What's in a name?
Anaheim, CA has real issues. They can't decide what the hell to name their stupid teams. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. How many different names and syllables has that team had? And now this illness has extended to hockey. It's a sorry state of affairs.The Anaheim Mighty Ducks will be no more, as of the 2006-2007 season. They will be the Anaheim Ducks. Thanks goodness. It was too long anyway.
They join the mighty Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Major League Baseball...also considering a name change. Because I guess going from formally saying "Devil Rays" to just refering to the team as the "Rays" a year or two ago wasn't enough. Although that has sorta worn off. I don't know, I never really stopped calling them the "Devil Rays." But I also still call the "St. Pete Times Forum" the "Ice Palace" (more out of protest than forgetfulness, thoughtlessness or nostalgia, plus it sounds a helluva lot cooler for a hockey team - count the puns in that reference). And I sometimes slip and call "Tropicana Field" (where the "Rays" play) the "Thunder Dome" - and it's been almost a decade since the change. That one is out of forgetfulness and thoughtlessness. But you know what, you call something that which you first learned it as. Or first remember it as. It's the LA Rams, right?
At least the (Devil) Rays and (Mighty) Ducks are giving in to fan pressure and just (possibly) formally naming the teams what the lazy fans already call them by - NICKNAMES. For crying out loud, you can't name a team THE NICKNAME. That takes all of the fun out of nicknames. Even if the nickname is just basically leaving off half of the name.
Think about the following similar conversions of real name to nickname:
Boston Red Sox = Boston Bosox (That's actually a tongue-twister.)
New York Yankees = New York Bronx Bombers (Not sure, but I think that's longer than the original.)
Chicago White Sox = Chicago Chisox (Another tongue-twister, we could start a new game.)
Alright, it's late. I can't think of any others. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
posted by Steph @ 8:42 PM
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