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| Quote: gutterfax "Hull Kingston Australians has a nice ring to it ![]()
Whereas Harlequins is a rather long winded way of saying Clowns. 
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Just on a side note, when I see mates out of town many will say oh did you watch the wolves last week so in some ways it must have worked
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| Quote: GIANT DAZ "I'm an old fogey then cos its Fartown, Wire, Trin, etc to me .....although i do refer to Fartown as Giants too i dont often refer to the other clubs by their new nicknames'"
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| Quote: EL CAMO "All though I'm glad we kept the traditional Kingston Rovers I have grown accustomed to some clubs nicknames now although I hardly ever refer to teams by them, I don't think they are ridiculous.
I think Blue Sox and Sharks were Shiite though.'"
I've never quite understood why Sharks is seen this way. Blue Sox goes without saying and Barracudas was dreadful (but not as bad as Arena 84). But Hull Sharks? Hull is a port after all. |
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| Quote: craigizzard "Rhinos is a bloody ridiculous name, but somehow it's done a good job of sticking so a fogey like me will just shrug their shoulders and consider that very few seem get poor by underestimating the taste of the general public.
The thing about nicknames in US sports is that the nicknames almost always had some sort of geographical or cultural connection to the city or franchise involved (Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, Steelers, Patriots, Celtics, Saints, Yankees, Orioles and so on). Obviously the RL marketeers who think they're copying the Americans instead prefer random out-of-context animal generators.'"
The other thing is that the Yanks don't have an obsession with alliteration. With RL, particularly the further down you get, it seems just a case of picking a big animal or synonym for "Warrior" that begins with the same letter as the town / district name. |
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| Quote: Bobbin' Along "Whereas Harlequins is a rather long winded way of saying Clowns. ![]()
Halequins are actually the spirits of mischief in some book or play i cant remember the name of. but i know its true.
the generic clown connotations came later.
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[quote="Saddened!":2z3zihp3]You seem suicidal because McNamara hasn't picked your precious Mickey Mac, who's better than Roby, and Darryl 'Meninga' Goulding who makes Jamie Lyon look like an amateur. [/quote:2z3zihp3]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_52085.jpg |
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| Quote: craigizzard "To be fair, there are some farms around Bradford. There isn't even a zoo in Leeds.'"
i mean a 'proper' bull  not just a male cow of some puny agricultural breed |
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Here's how I refer to teams in conversation
Leeds
Bulls
Cas
Wakey
Wigan
Saints
Salford
Crusaders (sometimes celtic oops)
Quins
Warrington
Giants
Catalans (with "s"icon_wink.gif
Hull
Hull KR
So thats 2 nicknames I use plus saints
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| Quote: vikingsmurf "Halequins are actually the spirits of mischief in some book or play i cant remember the name of. but i know its true.
the generic clown connotations came later.'"
Harlequin or Arlecchino in Italian, Arlequin in French, and Arlequín in Spanish is the most popular of the zanni (sic) or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte and its descendant, the Harlequinade.
The name of Harlequin derives from Old French Hellequin, leader of la maisnie Hellequin, thought to be related to the Old English Herla, a character often identified with Woden.[1][2]
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| Quote: GIANT DAZ "I'm an old fogey then cos its Fartown, Wire, Trin, etc to me .....although i do refer to Fartown as Giants too i dont often refer to the other clubs by their new nicknames'"
Not the Eagles? |
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Folly ARLFC
Good john wilky last looked out
on the pitch at salford.
when the snow lay round about
deep and crisp and even
brightly played the lads that night
though the frost was cruelllll
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Hate all the nicknames that have come in since super league started its far too american for me. The old style nicknames are miles better because they more often than not mean something and say something about the team/where they come from. I understand that its all about the family package these days, but cheesy nicknames aren't for me.
And for me Crusaders is just taking the Michael!!!
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| Quote: tb "Harlequin or Arlecchino in Italian, Arlequin in French, and Arlequín in Spanish is the most popular of the zanni (sic) or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte and its descendant, the Harlequinade.
The name of Harlequin derives from Old French Hellequin, leader of la maisnie Hellequin, thought to be related to the Old English Herla, a character often identified with Woden.[1][2]
says rlWikirl'"
Thankyou sir! thats it, i had a vague memory of it. A specific style of theatre rather than a specific piece. i was almost there. |
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| Quote: Harrigan "Rhinos has stuck very well in Leeds and I think the majority of people, no matter what generation, refer to us as the Rhinos. Funnily enough I refer to Warrington as Wire though and I'm only 27. Wigan should be Wigan and I can't recall ever saying I'm off to watch The Rhinos vs the Warriors. A bit like Cas too. Bradford like Leeds though I refer Yo them more often than not as the Bulls. They are 2 of the good ones.'"
Yeah, I'd go along with that. As a Bulls' fan I always think of the Rhinos, but though I often talk about the Bulls, strangely I still say I'm going to the Northern.
Like you I always think of Wire not Wolves and also Cas not Tigers, Wakey (or Trinity) never Wildcats, Salford not Reds, and Wigan not Warriors, though it's Giants not Hudds. Why things are the way round they are I don't know. |
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glad we got rid of ours, maybe if we had a link up with The Deep, it could've worked, hull fc will always be known as fc or black n whites
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I call them all:
Huddersfield
Cas
Warrington
London
Wigan
Rhinos
Saints
Hull KR
Bulls
Hull FC
Catalan
Salford
Celtic
Wakefield
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Widnes
Batley
Leigh
Toulouse
Hunslet
York
Barrow
Fax
Fev
Seagulls
Dewsbury
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Cougars
Oldham
Dons
Swinton
Rochdale
Worky
South Wales
Gateshead
Skolars
Haven
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