Comments on: Team names http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/team-names/ A blog mostly about language Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug Harris http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/team-names/#comment-33151 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:35:20 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=11712#comment-33151 I could argue for the Java (VA) Beans, but Java (where I live) is too small to field more than a bunch of migrant tobacco workers. Maybe I should suggest the Java Spitters? (“Ever chew coffee beans, or tobacco?)
All in all, though, I think the whole team name thing is silly. The Brits (and others) do it so much better: Chelsea, Cheltenham, Birmingham, etc. — with Manchester United and Manchester City being notable exceptions of the single name for a city’s team.

]]> By: codeman38 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/team-names/#comment-33150 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:21:18 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=11712#comment-33150 Not baseball, but too good not to share: a while back, there was a minor league hockey team in Macon, Georgia named the Macon Whoopee. Alas, they’re no longer around.

]]> By: arnold zwicky http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/team-names/#comment-33145 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:23:28 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=11712#comment-33145 From Wilson Gray on Facebook:

The Wilkes-Barre Gibb. The Saint Louis C.K. The Marshall (Texas) Faulk.

And from Will Steed:

The Hong Kong Kings; the Berlin (CT) Olympics; The Lima (OH) Beans.

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