the OP.

However, given that you managed to squeeze in an offensive word in 4 word thread title about the name of a building, I’d guess you probably get irate about many trivial things.

It’s not that pretentious at all, in fact if you have a quick google of “aquatics centre” you’ll see that not only is the term used in this context for water sports centres (doesn’t have the same ring to it eh?) across the world (including most major cities in the UK), but it has also been used specifically in Summer, Commonwealth and Olympic games across the world since 2000.

If I go to an aquatic centre I would expect to see some reef sharks or a couple of dolphins.

No, that would be an aquarium

you’ll see that not only is the term used in this context for water sports centres (doesn’t have the same ring to it eh?)

i’d go to a watersports centre…..

And ducks, i want to see ducks too

i’d go to a watersports centre…..

Pedant fail.

water sports (have a quick look for “watersports”)

aquatics

when you build something with two 50m pools, a diving pit, and seating for 17,000, then you can’t really call it the swimming baths can you

Centre for aquatic sports. Not that much of a stretch, is it?

You moaners are really trying hard to find as much as possible to whinge about this Olympics, aren’t you? I hope you are enjoying yourselves 🙂

whatever it’s called doesn’t detract from how much i’m looking forward to going there for some olympics on sunday evening. 😀

I’m with the OP on this one.

Centre for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Modern Pentathlon

is a lot simpler.

‘Aquatics’ indeed. Some smart arse probably thought it was a simple catch all word that covers a variety of competitive water based disciplines. Tossers.

It’s probably not called a Swimming Baths ‘cos otherwise they’d have to put this notice up all over the place – it’s the law;

ha ha, only “heavy petting” was prohibited at my local pool wwaswas 🙂

we were clearly much more liberal

Calling it the “water sports” centre may have created certain issues on Google if people ventured too far down the search results!